Four years ago I realised that teaching was sucking the life out of me. No time for reading or writing, exhausted and ill, I was a caged bird with clipped wings. These days I can spread my wings whenever I want to. nest of speckled eggs sun-warmed clutch in budding tree dreaming of the sky […]
Tag: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
Happiness
It’s joy to wander on a North Norfolk beach with wind streaming in my hair and rustling the marram grass, and the primeval sounds and smells of the sea. I love to watch lazy seals in the sun, seagulls whirling overhead; to feel sand oozing between my toes, the round hardness of pebbles in my […]
Mountains
I have never stood at the foot of a mountain and looked up at it, not even when I lived in Ireland. The nearest I got to one was the Hill of Tara, from where I could see pretty much the whole of County Meath. But I have looked down from an aeroplane and marvelled […]
Daffodils
are sunshine condensed in a bulb embraced by soil, waiting to burst with yellow vitality… nature’s haiku spring everywhere. Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1402 Daffodils (one-bun) Today our challenge is to create a ‘one-bun’, a form that was invented by Jim Kacian. It is an ultra-short haibun which has just […]
Easter
I remember, as a child, going to Sunday school and receiving a cross made from a palm leaf on Palm Sunday. On Easter Sunday, I would go to church with my grandmother, where I would receive an Easter message in the shape of a cross, usually with a picture of a lamb or spring flowers, […]
The Awakening
in the fading night your face was laden with dreams fluttering eyelids the rise and fall of your chest and our curious kisses Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1400 The Awakening, a love poem by Rumi In the final regular episode of March, our inspiration is a love poem written by […]
Beauty of the Heart
a crystal dew drop liquid kiss to break the thirst last night’s dreams shattered Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1399 The Beauty of the Heart Today’s poem has been taken from Masnavi: Teachings by Rumi: The Beauty of the Heart The beauty of the heart is the lasting beauty: its lips […]
Hole in the Sky
sun’s purity breaks through ragged fabric of sky announced by birdsong Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1398 Purity Today’s episode is about purity, the theme of another poem by Rumi: Purity A certain Sufi tore his robe in grief, and the tearing brought such relief he gave the robe the name […]
The Journey into Self
so many questions on the path into the self stones glint in the sun Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1397 The Journey Into Your Own Depth For this latest episode, Chèvrefeuille has chosen another interesting poem by Rumi: Then Journey Into Yourself Oh, if a tree could wander and move with […]
Unfold Your Own Myth
origami bats fold into dark spaces open-eyed with truth Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1396 Unfold Your Own Myth This week we will see the last few episodes of March and the poems by Rumi. Today’s poem has been taken from The Essential Rumi by Coleman Barks: Unfold Your Own Myth […]
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