My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille – spring buds like rabbits’ tails silky casings split and fall littering the grass reveal spring-time crush of magnificent flowers with their creamy blush © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
Tag: Spring
Spawning Spring
My response to Carpe Diem #942 Thorn thick clouds of frogspawn quicken the pond with new life swollen bullfrog croaks © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
New Soil
Driving back from this morning’s Bounce and Rhyme session at the local library, I passed a field in the process of being ploughed, which inspired this poem. feathery flock a splash of white g u l l s CRASH of wing waves against rich brown earth churned and cr um bl ing studded with […]
Ardour of the Wind
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma & Beyond Song That Luc Bat A brisk breeze blew clouds aside Revealed an expanse of wide Delicate China blue Waking trees from hibernation Celebrating creation In a brief spring flirtation Coy daffodils struggled Against the ardour of the wind © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Exposure
My response to Bastet’s Month of Haiga – Haiga 13 –late winter Bare, bent and twisted Tree turns its back on winter Yearning for spring buds © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Return of the Woodpecker
I am waiting For the sound Of the woodpecker Drumming on the trunk Of the tallest silver birch Adding to the rhythm of the morning Playing hide and seek Flashing its vivid colours Among the branches Stark and scrawny Against the sky © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.rspb.org.uk Male great spotted woodpecker on a […]
Catkins Dancing
Yesterday we drove the short distance to the North Norfolk coast for a brisk Sunday walk. On the way, we saw clear signs that spring is already here, with trees and hedges already blossoming. What made me jump up and down in the passenger seat and point like a child were the catkins. When I […]
Message of Spring
My response to Carpe Diem Special #195 Hamish Managua Gunn’s first “full snow moon” Winter’s tapestry of branches, bark and damp earth is torn asunder by emerging shoots and buds a silent message of spring © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on pixabay.com
The End of January
The moody hues and Seascapes of January Have come to an end First days of February Emerge with daffodil shoots © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Hint of Spring
Another response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s #889: desire for spring: Sun scatters through drops of rain upon the window a momentary hint of spring before the storm recommences hammering © Kim M. Russell, 2016
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