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 […]
Month: March 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 […]
Sunday Shoes
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Prompt #35 “Caroline” Performed by Old Crow Medicine Show Your voice is shining Like your patent Sunday shoes Velvet voice floating As you dance and sing the blues Tap and flash those Sunday shoes © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.fashiondetective.co.uk
Violet Memories
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week #2 Color Your Life: violet dreams of grandmother saturated with her scent flirty violet coming and going with time inhaling fond memories © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on boisdejasmin.com
Abandoned Shed
My response to Carpe Diem #947 grass pillow garden sentinel by the rickety gate flakes of peeling paint padlock key has disappeared keeping its contents hidden © Kim M. Russell, 2016
The Juniper Tree – a Grimm tale
After months of writing poems based on fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, I decided to look for some more obscure and lesser-known fairy tales to inspire me. I started with the Brothers Grimm and found one called ‘The Juniper Tree’, which I hadn’t come across before. Part 1 A long, long time ago, a […]
Moody Blue
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week #2 Color Your Life: Indigo saturated sky seeping into inner space beyond indigo © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on indigonight.com
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