My response to Carpe Diem Sparkling Stars #23 Sleet slides down windscreens Winter clouds are fit to burst Pierced by a sunray © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Day: January 15, 2016
Trying on a Wedding Dress
I have been trying for ages to encapsulate in a tanka the experience of going shopping for a wedding dress with my daughter. I hope this does it justice. The wedding isn’t until May and I’m sure there will be plenty to write about then. Of course, I can’t include a picture! Champagne froth […]
Overwintering
Curled conker-like A protective whorl of prickly spines The half-grown hedgehog froze A tiny statue in the confines Of the garden Amongst withered hydrangea and rose Safely out of reach Hiding its fear It must have foraged well To be outside So late in the year Perhaps it found a kind soul Who fed it […]