My entry for Susanna Leonard Hill’s 5th Annual Holiday Contest Twirling her wand on the Christmas tree at the fairy festive feast, Crystal beamed down at her friends. Fluttering wings wafted the aroma of Christmas to the top of the tree. On every table was a pudding, decorated with a glossy sprig of red-berried holly, […]
Day: December 7, 2015
Darkest Apathy
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #88 – I think I’ve used all the words! Through an aperture In my darkest apathy, A fanatic sings A haunting song of dread, Reaching inside my head. With a scratch of nails From the track-traced and pin-pricked vein Of distant empyreal azure, A bloodcrow Attempts to throw […]
12 Days of [vegan] Christmas
Source: 12 Days of [vegan] Christmas
The Centerpiece
Source: The Centerpiece
Winter Twilight
Translation of ‘Winterdämmerung’, a poem by Georg Trakl Dedicated to Max von Esterle Metallic black celestial sphere. In the evenings, starved to madness, Crows criss-cross storms’ redness, Blown over parkland sad and bare. In the clouds a light is frozen; Each bird turns in circles then, Fleeing from the curse of Satan, Sevenfold […]
Burying the Pain
Turn the dial Decrease the volume Leave only the comforting Constant Of white noise Subdue the light Remove all colour Leave only the delicate Dust Of grey Like this day Of cloud and rain Take away material things Leave only a hole For burying the pain © Kim M. Russell, 2015
The penultimate stave of…
The Little Match Girl Stave 3 She struck match number three And the match girl found herself Under a Christmas tree, With a thousand candles Burning on its green boughs. As she reached out To the exquisite light, The Christmas candles Rose and became bright Stars – one Fell And burnt a long fiery path […]
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