Another one that failed A pane of stained glass in the ornate dome Is splintered by a single ray of sun, Ghost light of a derelict hippodrome: Music hall of burlesque and grotesque fun. The eerie spotlight pans the vacant stage, Traces phantom footprints in years of dust, Picks out shambolic sheen of […]
Day: February 16, 2016
The Modern Prometheus
I have been lucky to have had some success recently, but it doesn’t make rejections any easier. I entered this poem in a competition with the theme of ‘monster’, but it was not selected. A cold northern breeze Tumbles down the street And the ashen sun Slips below buildings Scribbled in coal and […]
American Paradox
Those lovely people over at Visual Verse have included my poem on page 89 of their anthology of poetry about the Grant Wood painting American Gothic. Here’s a link:http://visualverse.org/images/grant-wood/
Transformations
My response to Bastet’s One Month of Haiga – Transformations Hard ground under grass Impermeable with frost Green blades remain sharp Caress of spring light Leaves lawns and meadows embossed Diamonds of dew Sun’s softening rays Remind us all is not lost Splashes of colour © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Surrealistic Sleepwalking
My response to MindLovesMiserysMenagerie Photo Challenge Clean up It’s well past midnight And not yet dawn Under the light And the auspices of the moon In the surrealism of a town square Insomniacs and sleepwalkers are at it again Shopping for dreams And cleaning up their minds, unaware That they are poster people Shiny […]
writing in north norfolk 