My response to MindLoveMisery’s Writing Prompt #144 “Collage 16″ They woke up to espresso In aquamarine cups Black and strong Nothing could go wrong She sat on his knee In a hotel room in Tuscany After a night of pasta and wine The floor boards creaked Under their feet Everything was beautiful And nothing hurt […]
Month: January 2016
Saddleworth Moor
This poem is rather dark and morbid for a Sunday morning, but I have been thinking about it for a long time. I was reminded of it by a recent article I read about Saddleworth Moor and recalled the impact the moors murderers, Brady and Hindley, had on me as a child – the personification of bogeymen […]
Dawn’s Shipwreck
My response to Haiku Horizons prompt “sleep” Drifting in slumber Morpheus pulls me under diving into dreams Surfacing from deep altered consciousness of sleep rising sun stirs me Lifting languid lids broken shards of sleep amid dawn’s shipwreck of sheets © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.posterlounge.co.uk
Plum Blossom
My response to Carpe Diem #906 Ume-no-hana (ume flower) Scent of plum blossom Wavering on a spring breeze Whisper of petals Washed away by gentle rain Certain they will bloom again © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
Universal Truth
Children must be allowed To make of their lives what they will. Let them make mistakes, Share disappointments, hopes and thrills. Let them choose which friends to make: Some will come and some will go; The best remain through everything; And most of all they have to know The same applies to lovers – Broken […]
The End of January
The moody hues and Seascapes of January Have come to an end First days of February Emerge with daffodil shoots © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Ludwig’s Friday Morning
My response to FRIDAY FICTION with RONOVAN WRITES Prompt Challenge #11 It was hard to choose a favourite song but I love the picture Joni Mitchell paints of Beethoven in ‘Judgement of the Moon and Stars’, so I took the first line from that song. No tongue in the bell and the fishwives yell but […]
