the crow has flown away; swaying in the evening sun, a leafless tree Natsume Soseki an abandoned empty nest and a single black feather Kim M. Russell, 26th February 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1614 Tan Renga Challenge Month 2019 (18) free styling Today’s challenge is to use haiku of our own choice, which […]
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November Geese
skimming the sunset a skein of pink-footed geese winter’s clarion Kim M. Russell, 4th November 2018 My response to Carpe Diem’s Leafless Tree #3 Morikawa Kyoroku, one of Basho’s disciples In another episode of the special feature ‘Leafless Tree’, in which we are introduced to one of Basho’s ten most important disciples, Morikawa Kyoroku (1656-1715). […]
Torn
torn by a cold wind in a month of falling leaves paper doors slam shut torn by a cold wind sparrows cling to bare branches no morning bird song in a month of falling leaves sunrise leaves its breath on a stagnant pond paper doors slam shut keeping out the winter chill a moment longer […]
Beautiful Waves
the coast a jumble of cliffs and waves constantly crashing Kim M. Russell, 20th October 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Leafless Tree #1 introduction beautiful waves’ Chèvrefeuille has created a new feature, ‘Carpe Diem Leafless Tree’, which he hopes to publish every Sunday. In this new feature, he will introduce unknown haiku poets and […]
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