This is the second of two poems I submitted to the Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition back in autumn, both of which were unsuccessful. I am smitten By the hovering season When dozy drones still buzz Their mantra And leached leaves Spiral Into swirls Of their own skeletons Sultry days are […]
Day: March 9, 2016
Night Mysteries
The old moon has crumbled Into stars There is nothing left To hold the sky together I watch it from behind my hands Feel my bones strain Under the weight of it all Waiting for the mountains Of the moon to fall Soaking up the darkness And the light Steadfast in the silence Of the […]
The Kindness of Friends
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics – Choose a Line. This week Mary has asked us to read the poem “Burning the Old Year” by Naomi Shihab Nye, choose one of the lines & use it as a line in a newly written poem. I have chosen the line: ‘Notes friends tied to the doorknob’. My […]
Happiness
My response to Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #72 Use that quote […] “The purpose of our lives is to be happy”. […] Dalai Lama golden crab apple bobs aimlessly in the stream happy to be borne on capricious ebb and flow voyage of experience © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.dtbrownseeds.co.uk Unfortunately no crab […]
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