My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week (6) 4 Tanka Splendor In this episode Chèvrefeuille has shared with us a series of tanka written by Jane Reichhold, as well as her translation of one written by Fujiwara Shunzei; the challenge is to take inspiration from them and create our own. I have reworked a tanka I […]
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A Spider’s Crystal
My response to Carpe Diem #1017 true secret Chèvrefeuille has chosen a quote from the English designer and poet William Morris to inspire us: “The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.” hanging from a strand at the heart of a cobweb a drop […]
Night Comfort
My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #109 This week Chèvrefeuille has introduced us to a haiku by Yasomura Rotsu, a not so well known haiku-poet, and challenged us to compose a second stanza of two lines to add to it: higon-mae samusa mo hito-yo futa-yo kana before the spring equinox the cold will last only […]
Preamble to Dreams
My response to Ramblings of a Writer’s Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge Week 4 – Explore & Beautiful Explore the nightscape of beautiful moon shadows shaping and dappling uninterrupted darkness in the preamble to dreams. © Kim M. Russell, 2016
When the Birds Stop Singing
My response to Carpe Diem #1014 dawn, also linked to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’s Friday Music Prompt # 54: Sound of Silence, cover by David Draiman and Disturbed Today’s inspirational quote is from Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941): “Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.” At dusk, clouds of birds fill the […]
Walking Barefoot on Grass
My response to Carpe Diem #1013 tomorrow Today’s quote is from the author H.Jackson Brown, Jr (1940- ): “The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” Scatter seeds today, nurture them with love and care; tomorrow, feel grass between your toes and, while there, weave some daisies in your hair. © Kim […]
Star Poetry
My response to Elusive Trope’s Magnetic Poetry Saturday Challenge A brilliant star, poetry of decaying universe, lingers, a glass ghost melting in a liquid marble sky. © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Churchyard Yew
My response to Carpe Diem #1007 Yew In shady churchyards, lithe longbows of ancient dead protect and redeem: toxic branches ever green drip sweet berries bloody red. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.geograph.org.uk
A Breath of Heather
My response to Carpe Diem #1005 Heather sweet smell of thistles, bees hum and the wind whistles in a sea of heather permeating hill and heath with its fragrant honeyed breath © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Grandmother’s Wisdom
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week 5 (2) ascended masters and the seven rays in the yellow warmth of a grandmother’s wisdom children emanate the rosy glowing aura of unconditional love © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Painting by Gaetano Bellei (1857 – 1922) found on Pinterest
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