My response to Carpe Diem Special #216 Patircia Donegan’s “lean into the wind” In today’s CD Special Chèvrefeuille has shared two haiku by Patricia Donegan. The goal of the CD-Special is to create an all new haiku trying to catch the same feeling, tone and spirit as the given haiku. Here is my offering: rain […]
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Ooame Orchestra
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Haibun Monday: 50 Shades of Rain Toni has asked us to write a tight one paragraph haibun, non-fiction, about rain and us, followed by a haiku about nature that ties our words together. Rain: how we experienced it, the emotions it brought out, the inconvenience it was, the beauty of it. […]
Praying for Rain
My response to Carpe Diem #961 prayers for rain Image found on http://www.weatherwizkids.com beneath dusty feet earth cracks, plants burn and wither, gasping prayers for rain © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Overcast on the Norfolk Coast
Ominous under a rain-speckled sky, Lilac-coloured flowers of salsify Bloom among the grasses In moody bird-haunted marshes, Where oystercatchers pipe on the tideline. In the morning drizzle, on a ghostly coast, Wind jangles masts and rigging on boats, Whistles in sea-bleached branches and reeds, And chattering sedge warblers root in the weeds. On a beach […]
Rainbows in the Mud
My response to Carpe Diem #933 Rain downpour of water bouncing in puddles creates rainbows in the mud © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Rain in the Valley
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma & Beyond – Kyrielle Rain Over Rovereto by G.s.k. Sticky with kisses of raindrops Town overflows with red rooftops Splintering like slabs of toffee In Vallagarina valley Silent bells of the church tower Ghostly pealing of the hour Filling every square and alley A storm’s brewing in the […]
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
Dancing in the Rain
A reverse tanka Barefoot or in Wellingtons Forget the brolly and dance Like mad in the rain Drops roll down your face until You’re soaked to the bone © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
Broken Resolution
My response to the secret keeper’s Weekly Writing Prompt #19 Unwavering rain Typical of the season Gives me good reason To break a resolution Stay inside with poetry © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Chiming in a Wintry Sunday
A silvery secret melody Of sleet on silence Stirs me From my sleep In morning’s murk Rain crystallises Tunefully Into minuscule bells Blown in On an Arctic blast Chiming in a wintry Sunday © Kim M. Russell, 2015
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