My response to Carpe Diem #1027 movement Today’s inspirational quote is from Chèvrefeuille himself: “Haiku is the poetry of nature and nature is always in motion. Seasons come and go, the moon changes every 28 days and so on, the only thing which is steady and without clear motion is our sun, that big star […]
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My Mother’s Smile
My response to Carpe Diem #1026 Smile Today’s inspirational quote is from Mother Teresa (1910-1997): “Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.” lined and thinned with age the ghost of her smile survives a spark in blue eyes © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Mosaic of Beauty
My response to Carpe Diem #1025 beauty Today’s inspirational quote is from Rumi (1207-1273), a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic: “Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” […] Rumi kaleidoscopic tesserae of life combine in unique beauty © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image of mosaic portrait of a woman from Pompeii found on http://www.telegraph.co.uk
Purposeful
My response to Carpe Diem #1024 success The inspirational “power of words” prompt is a quote fromSwami Sivananda Saraswati (1887-1963): “Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.” gossamer cobweb glitters in tightly-drawn threads purposeful spider © Kim M. Russell, 2016 spider web by LeQuip on DeviantArt
Beauty in the Soul
My response to Carpe Diem Special Tribute In Memoriam Jane Reichhold (1937-2016) Jen (BlogItorLoseIt) wrote a tribute for Jane Reichhold, which included tanka by Jane, to which Kristjaan added a selection of her haiku, to inspire us to write our own tributes. My haiku was inspired by the following: art is exact like a woman […]
Homesick Angel
My response to Carpe Diem #1023 A Sparrow Inspired by a quote from Kala Ramesh: “Last evening I was looking out from my balcony and saw a sparrow perch on a branch. All of a sudden, with a quick jerk, she ruffles her feathers and spreads out her wings – her bodyline on an […]
River of Birdsong
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week (6) 7 Jane’s last haiku In the last episode of the tribute theme week for Jane Reichhold, Chèvrefeuille has asked us to share our memories and haiku, tanka or other Japanese poetry form about Jane Reichhold. He also shared Jane’s last haiku, her Jisei: with the moon night […]
Amor vincit omnia
My response to Carpe Diem #1022 dreams Inspired by a quote from Chèvrefeuille: “I know I am a dreamer … but I believe strongly that love will conquer all evil … and, as spring is here again, then I only can say: Yes love has conquered again!!” spring conquers winter banishing cold and darkness a […]
Love the Moment
My response to Carpe Diem #1021 love the moment – based on an inspirational quote from the artist Corita Kent (1918-1986): “Love the moment and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.” heart-shaped poplar leaves shimmer in motionless air hum in gentle breeze © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Single Cloud
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week (6) 5 “Ask Jane …” To honour Jane Reichhold’s knowledge Chèvrefeuille has shared another of her articles with us, entitled “Fragment and Phrase Theory” and asks usl to create haiku (or tanka) using the fragment and phrase theory. single cloud in sky above blue water craves own […]
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