world becomes bare with the fall of autumn leaves making space above for spangles of low sunlight and blanket of shadows below © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #5 low sunlight I’m having a marathon tanka Sunday and have reached this episode, in which Chèvrefeuille recaps the two tanka writing […]
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Bare Branches
silvered by moonlight two willows bare their branches leafless twigs and roots delicately intertwined beneath an awning of stars © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #4 Teika’s 2nd Tanka Writing Technique “Appropriate statement” – prompt: bare branches In another episode of Tanka Splendour we are exploring the second of Ten […]
Umbrella
in the suddenness of a November downpour he offers rainbows kisses and sanctuary dry under his umbrella © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #3 rain I’m enjoying this Sunday morning catch-up! I’ve got to day three of Tanka Splendour and the topic is so fitting – […]
Sea Roving Mist
rolling off shore misty banks of white tendrils soggy white fingers lure with promise of treasure disguised as an autumn day © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #2 Mist I’m just catching up with the second day of Ten Tanka Writing Techniques by Teika, in which Chèvrefeuille has challenged us […]
Heron at Twilight
lens of fading light freezes sky-borne silhouette a pterodactyl serrated shadowy wings trailing heron’s gangly legs © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Special Japanese Poetry In The Lowlands #1 Jeanine Hoedemakers’ This month Chèvrefeuille is introducing us to Dutch haiku poets and the first episode is about Jeanine Hoedemakers, […]
Single Black Feather
among high branches at the end of the garden silhouettes of crows a single black feather falls in kaleidoscope of leaves © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #1 Teika’s first of Ten Tanka Writing Techniques “Mystery and Depth” I have arrived super late to the first […]
Words and Blots
When I was at junior school in South London, we had to progress from writing with a pencil to a fountain pen. I was extremely excited because we had to go and buy one from the stationer. There were two brands to choose from: Platignum or Osmiroid. We had to have one with an italic […]
Holy Tea Cup
Krishna rests on leaves in banyan’s mirror image refreshed by cool rain filling the holy tea cup infused with perfumed jasmine © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Special (2nd guest) Kala Ramesh #4 jasmine rain In this fourth CD Special, Chèvrefeuille has chosen a mixture of haiku and […]
A Kiss at the Gate
lips locked in a kiss arms entwined in an embrace lost in the moment two hearts beating together underneath the kissing gate © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Paul Militaru My response to Carpe Diem Imagination with Paul Militaru #4 kissing gate Chèvrefeuille has brought us another episode of Imagination with Paul Militaru and a beautiful photo […]
Camera Relics
in box or album collections of memories fading photographs captured by technology tokens of mortality © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1076 camera Today’s prompt is ‘camera’, another creative tool. Some of us use photos to create haiga (poetry + image) or to make our posts more attractive to read, and they […]
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