At twilight, there she is, an old friend rising in the east and setting in the west, above fields shorn with harvest. She’s on the look-out for geese complaining after thousands of miles flight. And she smiles, this kindly moon, as they cross her face, knowing they have no perception of space, just a birds-eye […]
Tag: Hiroshige
Shadow Puppetry
midnight sky drips ink on the spotlight of the moon windblown silhouettes Kim M. Russell, 11th May 2018 My response to Carpe Diem’s Quest for a (new) Masterpiece … introduction Chèvrefeuille believes a masterpiece is a haiku (or tanka) that has the power to become a classic like the Basho haiku about the old frog […]
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