My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week 4 (3) Latifa Prayer “I desire” Determination carved in cold marble and stone awakens desire: ideas communicated in language and imagery © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Tag: Carpe Diem
Spring Fades
My response to Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #80: Memory Lane: Utabukuro (or poem bag) The haiku I admire is: In the basin, as I wash my face, there rises autumn’s shadow. Natsume Soseki (translated by Makoto Ueda, from Modern Japanese Haiku: An Anthology) I have written my own haiku in the same style but about spring: On the […]
Magnolia Blossom
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week 3: Magnolia Blossoms haiku by Soseki Natsume shy garden geisha pink flush against creamy skin magnolia blooms © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.123rf.com
Dogged Night
My response to Carpe Diem Special #206 Sara McNulty’s 2nd dark night dogs bright day scintillating stars and moon silvered by the sun © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
Dawn Chorus
My response to Carpe Diem Special #205 Sara McNulty’s first “tree frog serenade” navy night silence rippled by drips of birdsong greeting a new day © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Tasseomancy
My response to Carpe Diem #928 Extra-Sensory Perception (and Common Sense) Great Aunt Rose was married to a Romany and learned to read the tea leaves. After her husband died, she lodged in a small room, with a curtain around her bed, like a bed in a gypsy caravan. She had a crystal ball but […]
Love Comes Alive
Two tankas in response to Carpe Diem #925 Love Once an innocent, Delicate, blossoming bud, Love suddenly comes alive, Exploding like an atom Expanding our universe. You left me alone, A stone washed up on the beach But when you return, I awaken in your hands, Glistening with foam and sand. © Kim M. Russell, […]
When the mask slips
My response to Carpe Diem #924 humour (reprise) Tears drip from rouged lips When the circus is over And the mask slips Brightly polished performance Ephemeral laughter grips © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
Snowdrop’s Chill
My response to Carpe Diem Special #198 Hamish Gunn’s 4th Petal lanterns white waxen petals droop with weight of morning frost forefinger tingles © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Steamy Kiss
My response to Carpe Diem #921 Absurdity / Humor A frosty morning Heat of shop steams up glasses Kiss complete stranger © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.theromantic.com
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