Tangles of Briar The briars lost their leaves months ago Exposing thorns sharp as shards of glass They have not been exposed to snow Or made brittle by frost and ice Their black threads tangle the hedgerow Ensnaring harmless birds and mice Foraging for elderberry and sloe And my careless hand scratched twice Beaded with […]
Month: December 2015
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 […]
A bad start to the day
It seems that my desktop PC, the one I do all my writing on, is kaputt again! It’s doing the same thing as it did about a month or so ago, when the fan just whirrs louder and louder and nothing else happens. Although I back up to a portable drive, I can’t retrieve what […]
Drowning in Time
I started this over a year ago and would like to develop it into a novel in the future. I thought it might fit Sacha Black’s #WRITESPIRATION 73 WRITE ABOUT DROWNING. A gush of steam from the coffee machine startled me out of my thoughts. Perched on a high stool in The King of Hearts, a lukewarm mocha […]
Broken Clock
My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge 11: Sayings Even a broken clock Is right twice a day No urgent tick or tock No clamorous chime To mark the time Just the sun Rising and setting Clouds passing Wind blowing Dandelion seeds – Another broken clock © Kim M. Russell, 2015 Image found on ifsantag.deviantart.com […]
Narrowing Focus
My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Writing Techniques #25 The Technique of Narrowing Focus Crowded winter copse lattice of leaveless branches one sturdy trunk © Kim M. Russell, 2015
A Winter Haibun
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’s Heeding Haiku So far the winter in Norfolk has been extraordinarily mild. We already have spring blossom on some trees, daffodils are showing, some are even blooming, and it’s too warm to wear scarf, gloves and hat. We haven’t even lit a fire! I love dressing up in layers of […]
A Windy Night
If I were a kite last night I would have been dancing in the dark weaving in branches and having a lark with washing making dogs bark instead I was hiding under the covers listening to the whoop and howl of the wind I even jumped when it blew the window open and rushed […]
2015 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 6,800 times in 2015. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 6 trips to carry that many people. Click here to […]
Toy Piano
evocative plink innocence of toy piano becomes sinister black and white nostalgia in fading photography © Kim M. Russell, 2015
writing in north norfolk 