My response to MindLoveMiserys Menagerie Writing Prompt #146 “The Emperor” Luis Royo Emperor Of the northern wastes Of snow and ice Hot springs and bubbling pools Is nobody’s fool Sovereign of silence and steam Echoing below his feet A jet of water Hisses Erupts And crystallises Around the royal seat © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Month: February 2016
Boats and reeds
My response to Bastet’s Month of Haiga – hidden. Apologies for using this photo more than once, but I quite like it – it sums up the Norfolk Broads perfectly! Through a screen of reeds A glimpse of silver river As it rounds the bend Teasing at the bobbing boats Tugging knots of sturdy rope […]
Ardour of the Wind
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma & Beyond Song That Luc Bat A brisk breeze blew clouds aside Revealed an expanse of wide Delicate China blue Waking trees from hibernation Celebrating creation In a brief spring flirtation Coy daffodils struggled Against the ardour of the wind © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Winter Wreckage
The wreckage of winter has left the landscape rolling gently yet strangely bare shivering in the frigid air where rags of mist and cloud drip tears on branch and bark of naked, twisted trees that turn their backs on the chilly breeze snow and ice have left their mark and streams and rivers full to the […]
Exposure
My response to Bastet’s Month of Haiga – Haiga 13 –late winter Bare, bent and twisted Tree turns its back on winter Yearning for spring buds © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Valentine Compass
My response to Carpe Diem #917 direction Compass of my heart Points me in your direction No signposts required © Kim M. Russell, 2016
The Wheels of Time – a Rondel
My response to dVerse Poets Meeting the Bar; the Rondel, has turned into an eco poem, inspired by a photograph I took on the way to a local beach. The wheels of time turn, Leaving behind worn out tyres To rot, moulder and expire By a roadside or on a pile to burn. When […]
Beating heart of sea – a haibun
My response to Bastet’s A Month of Haiga – white noise When I first moved up to North Norfolk, I lived in a small village right next to the sea. I loved being able to walk a hundred yards down the road, up the cart gap where the life boat and fishing boats are driven […]
Banishing the Frost
My response to Carpe Diem #916 Temperature (Warmth/ Coolness) Early morning frost Embellishing blades of grass Melted by the sun Melted by the sun Artifice of winter fades Silver turns to green Silver turns to green Grey branches dappled with buds Spring is in the air © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Princess Elisa’s story continues
The Wild Swans Stave 4 After the darkest night, Without even the light Of a glow worm to ease her loneliness, Elisa set off through the vast forest And soon came upon A kindly old woman. Elisa asked if she had seen Eleven princes on their horses. She replied no, but eleven swans with […]
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