The moon’s a balloon that expands with night and bursts with stars and constellations bright, reminding late night lovers of the dawn whose fingers shatter dreams with early light. In the amber glow of a winter morn, when doors are locked and curtains are still drawn, early risers leave the warmth of their sheets to […]
Tag: Rubaiyat
Woken by Birdsong
This morning I was woken by the sound of birdsong, a faint and distant tiny tin whistle of a song, as I lay in the cosy comfort of my warm bed and contemplated getting up and whistling along. Pulling a woolly sweater over my tousled head, I stepped outside, where a two-toned light began to […]
Winter Moon
the moon’s a balloon it fills a clear icy sky bursting stars and snow Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1316 Moon of My Delight For the last episode about The Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam, Chèvrefeuille has chosen a quatrain which he calls ‘Moon of My Delight’: Ah, Moon of my Delight […]
Contentment
warm inside our hearts contentment can’t be frozen spring soon comes around Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1315 Scheme of Things Today’s prompt is Quatrain 88 from The Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam: Ah Love ! could thou and I with Fate conspire To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire, Would […]
Night Music
bubbling memory breaks night’s deafening silence a nightingale’s song Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1314 The Nightingale After being away due to illness, I’ve come back to the particularly lovely quatrain 72 from The Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam: Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose! That Youth’s sweet-scented Manuscript should […]
The Vessel
it is not empty clay, chips and cracks together traces of river Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Wikipedia My response to Carpe Diem #1307 The Vessel Today’s quatrain from the Rubaiyat is the sequel to the previous one: I think the Vessel, that with fugitive Articulation answered, once did live, And merry-make; and […]
Secret Well
blue flowers trickle in a dried-up riverbed secret well of life Kim M. Russell My response to Carpe Diem #1306 The Secret Well of Life Today’s episode is called ‘The Secret Well of Life’. Then to this earthen Bowl did I adjourn My Lip the secret Well of Life to learn: And Lip to Lip […]
No Key
beyond the locked door secrets of the universe curiosity Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1305 No Key In this new episode of our Rubaiyat Haiku Kai, we have reached Quatrain XXXII, the sequel to yesterday’s quatrain, which Chèvrefeuille has called ‘No Key’. There was a Door to which I found no […]
The Seventh Gate
rising at the gate winter sun spreads little warmth sharing its wisdom Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1304 The Seventh Gate Chèvrefeuille tells us that, as he was reading the Rubaiyat, there were several quatrains he didn’t understand, which sounded magical and mysterious. Today’s Quatrain XXXI is such a quatrain: […]
Seed of Wisdom
red poppies linger promise of oblivion or red remembrance Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1233 Seed of Wisdom I’ve just returned to the Rubaiyat after being ill for a few days and we have leapt to Quatrain XXVIII. Today’s episode is called ‘seed of wisdom’. With them the seed of Wisdom […]
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