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November 4, 2017

Old Pond Revisited

old pond is frozen ice blooming on the surface no weather for frogs Kim M. Russell, 2017 My twentieth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful

Posted in Haiku. Tagged Carpe Diem, Frogs, Ice, Life is Beautiful, Old Pond Revisited, Winter Retreat 2017. 7 Comments
November 3, 2017

Winterfall

waterfall tumbles flaunting its fluid freedom frost and ice await Kim M. Russell, 2017 My nineteenth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful

Posted in Haiku. Tagged Carpe Diem, Freedom, Life is Beautiful, Waterfall, Winter Retreat 2017. 12 Comments
November 2, 2017

As the Sun Rises

every leaf shimmers sun rays stitch a bold patchwork golden and scarlet Kim M. Russell, 2017 My eighteenth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful

Posted in Haiku. Tagged Carpe Diem, Life is Beautiful, Sunrise, Winter Retreat 2017. 9 Comments
November 1, 2017

The Beauty of Bats

shivery flickers shrouds of dark, leathery wings in and out of night Kim M. Russell, 2017 My seventeenth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful A leftover from Halloween!

Posted in Haiku. Tagged Bats, Carpe Diem, Life is Beautiful, Winter Retreat 2017. 7 Comments
October 31, 2017October 31, 2017

Horse

equine muscles twitch chestnut gloss in midday sun amenable might Kim M. Russell, 2017 My sixteenth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful

Posted in Haiku, Uncategorized. Tagged Carpe Diem, Horse, Life is Beautiful, Winter Retreat 2017. 8 Comments
October 30, 2017

Dangerous Beauty

newly-minted snake bright scales ripple and glisten venom’s fresh on fangs Kim M. Russell, 2017 My fifteenth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful

Posted in Haiku. Tagged Carpe Diem, Dangerous Beauty, Life is Beautiful, Winter Retreat 2017. 5 Comments
October 29, 2017

Winter Owls

ghostly bird flickers feathery contours are mute lethal talons strike Kim M. Russell, 2017 My fourteenth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful

Posted in Haiku. Tagged Carpe Diem, Life is Beautiful, Owls, Winter, Winter Retreat 2017. 5 Comments
October 28, 2017

Hiding from the Cold

hail rattles windows under the door a draught blows cats share body heat Kim M. Russell, 2017 My thirteenth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful I was tidying up the images on my laptop this week when I found this photograph of Luna and her mother, Tosca, who was killed in […]

Posted in Haiku. Tagged Carpe Diem, Cats, Draught, Hail, Life is Beautiful, Winter Retreat 2017. 8 Comments
October 27, 2017

First Hint of Snow

flurry of feathers stitches from a skein of geese white as the first snow Kim M. Russell, 2017 My twelfth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful

Posted in Haiku. Tagged Carpe Diem, Feathers, Geese, Life is Beautiful, Snow, Winter Retreat 2017. 7 Comments
October 26, 2017

Last Birds of Autumn

birds disturbed by gales twitters in the woody copse flash of leaves and wings Kim M. Russell, 2017 My eleventh response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful

Posted in Haiku. Tagged Autumn, Birds, Carpe Diem, Leaves, Life is Beautiful, Winter Retreat 2017. 4 Comments

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