My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma & Beyond – ABC Poem Against the constant Backing track of traffic, Common sounds of the city Drum in an Ever-present hum. Fixed in the haloes of street lights, Glimpses of passing faces, Hurrying home; In shop windows and shattered bus-stop glass, Jazzy Kaleidoscope of Lights. Morning […]
Day: March 27, 2016
Easter Sunday
On a lazy Sunday on a muddy bank by the slow green flow of the river, toes dipping in the chilly water, hidden by the long grass, a hovering breeze stirs the air, sharp with wild garlic; blows daffodils’ trumpets, brash yellow strumpets; flutters primrose petals glinting in amongst the brambles; buffets boughs of flowers […]
The Lost Pharaoh
Inspired by an article I read in The Times Over two thousand years ago Colossal statues of Pharaohs Were carved out of rosy granite But Egyptian land was subsiding And the holy temple sinking The city of Heracleion Lost in the Mediterranean. Discovered by archaeologists Who saved it from the sea mists Dug […]
Clouds and Smoke
My response to Carpe Diem #948 brush clouds layered above shallow billowing valleys their motionless lines broken only by wood smoke kettle boils on open fire © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.nowzipit.co.uk
Disappointed
My response to Sacha Black’s WRITESPIRATION #84 JUST FOR SHITS AND GIGGLES My words: are as follows: 10th word = had; 33rd word = some; last word = saw; longest word = disappointed Disappointed With the shadows And the ghosts that didn’t come Disappointed With the nightmares You know I wanted some Disappointed In boring dreams […]
