a warm breeze purrs summer unfurls bright colours in the garden Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem Universal Jane #17 fragment and phrase This weekend’s meditation’ is a Universal Jane episode, in which Chèvrefeuille has shared an essay on ‘Fragment & Phrase Theory’ by Jane Reichhold. It begins with: “The fact that […]
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May Tan Renga Weekend Meditation: Morning Breeze
morning breeze coming in the window surf sounds Jane Reichhold secrets of the ocean enfolded in a sea shell […]
Caging Haiku
haiku to the moon captured in the tallest tree heavenly streetlamp Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem Universal Jane #15 birdcage Chèvrefeuille has welcomed us to a new ‘weekend-meditation’, a new episode of Universal Jane, in which he has shared an article written by Jane, entitled ‘Building an Excellent Birdcage’. In her […]
New Pond
old pond’s spring water clouding with fresh abundance ripple of tadpoles Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Universal Jane #14 Basho’s “Old Pond” Chèvrefeuille tells us that this weekend-meditation is a new episode of the special feature in honour of Jane Reichhold, ‘Universal Jane’, whose favourite haiku poets included […]
Spring Sijo
Whenever I step outside my door, something new is happening. Light shifts in a froth of new leaves, flowers are opening. The garden and I rouse, fresh after a long dark winter. Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem Universal Jane #13 Sijo the Korean poem For this weekend’s meditation, Chèvrefeuille has brought […]
No Mountains Here
High in a plane, I gazed down at a mountain and dreamed about the view from the mountain. In a flat landscape scattered with windmills, I’ve climbed a low hill but never a mountain.. I stuck out my tongue to taste the spring rain and imagined the flavour of air on a mountain. I looked […]
A Fresh Start
children in fresh snow taking careful pigeon steps welcoming the year Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on www.urbanmums.net My response to Carpe Diem Universal Jane #10 New Year’s Day In a new episode of Universal Jane, Chèvrefeuille has shared a series of haiku by Jane, taken from New Year section of the online version of […]
Rock Sculpture
unblinking eye in a grey socket of rock sculpted by water Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu My response to Carpe Diem Universal Jane #9 Naked Rock (AHA-poetry 2013) For this Universal Jane episode Chèvrefeuille has shared a few haiku from Jane’s book Naked Rock (2013) to inspire us, as well as two […]
Tomorrow’s Snow
sunshine’s a memory stuffed into feathery clouds with tomorrow’s snow Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Universal Jane #8 gathering clouds In this new episode of the Carpe Diem feature in honour of Jane Reichhold, Chèvrefeuille has inspired us with some ‘winter’ haiku by Jane: gathering clouds heavy and dark with holding […]
Inspired by Basho
solitary crow conspicuous in bare limbs of an autumn tree the caw of a crow echoes hollow loneliness in leafless seasons © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image by David Russell My response to Carpe Diem Universal Jane #7 Basho (the translations) This Wednesday sees a new episode of Universal Jane, a weekly feature in which we […]
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