My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille May 4th 2016 kishadoo no ichidan takaki fuyuta kana Winter rice fields– railroad tracks running a level above them © Shiki children play in fields below leaving tracks across the […]
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Chess and Lark Song
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille – a game of chess This week we are writing a haibun, prose and poetry together, in which we have to use a haiku written by Chèvrefeuille, which he wrote several weeks ago in response to a photo challenge set by MLMM: a photo of an outdoor […]
Final Moments
I deconstructed a poem I posted in March to create a haiku in response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille dark handfuls of earth final moments like kisses melt into mourning © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on oppressedpeoplesonlineword.ning.com
Our garden is wild…
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille – a haibun inspired by the following haiku: what a mystery leaves falling year after year without mourning © Chèvrefeuille Our garden is wild. Nothing is manicured or tamed, maybe trimmed sometimes to allow sunshine and a view. Its inhabitants are trees and shrubs, some of which […]
Soaked Buds
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille – Cherry Blossoms naked cherry tree raindrops dripping from soaked buds ready to blossom © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Hokusai, 1834. WikiArt.
Magnificent Magnolia
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille – spring buds like rabbits’ tails silky casings split and fall littering the grass reveal spring-time crush of magnificent flowers with their creamy blush © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
Forest
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille- Forest summer breeze stirs trees rippling lilies in a pool crystal reflection © Kim M. Russell, 2016
First Playground Memories
My response to MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille – our source for inspiration is a quote from Matsuo Basho: “The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.” It was my first day at school. The playground was alive with boisterous boys and giggling girls, running and […]
A Kiss from Heaven
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille – inspired by a quote from one of my favourite artists, Friedensreich Hundertwasser In muddy puddles Every crystalline raindrop A kiss from heaven © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
My haibun…
for Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuilleand Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie. Challenge: “re-write” a haiku by one of the classic haiku poetesses, Chiyo-Ni. the naked branch of the plum gives its quintessence to its final falling leaf ©Kim M. Russell, 2015
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