meltwater trickles patient droplets gathering pregnant waterfall thundering cascade carving out rocks and boulders waterfall sculpture flash of silver scales leaping up the waterfall frenzy of salmon eddies and whirlpools wild dance of fall and river passionate embrace © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Images found on www.yorkshiredales.co.uk and http://www.bbc.co.uk My response to Carpe Diem #1061 waterfall […]
Tag: Haiku
Revising Basho’s Flute
clusters of flowers freed from the musician’s flute floating melodies © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille September 21st 2016 Revise that haiku This week Chèvrefeuille has challenged us to ‘revise’ a haiku written by one of the classical haiku poets. He has chosen a […]
Amber Moon
in September sky the man in the moon is trapped a fly in amber © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.telegraph.co.uk My response to Carpe Diem #1059 Harvest Moon Today’s prompt is Harvest Moon. With this prompt we enter the autumn section of Jane Reichhold’s A Dictionary of Haiku. harvest the golden grain color in […]
Unfurling Fungi
as summer shades fade autumn colours come to life unfurling fungi © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Special #219 Dolores’ 3rd colourful mushrooms For today’s CD-Special ‘colourful mushrooms’ Chèvrefeuille has chosen a series of haiku which Dolores wrote in October 2015, in which she captures the spirit and beauty of autumn: […]
Wisdom and Wordsmithery
wisdom forged from experience tempered with words © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on en.wikipedia.org My response to Carpe Diem #1058 wisdom Today’s prompt is wisdom and Chèvrefeuille has given us two of his own haiku as inspiration: wisdom caught in a few words fireworks enjoy the little things see the shepherd’s purse beneath […]
Anticipating Autumn
arid summer creek anticipates a shower tumbling autumn leaves © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1057 creek Today we have another episode inspired by Jane Reichhold’s saijiki “A Dictionary of Haiku” and the prompt is creek, a modern kigo from the Summer Terrestrial section. The examples of haiku by Jane are: summer […]
Dew-silvered
an owl’s silent wings gliding on morning shadows dew-silvered garden © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1056 dew Today the prompt is dew, with a haiku by Jane Reichhold for inspiration: seaside gardens summer dew comes filled with ocean power © Jane Reichhold
Cool Autumn
the year has started to draw to a close – autumn cools remaining heat © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1055 coolness The following are haiku by Jane Reichold for inspiration for today’s episode on ‘coolness’: a day shortens as the beach cools its shadows dry creek bed a coolness flows […]
Freewheeling Solstice
solstice cycle freewheeling through summer days then long nights draw in © Kim M. Russell, 2016 I have a large framed print of this photograph on my study wall: Hermann Landshoff. ‘The Bicyclers’ Published in ‘Junior Bazaar’ August 1946 Image found on artblart.com My response to Carpe Diem #1054 Summer Solstice Today our prompt is Summer […]
Folded Prayers
origami boat setting sail from a temple folded paper prayers © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on xdesktopwallpapers.com My response to Carpe Diem #1053 worship Today the modern kigo is worship and Chèvrefeuille has given us some examples of Jane Reichold’s haiku: in the beginning all spirit – all holy a world boat to a beach […]
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