yoake ni arau tsuyude watashino ashisaichoubi at dawn I wash my feet with dew the longest day Yozakura at dawn the first pink flush of morning still bleary with sleep I wash my feet with dew cold and refreshing the fragrance of grass the longest day stretching to the horizon suffused with promise at dawn […]
Tag: Carpe Diem
Such a Cold Night
lying down with quilts over the head such a cold night Basho warmth spreads to fingers and toes outside a frosty moon glows Kim M. Russell, […]
Sketching with Shiki
sketching from life — eggplants are harder to do than pumpkins Masaoka Shiki shapely drops of glossy purple among rotund orange globes Kim M. Russell, 19th January 2020 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #112 Transformation: sketching from life (Shiki’s Shasei technique) In this weekend’s […]
Shiki’s Persimmon
when I ate a persimmon the bell rang the Horyuji temple Shiki in a grove of sunset fruit the hum of evening prayer Kim M. Russell, 15th January 2020 My response to Carpe Diem’s Tan Renga Wednesday (9): I ate a persimmon It’s Tan Renga Wednesday and our challenge is to […]
New Bloom
in deep prayer eyes closed in devotion – lotus starts to bloom in deep prayer consciousness drifting in waves echo of heartbeats eyes closed in devotion restless senses soothed with a gentle breeze lotus starts to bloom white light glowing in the dark the smell of incense Kim M. Russell, 12th January 2020 My response […]
At Dawn
a crack in the sky light trickles become a flood expelling darkness Kim M. Russell, 20th November 2019 at dawn birds start to sing praising their Creator … as always Chèvrefeuille My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Wednesday (6) at dawn (hineri) It’s Tan Renga Wednesday and this week our challenge is to […]
White Crane Tan Renga
how I wish to call a white crane from Fukei, but for this cold rain Kikaku desolate drips from the roof instead of soothing wingbeats Kim M. Russell, 13th November 2019 My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Wednesday (5) White Crane In today’s new episode of ‘Carpe Diem’s Tan Renga Wednesday’, we have a […]
Basho’s Journey
coming to the eye especially at this time May’s Mount Fuji rising in a clear blue sky […]
This Morning Glory
November sunrise In kaleidoscapes of cloud bad weather warning Kim M. Russell, 6th November pink morning glory in full bloom covered with crystal dewdrops Chèvrefeuille My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Wednesday (4): crystal dewdrops (hineri with a twist) This week’s Tan Renga Wednesday has a twist: we have been given a two-line stanza […]
Autumn Sweetness
rain-soaked pilgrim’s quest sweetness of leaves and apples before grey sets in Kim M. Russell, 27th November 2019 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #108 Turn Back Time (4) CD Imagination: Still Life Today we have a new weekend meditation episode, in which we turn back time to a special CD Imagination feature, a […]
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