My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie and Wordle #92 Arrhythmic swallows Swoop and dive in punitive Pulchritude of sky A tepid aquamarine In the saddest of seasons Arrhythmic swallows Leave messages in cursive On calendar sky Seasonal affirmation Reminder of tomorrow © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Day: January 4, 2016
Helianthus
The third unsuccessful poem In a covert patch Amongst cornfields Flowers of radiant yellow Turn buds skywards Tracking the sun From east to west September And yellow-rayed faces Of fibonacci spirals No longer teased By bees Face only east They are short-lived Growing heavy-headed Threatened by the distant Thrumming of birds That swoop […]
A Seaside Sonnet
The second of the three unsuccessful poems I dig my toes in shifting grains of sand, Eroded rock, disintegrated shell, Let shingle drift away from palm of hand To land in foaming lace of ocean’s swell. By increments surrounded by the tide, That ebbs and flows and rises to my thigh, I am enchanted by […]
Unsuccessful yet again
I have just found out that the three poems I submitted to the Cinnamon Press Single Poem Prize were unsuccessful. ‘A Poet’s Truth’ has already been posted on this blog but I am reposting it, along with the two other poems. A Poet’s Truth A word is struck and bursts forth from a spark, Ignites […]
Sun in January
This poem was inspired by an image posted by Paul Militaru, which he has kindly allowed me to use. Sunlight splinters the skin The membrane of water That keeps energy in Allows pebbles to skim And light to ricochet Blazing a dazzling way Across ripples and waves To the edge of the lake Or even […]
Find
My response to Haiku Horizons prompt “find” In my treasure trove Of words, phrases and poems I sometimes find gems © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on fine-gems.com
Fireworks and Wishes
My response to Carpe Diem Special #190 A trip along memory lane 1st CD Imagination Meteor shower Shooting stars light up the night Blaze across the sky A comet’s dusty debris Of fireworks and wishes © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Credits: Shooting Stars
Early Catkins
My response to the secret keeper’s Weekly Writing Prompt #18 Nature could not wait To meet the early catkins To tear winter’s shroud Cease its chill lamentations Accept spring’s burst of blossom © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.dailymail.co.uk
A haiku to start the week
Night Sounds Sizzling of white noise And gentle groans of the house – There is no silence © Kim M. Russell, 2016