Rust and Dust

grasses wilt: the braking locomotive grinds to a halt                                Yamaguchi Seishi, (Tr. Michael R. Burch) dust between the rusty tracks a dandelion stoplight                      Kim M. Russell, 11th September 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Chained Together III: grasses wilt In a month […]

Last Apple of Autumn

one apple, alone in the abandoned orchard reddens for winter                                    Patrick Blanche (Tr. Michael R. Burch) fading drone of the last wasps drunk on sadness of sugar                      Kim M. Russell, 9th September 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Chained Together III: An […]

Midwinter Lights

midwinternight a  dark sky’s lights dance in the wolf’s eyes                                    Hamish Managua Gunn wild and feral aurora howling in the moon’s embrace           Kim M. Russell, 6th September 2018 My response to Carpe Diem’s Tan Renga Challenge Chained Together III: in the wolf’s eyes In the fourth episode of the latest […]

End of an Unruffled Summer

a soothing breeze cicadas sing their song sound of water                               Chèvrefeuille (2015) the last trickle of summer as yet unruffled by storms          Kim M. Russell, 4th September 2018 My response to Carpe Diem’s Tan Renga Challenge September 2018 Chained Together III (3) a soothing breeze In this episode of the Renga […]

Winds Howl in Rage

over the wintry forest winds howl in rage with no leaves to blow                                   Natsume Soseki storm-tattered trees bend and crack birds tremble on bare branches                    Kim M. Russell, 1st September 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Chained Together III winds howl […]