My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #104 “by the mountain spring” by Goda Virginija Bendoraitienė by the mountain spring we talk about the same things just in other words © Goda Virginija Bendoraitienė accompanied by nature: duet […]
Tag: Spring
Spring Fades
My response to Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #80: Memory Lane: Utabukuro (or poem bag) The haiku I admire is: In the basin, as I wash my face, there rises autumn’s shadow. Natsume Soseki (translated by Makoto Ueda, from Modern Japanese Haiku: An Anthology) I have written my own haiku in the same style but about spring: On the […]
Raking Spring Away
My response to Carpe Diem #966 passing of spring Image found on Pinterest shower of blossom covers the garden like snow spring is raked away © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Demise of Spring – a haibun
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Haibun Monday #12 – Beauty in decay It’s a rainy Tuesday morning near the end of April. A chill wind tosses the willows, shaking young leaves that drip with icy rain. Spring buds and blooms are fearful. The daffodils in the vase have antiqued and their papery petals are […]
Wheelbarrow of Dreams
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week 3: Magnolia Blossoms, haiku by Soseki Natsume; episode 6: “autumn’s shadow” in a spring garden wheelbarrow fills with flowers fragrant silver dreams © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Spring Promise
My response to Through the Eye of Bastet – Bastet’s Haiga Monday Challenge – A Spring Morning drowsy eyes open tickled by morning sunshine promise of blossom © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Spring Activities – a list poem
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma & Beyond – Spring Activities Prune over-hanging branches Of rambling rose and honeysuckle Give the bay tree a haircut Remove the belt and buckle And trim the woody dill stalks Do battle With nettles And other pernicious weeds Organise raised beds Ready for a herb garden Bay, […]
Soundtrack to a Sunday in Spring
My response to imaginary garden with real toads April Poetry Month – Day 4 – “Nature Poetry” Sunshine caresses buds, blesses a blackbird perched on a branch of awakening willow, jerking and jinking. Beyond the gate, boats on the river are bobbing and chinking. An undertone, the distant thrum of a Sunday mower has begun. […]
Against the Light
Chlorophyll pulse spreads through pale veins of newborn buds unfurled in the sun – flimsy sprigs of spring blossom, green shadows against the light. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image courtesy of Paul Miltaru – thanks Paul
No Regrets
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Haibun Monday #10: Hanami “When cherry blossoms scatter – no regrets” Issa Sixteen years ago, we were looking for a new home. We didn’t have much money but we did have a two bedroom bungalow to sell, with a cherry tree in the front garden. We were looking for […]
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