Eaten up by a voracious ambedo, dazzled by a blackberry-shaped cloud, I crumbled in the tide of a summer lido, where eminent locals misbehaved. Taking care not to be noticed in my one-piece swimming suit, I switched from breast-stroke to paddle, shook chlorine off my wings and took flight. Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found […]
Tag: Summer
Freewheeling Solstice
solstice cycle freewheeling through summer days then long nights draw in © Kim M. Russell, 2016 I have a large framed print of this photograph on my study wall: Hermann Landshoff. ‘The Bicyclers’ Published in ‘Junior Bazaar’ August 1946 Image found on artblart.com My response to Carpe Diem #1054 Summer Solstice Today our prompt is Summer […]
Summer Calm
bird song under a shady tree summer calm © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1051 Calm With this new episode of our tribute to Jane Reichhold month we are entering the next season, summer. Chèvrefeuille has chosen another modern kigo from Jane Reichhold’s A Dictionary of Haiku: a certain calm in summer’s […]
Summer Hare
In a late summer light circus, Shards of watery sunshine Moved in and out of focus. From my hide of grass I noticed, Unaware that I was there, A large-eared hare Lolling in the meadow. With twitching nose And whiskers trembling, It made a sudden spring; With lopsided gait it broke into a run, Burnished […]
No Place to Hide
My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #45: Summer storm, also linked to dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night #178 – Saving Grace photo ©Fir0002 No place to hide On a path overhung with trees: No place to hide, Escape the thrumming of sulphide, Imminent lightning on the breeze, An undercurrent of unease: No place to hide […]
A Summer Kitten’s Tail
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille August 17th 2016 … a summer tale This week it is haibun time again, for which Chèvrefeuille has asked us to: follow the classical rules for the haiku; write a maximum of 150 words, including the haiku; and write on the theme of ‘A Summer Tale’. The […]
Summer Stars
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille August 10th 2016 For this week’s Heeding Haiku episode the challenge is to create a new haiku inspired by the following: evening sea fog descending into sun-dried grass sweaty lovers © Jane Reichhold This is my tribute to Jane: sparkles of sunshine caught in ripples of swan’s wake […]
Dark Summer
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma & Beyond – Shadorma Summation – July 30, 2016 Five years have passed Since that dark summer, Amy Winehouse gone And you in a coma. I held your hand And said your name, Talking until you came Back and we thought Everything would be the same. You called […]
A Curtailed Summer
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #169 “Collage Special Edition” That year of our childhood, We picked berries, Squeezed their shiny plumpness Until their blood ran red. Intoxicated by the bitter sweetness And our summer freedom, We tottered down to the mill pond And clambered on the abandoned Lichen-stained waterwheel, Anchored in a snarl […]
Peeling away Another Layer
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille July 6th 2016 This week’s challenge is to create a summer haibun with a maximum of 75 words including the haiku (or tanka). It’s July. So far we’ve had mostly rain, so I haven’t worn summer clothes. On hot days, our cottage is usually a welcome […]
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