We enter this world with empty tiny hands, learn to grab a friendly finger, a proffered slice of apple, a toy or a mother’s warm hand. Soon we discover the pages of a book, the weight of a pebble or a pen in hand; and we find our hands are always open, ready to seize […]
Tag: Empty
Empty Mind
a quiet moment dripping in an empty mind raining memories Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1334 An Empty Mind Our quote for today has been taken from Paulo Coelho’s Aleph: “Now each morning, when your mind is still empty, devote a little time to the Divine … Inhale deeply and ask […]
Faith
Buddha’s empty hands closed in prayer at the temple open at the gate Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1290 spiritual way – Haiku’s state of mind – zen Today, our trip along memory lane has brought us into 2017 and ‘Carpe Diem’s Namasté, the Spiritual Way’. Our prompt is one of […]
Sea Shadows
The sea is a shadow washing the shoreline, filling in dents and scavenging sand, drowning dunes in beach foam and brine. The sea is a shadow chasing along the strand, shattering shells and scattering stones, casting its treasures on the bleak hinterland. The sea is a shadow of clamours and moans, a sobbing soliloquy borne […]
Old Spectacles
How forlorn they are the empty frames tangled and forgotten in a dusty drawer no lenses to clarify the shadowy blur sightless and useless bent and shapeless without a face to hold them in place © Kim M. Russell, 2015 Image found on home.bt.com
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