My response to Carpe Diem #1000 Reed Congratulations on Carpe Diem’s 1000th regular prompt! In windy marshes, home to wildfowl and waders, the reeds are singing. © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Tag: Haiku
Birdsong Choka
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma & Beyond – July 16, 2016. Bastet has asked us to write our reflections about change either by using a Choka (formed by writing any number of 5/7 syllable couplets and ending the poem with an extra seven-syllable line) or a Shadorma (a non-rhyming six-line poem of 3/5/3/3/7/5 syllables) or perhaps a Shadorma variation. We should choose […]
Intertwined
I have taken the haiku from a previously posted haibun as my response to Carpe Diem #999 Ivy curly willow weeps in the stranglehold of ivy relinquished to love © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Bishy Barney Bee (Norfolk Dialect)
Image found on Pinterest The first of the year Glinting ruby on the path Ladybird came home © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Apple
My response to Carpe Diem #997 apple cascades of blossom: promises of autumn fruit’s cider-scented flesh © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Klimt’s Apple Tree found on www.klimtgallery.org
A Quiet Moment
My response to Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #87 Back In Time “Carpe Diem’s Japanese Garden” and Mindlovemisery Menagerie Heeding Haiku shallow stone birdbath – a dusty robin splashes in sun’s reflection © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.animalphotos.me
Hazel Wand
My response to Carpe Diem #996 Hazel I sit by a stream, carve runes on a hazel wand, watch husks in water. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.spiritofold.co.uk
Mandarin Yin and Yang
My response to Carpe Diem Special #214 Mandarin Duck by Buson For this CD Special Chèvrefeuille has asked us to write a haiku with the same sense, tone and spirit as the following by Yosa Buson: mandarin duck – rain falls silently from an oak © Yosa Buson (1716-1783) Mandarin Ducks faithful yin and yang […]
From White to Red
My response to Carpe Diem #994 Hawthorn pungent lacy blooms thorn-pinned to springtime hedgerow bleed haws in autumn © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Summer Sorrow
My response to Carpe Diem Special 213 “Whitecaps on the bay” by Richard Wright Chèvrefeuille has asked us to take inspiration from a beautiful haiku by Richard Wright, which gives the impression of a scene that just lasts for one moment . The challenge is to write a new haiku (or tanka) in the same […]
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