Source: How to Write a Winning Poem
Month: January 2016
A pigeon haiku
My response to Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #64 Beyond “movement” Pigeon interrupts a dull January day lands on the fence © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.sheffieldforum.co.uk
Lighthouse at Happisburgh
I am reblogging a poem I posted back in October to celebrate the 225th anniversary of Happisburgh Lighthouse, which is on the North Norfolk coast. Beacon in a turnip field Warns Of storms And danger On the sands No rocks here Just crumbling Cliff and beach Since the Ice Age A village that fears […]
Red Lipstick
A tanka for Tuesday – my response to Sacha Black’s #WRITESPIRATION 74 THE RED LIPSTICK Carmine caresses Of creamy lipstick painted Perfectly – blotted With the passion of kisses Tracing their hungry path © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Some bad news and some good news
First the bad news – the motherboard in my desktop PC has given up the ghost, so all of the data from the computer is being transferred to a portable disk drive to copy whatever I need to my laptop. Now that should be an interesting exercise but also very time consuming, particularly as I […]
Clear and Vast
My response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #78 Vast&Clear Night skies in winter clear and vast; stars spanning past present and future © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on earthsky.org
Migraine
I cannot ignore the pain that bores through my eyes and into the orbs of my skull a dull throb robs me of creativity silences poetry drags words into a black hole leaving visual trails traces of snow and ice that freeze me In a migraine © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Cold Fence
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’s Photo Challenge # 94 Even the tracks of thorny wire lean Towards the early morning sun Tangled in tufts of icy grass Held fast By solid snow Soaked By slow Weak rays of light The cold fence Gives up the fight And sags A little more © Kim M. Russell, […]
Birth of a Galaxy
This tanka was prompted by something I read yesterday. Force of gravity draws galaxies together a slow collision of flames a chaotic space marriage birth of a new galaxy © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.esa.int
The Saddest of Seasons
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
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