In the glaucous state of becoming, she recalled the words she was singing in her dream: ‘Willow weep for me’. Her hair was delicate branches, her thoughts rain-scented leaves. She had been warned not to cry beneath a willow. Now it clasped her in an everlasting embrace and the grooves in its trunk traced the lines […]
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Gracefulness
a graceful geisha bends in the wind of culture wonderful willow Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1163 geisha, the beauty of Japan In the penultimate episode of our journey through Japan, Chèvrefeuille has told us about the geisha, geiko or geigi: traditional Japanese female entertainers who act […]
Weeping Willow
My response to Carpe Diem #1028 sadness Today’s inspiration quote: “Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.” Khalil Gibran below the willow can’t imagine tomorrow drowning in sorrow © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Phototropism
My response to Carpe Diem #1027 movement Today’s inspirational quote is from Chèvrefeuille himself: “Haiku is the poetry of nature and nature is always in motion. Seasons come and go, the moon changes every 28 days and so on, the only thing which is steady and without clear motion is our sun, that big star […]
Willow in the Rain (reprise)
My response to Carpe Diem #992 Willow – I have taken one of the first poems I posted last year, deconstructed it and turned it into a tanka. a bothersome breeze buffets the willow bending with the weight of tears, holding up anaemic clouds above our soggy garden © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Cats and Willow
My response to dVerse Poets Pub’s Haibun Monday #15 All Things Quotidian Toni has challenged us to think about everyday occurrences and write about them in a compact, haibun of one paragraph with one haiku at the end. The haiku must be 5-7-5 or short-long-short and must be about nature, tying the everyday things all together. […]
Unfurling Tendrils
My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month May 10th “the willow leaves fallen” by Yosa Buson the willow leaves fallen, the spring gone dry, rocks here and there © Yosa Buson (1716-1784) weeds emerge from shady cracks […]
Bashful Willow
My response to Carpe Diem #949 companionship hiding naked trunk ivy embraces willow awaiting new leaves © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Hedera – a haibun
My response to dVerse Haibun Monday #7; I have chosen the Charles Bukowski quotation: ‘Find what you love and let it kill you. Let it drain you of your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness. Let it kill you and let it devour your remains.’ The curly willow […]
Another Year Approaches
As another year approaches On the back of a brisk breeze The garden comes alive Against the backdrop Of a clear sky Just a tiny silver plane high In the distance Dragging a short tail Of vapour trail Sun glances Gilding the topmost branches Of the silver birches Last year’s yellow […]
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