shy woodland briar with a warrior’s vigour ancient remedy Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1198 (theme week 4) Acanthopanax (Ukogi) or Eleutherococcus Sieboldianus or Siberian Ginseng In the final episode of this month’s theme-week we have another classical spring kigo: Acanthopanax (Ukogi). This plant, also known as […]
Tag: Spring
Akebia
oriental vine scent of melted chocolate served in maroon cups Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on crocus.co.uk My response to Carpe Diem #1196 (theme week 2) Akebia Blossom (Akebi no hana) I have to admit that I have never heard of today’s classical kigo, ‘Akebia blossom’, so I was glad to have a little […]
Andromeda Flowers
intoxicating among cascades of petals a blushing spring bride Kim M. Russell, April 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1195 (Theme Week 1) Andromeda flowers (or Ashibi/Asebi no hana) In the first episode of our April Theme Week, Chèvrefeuille has reminded us that this month is all about classical kigo (season […]
Inspiration
outside the window abundance of pink blossom spring inspiration Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1194 Cherry Blossom (Sakura) Chèvrefeuille says that today’s classical kigo is one of his favourites: ‘cherry blossom’ (Sakura). Like him, we have a cherry tree in our garden and I can see it from my window as […]
Twirling Parasols
twirling and tilting fresh blossom and parasols on the breath of spring Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1193 parasol (haru higasa) In today’s episode in a month of kigo or season words, Chèvrefeuille has shared a video of parasol dancing to inspire us to create haiku or […]
Cherry Breeze
blown on a spring breeze sweet ephemeral blossom Sakura Mochi Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1190 spring wind (supuringu waindo) The classical spring kigo for today is ‘spring wind’. Chèvrefeuille says that the Japanese become anxious when the spring breeze or wind scatters the fragile blossoms. On the other hand, the […]
Flames
the hills glow orange kissed by flames of spring sunset dry grass is singing Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1188 Burning the hills (yama yuki) Today’s kigo is ‘burning the hills’ (yama yuki), which Chèvrefeuille says is a common activity in spring, when the dry grasses of […]
Last Traces
skeleton crystals melting into spring rivers last traces of snow Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1187 unmelted snow (yuki no hate / zansetsu) Chèvrefeuille has reminded us that this month it’s classical spring at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai and all our prompts are classical kigo (season words) […]
Sprung
Now the clock hands have spun forward, an extra hour’s worth of sun- light has my nose smearing windows, spotting miniature mountains in mud- dy grass, patches clawed and dug by myopic moles in their hungry hunt for worms and beetles. My ears detect a rhythm, tap and hammer of a woodpecker, precise percussion of […]
Spring Arises
fresh young shoots arise crumbling winter’s iron earth bursting into spring Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1179 Arise In this episode, Chèvrefeuille has introduced us to a well known nineteenth century Persian poetess, Tahirih: Arise O slumbering one, the beloved has arrived, arise! Brush off the dust of sleep and self, […]
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