A shadorma in response to the Secret Keeper’s Weekly Writing Prompt #31 In the hall I hear the distant metallic rock and click of the midnight express train fade away from town © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on merapoetics.com
Month: April 2016
Last Night’s Storm
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #10 – was it a coincidence that there was a rocking storm in the early hours of this morning? Last night’s chrysalism Gave way to rock and roll hypnotism of thunderous heavy metal in the sky magnetic seduction from dreams to the reality of a panel of glass the […]
Miranda’s Tempest in 55 words
I have rewritten my Tempest in 400 Characters for this response to imaginary garden with real toads Flash 55 PLUS Life with Prospero, Surrounded by sea, Since I was three, It was a dream, Then a nightmare At the hands Of Caliban. Stormy waves, Turbulent heart, When father by his art Put the ocean […]
Starry Night
A poem inspired by Vincent van Gogh The splendour of stars Studding a night sky More alive and richly Coloured than the day Sets us dreaming Of the universe A stardust collection Comets and collisions Things we cannot see We are just passing In the scheme of things Collecting poetry Wherever we find it […]
Song of a Modern Prospero
Inspired by my current attempt to write a poetic synopsis of The Tempest from the point of view of Miranda in 400 characters, a poem from the point of view of a modern Prospero is my response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #153 “Collage 20” Tell me, my only child, With your studious looks And […]
Tree Gazing
A cleave poem in response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P Shadorma & Beyond – Elfje and Shadorma Tangled limbs extend Birch branches catch a passing cloud Bark and leaves twigs and buds Dreaming under its filigree silhouettes Inspirations penetrate the sky bring me back to earth . © Kim M. Russell, 2016
A Mile of Daffs
A haibun for Jacqui’s Echoes of my Neighbourhood over on A Cooking Pot and Twisted Tales On Sunday 3rd April, locals in our area will take part in Daffodil Day, when the daffodils, planted some years ago along a mile-long lane next to Honing Church, are expected to be in full blossom. You can walk […]
Doggerland
Larger in area than the British Isles, Doggerland’s submerged landscape Formed a bridge for miles From the English coast to Europe. In the nineteen thirties A block of peat was dredged By a Cromer fishing trawler From the seabed. Inside the blackened sod A delicate harpoon head Carved from red deer antler, Polished, scored and […]
More of ‘The Juniper Tree’
Part 2 Not knowing how to shirk the blame, The wicked stepmother was afraid; She searched for a handkerchief To secure her stepson’s head And then she sat him on a stool As if he were not dead Under the juniper tree With an apple in his hand. Running in from the garden To find […]
Post Punk Echoes
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Prompt #36 “Atmosphere” by Joy Division The beginning of the eighties A student in Cologne Listened to John Peel Every week on BFBS Heard that imperfect maroon voice Exposing his soul Filling a hole In her life She bought the single Played it again and again Filled with anger and […]
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