Unearthly shapes drifted like ghosts, crawled from the sea along the coast, crept along ditches, streams and rivers, unravelling with damp clouds of shivers. They entwined their foggy limbs with mine, misting my sight and nibbling my skin, dissolving my bones as they made a start on feet and legs, then up to my heart. […]
Tag: Mist
Yearning for Mist
Now that lambing storms are done, showers alternate with sun, teasing early honeysuckle to stretch tendrils studded with gem-like buds in pear drop pinks and yellows. Pert and youthful, they raise a smile but I yearn for the mellow shades of autumn, the russet, the ochre, and the artistry of soft, dissolving, misty mornings, and […]
Peace Within Day 21
echoes fade in the canals and alleys muted by mist Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem’s Winter Retreat 2018 Peace Within For Carpe Diem’s Winter Retreat 2018, Chèvrefeuille has challenged us to create a haiku or tanka inspired on the theme of ‘Peace Within’ every day during a period of 30 days, […]
Peace Within Day 19
enveloped in mist the bell tower is silent a Venetian sigh Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem’s Winter Retreat 2018 Peace Within For Carpe Diem’s Winter Retreat 2018, Chèvrefeuille has challenged us to create a haiku or tanka inspired on the theme of ‘Peace Within’ every day during a period of 30 […]
Seasonal Impressionism
allusive brush of mist and dew dissolves fields the landscape becomes a swirling maelstrom trees are beaching whales Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Fussy Little Forms: Shadorma This week Marian is hosting the weekend mini-challenge; she says she was thinking about how she’s been a bit stuck lately, […]
Sea Roving Mist
rolling off shore misty banks of white tendrils soggy white fingers lure with promise of treasure disguised as an autumn day © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #2 Mist I’m just catching up with the second day of Ten Tanka Writing Techniques by Teika, in which Chèvrefeuille has challenged us […]
Mist and Reflections
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week 3: Magnolia Blossoms, haiku by Soseki Natsume: episode 7 is a tanka – five lines for the five floors of a pagoda pagoda pokes holes in ragged cloak of mist and fog letting the sun through illuminating the lake releasing fresh reflections © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Autumn Leaves and […]
North Norfolk Brume
The footpath is beset With nettles drenched in dew; Each drop magnifies a hair, Reflects the season’s cloudy hue. A canny mist rolls in, A spectre rising from the sea Winding through every field and broad, Every stalk and reed. Its tendrils cling to leaf and flower, Turn gossamer to filigree, Muffle the […]
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