pheasants at the gate bright feathers come floating down strange autumn leaves Kim M. Russell, 28th October 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #56 Crossroads This weekend our challenge is to create a ‘fusion’ haiku from four given haiku in a Crossroads hineri episode. We may choose two or all four haiku from […]
Tag: Weekend Meditation
Picking Flowers in the Rain
wearing a paper robe even if it gets wet picking flowers in the rain late autumn butterfly swims […]
Infused with Jasmine
sweet reflections willow in a crystal brook infused with jasmine sweet reflections leaves stirred by the ebb and flow drifting memories willow in a crystal brook its branches bent and dripping the weight of water infused with jasmine green leaves and shadows shimmer merging with time Kim M. Russell, 14th October 2018 My response to […]
Final Curtain
final curtain falls billowing like ocean waves silencing the stars final curtain falls a veil across the sunrise no more blackbird song billowing like ocean waves there is no applause when the curtain falls silencing the stars dark clouds pass over the moon the curtain’s fallen Kim M. Russell, 30th September 2018 My response to […]
Sifting Stars and Flowers
time sifts through our hands fading stars and wild flowers difficult to count Kim M. Russell, 23rd September 2018 My response to Carpe Diem’s Weekend Meditation #51 Tagore’s ‘Endless Time’ Today we are being reminded that time flies as well as taking a quick trip back in time with a poem by Tagore, from which […]
Where Shadow Chases Light
from unknown skies on breath of a passing breeze perfume of promise from unknown skies flocks of migrant geese arrive autumn on their wings on breath of a passing breeze drifting smoke like old man’s beard tangled in brambles perfume of promise berries and windfall apples leaves for the bonfire Kim M. Russell, 16th September […]
Dancing on the Edge of the World
the edge of the world is where the clouds and waves meet where we dance and sing Kim M. Russell, 9th September 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditiation #49 Clouds and Waves by Rabindranath Tagore This month, all the Weekend Meditations are kind of ‘distillations’, in which we are given a long poem […]
First Gleam of Light
stars and planets fade in first gleam of morning light I know I’m alive Kim M. Russell, 2nd September 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #48 Tagore’s Gitanjali This is the first Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation of September 2018 and, as meteorological autumn starts this weekend, we have a new logo for the […]
A Summer Traffic Jam
between dusty cars an orange butterfly flits the traffic rumbles Kim M. Russell, 26th August 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #47 quest for a (new) masterpiece For this weekend’s meditation we have been challenged to create masterpieces, haiku (or tanka) that will survive over the years like Basho’s ‘old pond’. We can […]
Autumn Coolness
autumn coolness each peeling with our hands melons and eggplant melon seeds drip from fingers […]
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