the length of a thought in breathless space between words resonates silence Kim M. Russell, 2016 echoing silence in breathless space between words a thought’s duration Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem Writing and Enjoying Haiku #4 having fun? This weekend, Chèvrefeuille has brought us a new episode of Writing and Enjoying […]
Tag: Carpe Diem
Threshold
on the season’s brink fiery leaves and leaden skies the ghosts of summer Kim M. Russell, 2017 ‘Mystical Threshold’ by Joan Fullerton – image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1231 Serenity (Mystical Threshold by intuitive artist Joan Fullerton) Today’s modern art inspiration is a painting entitled ‘Mystical Threshold’ by renowned intuitive artist […]
Fluid
heat intensity dispersing and forging glass in an artist’s mind Kim M. Russell, 2017 glass sculpture by R. Loy My response to Carpe Diem #1230 glass sculpture (R.Loy, The Netherlands) Our visual prompt for today’s episode on ‘modern art’ is a prize won by Chèvrefeuille in 1998. He says that you can see all kinds […]
Interplay
life in the balance masculine and feminine breathing energy Kim M. Russell, 2017 Yin Yang by Joel Shapses My response to Carpe Diem #1229 Yin & Yang Chèvrefeuille welcomes us to the first episode of a new month of prompts with a new theme: modern art, which includes artistic work produced from the 1860s to […]
Summer Sunset
summer silence sifts in an iridescent sky settling in sunset Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1228 sunset (CD Imagination) In the final episode of a month in which we have explored several kigo for summer, classical and non-classical, our last prompt is ‘sunset’.
Myriad
many memories traced in the lines on his face revealed in his smile Kim M. Russell, 2017 The portrait I found on Pinterest uses only half of a man’s face to tell a story. My response to Carpe Diem Time Travel #5 This week’s ‘weekend-meditation’ is an episode of Carpe Diem’s Time Travel, Ancient Japanese […]
Waiting for Autumn
anticipation – a flock of swans’ beating wings foreshadows changes sunset-hued flowers herald the glow of autumnal earth Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1227 waiting for autumn (Aki tikashi, Aki wo matsu) Our classical prompt for today, ‘waiting for autumn’ (Aki tikashi, Aki wo matsu), is taken from the Kiyose, a […]
Swamp
humidity drips spongy swamp grass and sphagnum squelching underfoot Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1226 swamp Today we have a modern kigo, taken from A Dictionary of Haiku by Jane Reichhold, which one wouldn’t immediately associate with summer: swamp. He has also shared a haiku written by […]
Cool Breeze
captured by a fan a cooling breeze on her face flirtatious geisha Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1225 cool, cool evening, cool wind (Suzushi,Ryofu) Today we have a classical kigo for summer: cool, cool evening, cool wind (Suzushi,Ryofu).
Summer Love
two white butterflies spiralling among flowers star-crossed summer love Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on telegraph.co.uk My response to Carpe Diem Writing and Enjoying Haiku #3 classical haiku In this week’s ‘weekend meditation’, Chèvrefeuille has brought us an episode ‘Writing and Enjoying Haiku’, inspired by Jane Reichhold’s book. In the last episode, we had […]
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