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Tag: Day 29

April 29, 2022

Childhood in Monochrome

Loving grandparents were always there to house me, feed me, teach me, grandmother in charge of my care while my parents struggled daily. Now only a handful of monochrome photographs remain as tattered ghosts of the past, but my love of home, stories, poems and music still cast their light on the present. They are […]

Posted in Poems about Childhood and Youth. Tagged 2022, Day 29, Gifts, Love, NaPoWriMo, Photographs. 12 Comments
April 29, 2021April 29, 2021

In a Dusty Window in Delft

It was Easter, we were looking for something to eat before a gig; we were tourists wandering a street, canal on one side, on the other a row of houses. Our eyes slid sideways to glimpse through windows, idle curiosity in a city we had never been before, the picturesque home of pottery and Vermeer. […]

Posted in Poems. Tagged 2021, Cat, Day 29, Delft, dverse Poets Pub, In the window, NaPoWriMo, Open Link Night. 51 Comments
April 29, 2019

Souls

Why does the Earth keep turning, rolling back the night each morning? Where do we keep our souls? When will the sun stop burning and the moon stop shining? Why can’t we see our souls? How do we not stop breathing until the point of dying? Is that when we become souls? Kim M. Russell, […]

Posted in Poems. Tagged Asking questions, Day 29, Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Poems in April, Souls. 25 Comments
April 13, 2019

The Joy of Light 29

a slant of sunlight cutting a cloud of dust motes spring cleaning begins Kim M. Russell, 13th April 2019 My response to Carpe Diem’s Light Retreat 2019: The Joy of Light The penultimate haiku In our retreat, in which we had 30 days to create haiku and tanka on the theme of The Joy of […]

Posted in Haiku. Tagged Carpe Diem, Day 29, Light Retreat 2019, Spring cleaning, The Joy of Light. 4 Comments
November 13, 2018

Love Eternally Day 29

autumn breathes in curls mist, leaves and a loved one’s hair tangled in the wind Kim M. Russell, 13th November 2018 My response to Carpe Diem’s Autumn Retreat 2018 Love Eternally It’s time for Carpe Diem’s Autumn Retreat, a period of 30 days to write haiku or tanka every day on a specific theme: ‘love […]

Posted in Haiku. Tagged Autumn Retreat 2018, Carpe Diem, Day 29, Love eternally. 2 Comments
August 12, 2018August 12, 2018

Finding the Way Day 29

a sunken garden enticing steps lead downwards the pungent shadows Kim M. Russell, 12th August 2018 My daily response to Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018 Finding the Way At Carpe Diem, we are almost at the end of the traditional seasonal retreat: a period of 30 days in which the goal is to write a […]

Posted in Haiku. Tagged Carpe Diem, Day 29, Finding the Way, Summer Retreat. 2 Comments
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