We are enlivened to the core as we stroll across the moor: hills transform into mountains; wintry waste is hemmed by trees and stones; branches shiver with icicles and frost that chill us to our very bones. Anaemic sun fails to warm us and underfoot the earth is hard as iron, despite promises of early […]
Tag: Thaw
Yukidoke
late icicles drip sun-spangled rivers gurgle winter’s departing Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1189 thaw (yukidoke) Today Chèvrefeuille has presented us with a less known kigo, ‘thaw’ (yukidoke)”. He reminds us that ‘thaw’ has two meanings: a period of warmer weather that thaws ice and snow; and […]
Before the Thaw
Rainbows hang in spray Of liquescent waterfalls Boulders gather moss Patchwork of meadow snow stitched With flowers – before the thaw © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on jenjoycedesign.com
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