On a moist and mizzling day, my skin is pearled with gossamer mist, eyes wide with the expanse of grey above me, dotted with a scattering of distant birds. There is only emptiness and portents of winter in the yawning sky, and the days seem filled with loneliness. But when evening comes and the cloud […]
Tag: Sky
Yūgen
an unblemished sky winter is a silent flood where are the clouds? Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #18 Yugen, a new feature For this weekend meditation, Chèvrefeuille has created a new feature: Yūgen, which he says is usually defined as ‘mystery’ and ‘unknowable depth’. He explains that haiku poets use […]
Bird Sky
disturbed flock of birds takes wing, wheeling and turning, pouring from the sky Kim M. Russell, 2017 My twenty-ninth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful
Sunset Sky
end of day meets night in a romance of colour sunset artistry Kim M. Russell, 2017 My second response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful
Wisteria Sky
lamps lit at sunset a waterscape filled with blue wisteria sky Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1257 Wisteria Blues (Jonathan Reid) In today’s episode of ‘Imagination Without Limits’, out inspiration is an image found on the Tumblr BonitaVista. The photograph was taken at the Lake Como in Italy; it’s called ‘Wisteria […]
Found in the Night Sky
look up and watch the cosmic summer frolic when the sun rises early to touch the Northern Tropic our lunar neighbour fattens, waxes, comes nigh then scoots past and sails on by leaving Saturn and Jupiter to light up the night sky Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest A found poem, picked from […]
Sky’s Full of Stars
Another rondelet Sky’s full of stars And your heart’s full of broken dreams; Sky’s full of stars, Your skin’s latticed with silver scars. Your life’s come apart at the seams, Tearful eyes brimming with moonbeams. Sky’s full of stars. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.astronomy.com
Blood Orange Sky
My response to Carpe Diem #939 Old Pond – sense switching stain of blood orange seeps across the evening sky dripping juiciness © Kim M. Russell, 2016
A tanka after a short break
Norfolk Flatland Flatland is broken By churches, the odd windmill And broken-backed trees Horizon dipping away Under an expansive sky © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Under a Pearly Sky
Yellow-faced finches Flit in the bushes Of the ancient woods. A cold wind rises, Tossing the topmost branches, Dancing with flame-like larch leaves Lining the edge Of a field of sedge, Milky in the early light. It is silent Under a pearly Norfolk sky. ©Kim M. Russell, 2015 Yes, I know, the haiku was supposed […]
