Last Saturday I left home a mother and made a journey of just over four hours to visit my daughter and look after her home while she was in hospital. The train journey was chilly and the landscape covered by a blanket of snow, with the constant worry that at some point the train might […]
Tag: Weekend Meditation
Winter and Summer Sedōka
a naked landscape of icy geometry black branches against grey sky swirling skirts of mist sharp scent of snow-covered pines words float in white clouds of breath riotous colour the ripening of cornfields splash of yellow sunflowers bees humming mantras from honeysuckle to rose blessing the summer garden Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to […]
Glory
rising glory entangled vines and flowers drenched with morning dew Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #20 Revise That Haiku In this weekend’s meditation, Chèvrefeuille challenges us to ‘revise’ a haiku created by one of the classical haiku poets: Chiyo Ni (1703-1775), one of the few female haiku poets in pre-modern […]
Waiting for Snowdrops
the lush green leaves stand proud waiting a snowflake’s about to blossom Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #19 Out Of The Box #2 Tau-ku For this weekend’s meditation, Chèvrefeuille has chosen a feature in which we are challenged to think out of the box of Japanese poetry forms with a […]
Yūgen
an unblemished sky winter is a silent flood where are the clouds? Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #18 Yugen, a new feature For this weekend meditation, Chèvrefeuille has created a new feature: Yūgen, which he says is usually defined as ‘mystery’ and ‘unknowable depth’. He explains that haiku poets use […]
My first Cherita
winter sun has woken sombre sharp-suited magpies clatter in the trees the garden is elemental a gathering of gnarled and feathered sentinels Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #17 Out of The Carpe Diem Box Chèvrefeuille has surprised us with a new Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation feature, called ‘Out […]
Steel Blue Night
steel blue night light still lingers in the stars waiting for the day Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #16 Only The First Line “steel blue night” We have a new episode of Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation, the feature for the weekend that gives us a few days to meditate and contemplate […]
The Dust of Stars
silence the dust of stars shining radiance © Jane Reichhold essence of the universe filling the darkness of space brightness mistress of the stars the benign moon beaming a sliver of smile arching a quizzical brow questions celestial equations each night an answer lessons of experience written in […]
Mourning
January frost petals freezing one by one brittle tears of ice Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend-meditation #14 Revise That Haiku This weekend our challenge is to ‘revise that haiku’: re-create or revise a given haiku by a classical haiku poet, to which Chèvrefeuille has given us the background story. This […]
Banishing the New Year Blues
another new year full of hopes and promises remnants of the past suddenly a glimpse of green a blackbird sings a spring song Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #13 New Year’s Eve In the final episode of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai in 2017 the theme is New Year’s Eve. Chèvrefeuille […]
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