Month: April 2016

Alphabet Soup

My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Bonus Wordle “Alphabet Soup” Trees performing arabesques Raise their branches, a complex Latticework, a deadfall Trapping clouds and stars In error, collecting drops in reservoirs, Dripping foliage all awash, Silhouettes in a lightning flash. Their trunks are gnarled With bark like gristle, Their knots are hard, Their twigs like bristles That […]

Thunderstorm

My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P Shadorma & Beyond – Nursery Rhymes   Hear the whistle of the wind; It is making such a din. Hear the patter of the rain Up against the windowpane. Hear the crash of thunder loud, A giant hiding in the clouds. Hear the lightning sparks ignite; We are staying […]

Skylark

My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Kenning Challenge   I was woken This spring morning By a cheerful early-riser Nimble high-climber Above the trees Feathered wind-hoverer On the April breeze Tinkling rain-singer Of unbroken melodies   © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.rspb.org.uk