My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #109 Take me to Torcello Past the gondolas on the Grand Canal, Across the shimmering lagoon, Sparkling glass of Murano And the colours of Burano To the gentle chirp of crickets And the ruins of Torcello, Where we spent the day one summer Drinking limoncello And soaking […]
Month: April 2016
Twisted
My response to the dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille 7 – Twist Stomach knots like ivy bound around twisted branches of a gnarled tree. Hands like ropes strangle entangle twisted fingers of despair. Hard teeth like stone gnaw elastic rubber lips twisting meaningless moans. Passion like Eden’s snake screws what was true into paroxysms of […]
Yielding to Plum Blossom
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week 3: Magnolia Blossoms, haiku by Soseki Natsume; 2: plum flower temple expectant snowdrops at the feet of the plum tree yield to new blossoms © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Muddy Road
My response to Carpe Diem #958 muddy road(s) On a country road Between freshly planted fields Mud and tractor tracks © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Adronitis
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #106 He was a horned god Wrapped in goatskin Voice husky From too much whiskey Musky After the hunt And the misery Of following the scent Of his goddess On the wind For weeks Watching Waiting Closing in Building Up To that first Hello And the illicit creation Of […]
Magnolia Blossom
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week 3: Magnolia Blossoms haiku by Soseki Natsume shy garden geisha pink flush against creamy skin magnolia blooms © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.123rf.com
Norfolk’s Treasure
My response to Carpe Diem #957 lake lakes strung like diamonds along silver river chains couched on beds of reeds geese strut by the waterside ducks and boats leave trailing wakes © Kim M. Russell, 2016
The Three Children of Fortune
A Grimm tale in response to imaginary garden with real toads Poetry To The Third Power Once upon a time, a father said to his three sons: ‘I am growing old and about to die; I am poor and have no money But I will give you each a gift. Go to a place […]
Butterfly Love
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #155 “Collage 21” In a hammock Strung below a starless sky, They unpicked a fledgling butterfly From its gossamer cocoon And tossed it to the moon. On a lonely bench Among the tallest trees, Pages turning in the breeze, She read him her history, Unravelling her mystery. […]
Another Starry Night
A deconstructed version of poem that I posted on 3rd April as a response to Carpe Diem #956 stars Image found on www.vangoghgallery.com the splendour of stars comets and meteors rips the indigo electrifying the sky and tantalising the moon © Kim M. Russell, 2016
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