A haibun for Jacqui’s Echoes of my Neighbourhood over on A Cooking Pot and Twisted Tales On Sunday 3rd April, locals in our area will take part in Daffodil Day, when the daffodils, planted some years ago along a mile-long lane next to Honing Church, are expected to be in full blossom. You can walk […]
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Grandmother’s Comfort
My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #18: Echo verse In a pot on the kitchen windowsill Daffodil Basking in the weak spring rays Days Of brightness lie ahead Spread Like the table cloth where Grandmother’s sitting Knitting Unravelled jumpers into a patchwork blanket Comfort At the end of life’s storm Warm © Kim M. […]
Ardour of the Wind
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma & Beyond Song That Luc Bat A brisk breeze blew clouds aside Revealed an expanse of wide Delicate China blue Waking trees from hibernation Celebrating creation In a brief spring flirtation Coy daffodils struggled Against the ardour of the wind © Kim M. Russell, 2016
The End of January
The moody hues and Seascapes of January Have come to an end First days of February Emerge with daffodil shoots © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Overgrown Garden
My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Writing Techniques #23 finding the divine in the common – a deeper spiritual meaning Through tangled branches Of the overgrown garden Patch of sky breaks through ©Kim M. Russell, 2015