in the cold black earth bones sleep for eternity without blossoming full to bursting with new life bulbs await warm touch of spring Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #24 Black Earth In this episode, Chèvrefeuille has given us a bit of a strange prompt, ‘black […]
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Horse Whispering
dismissing a cloud of urgent flies with tall flick and a twitching ear beating heart of rib-caged fear is broken with a whisper Kim M. Russell, 2016 Summer North Wind – Cutting Boards Tempered Glass Another response to imaginary garden with real toads Artistic Interpretations with Margaret – Carol Law Conklin Batik Artist In this […]
A Strident Crow
a raggedy crow gargoyle hunched on a bare branch shreds clouds with its caw watches with a shiny eye threads tangle in autumn sky © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #23 crows For today’s prompt Chèvrefeuille has brought us ‘crows’ and the famous crow haiku by […]
Przejście (Transition): the anonymous pedestrians of Wroclaw
the weight of bronze hearts sinks in anonymity below the junction daily traffic flows, feet tread and the disappeared return © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #22 Teika’s 8th Tanka Writing Technique – Novel Treatment (prompt: blues) and linked to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Tuesday Platform In today’s episode of […]
Gaudy Trap
threads of bright raindrops hang in the frosty hedgerow autumn necklaces sparkling and captivating – a hungry spider’s waiting © Kim M. Russell, 2016 spider web by LeQuip on DeviantArt My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #21 Spider’s Web Today we have an autumn prompt, ‘spider’s web’, and Chèvrefeuille has shared a haiga with the following […]
Guilty Chrysanthemum
imperial blooms and golden globes of autumn chrysanthemum sprays in churches and hospitals guilt at the petrol station © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.dailymail.co.uk My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #20 Chrysanthemums In this episode of Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor, following yesterday’s 7th Tanka Writing Technique by Teika, ‘clever treatment’, Chèvrefeuille’s prompt is […]
Fragile Beauty
darkness is splintered by coloured light through stained glass echoes of rainbows will the homeless find solace in the warmth of the windows? © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #19 Teika’s 7th Tanka Writing Technique “clever treatment” (prompt: fragile beauty) In this new episode of our Tanka Splendor month Chèvrefeuille […]
Depression
concrete walls close in full of faded grey despair and daytime TV colour peels with the paintwork and withers with the flowers © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #18 depression Chèvrefeuille’s prompt for the day is depression, which he thinks can challenge us to think out of the box. In this […]
Lamplight
echo of footsteps in lamplight’s lonely shadows leads the foot-weary through cold, late-night city streets in the direction of home © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #17 loneliness In this Tanka Splendor episode, the prompt is loneliness and Chèvrefeuille has shared a tanka and a haiku on this topic. all […]
Open to Dawn
adorned with a star hanging on broken hinges paint flakes from the gate open to a muddy field and a sky full of dawn light © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image by David Russell My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #16 Teika’s Sixth Tanka Writing Technique “visual description” (prompt: waterfall) Today Chèvrefeuille has brought us […]
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