My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver #61 – Departure Moments bruise and bleed Down the window In a race To erase Her face Impressed on the dusty glass Like the Turin Shroud The bus engine Sputters into life, a loud Arrhythmic heartbeat And then She is gone Replaced By a forest of faces […]
Month: April 2016
Cloudscape
My response to Carpe Diem #954 clouds Earth’s teardrops escape fill the sky with white and grey condensed in cloudscape © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Fickle Friend
My response to the Secret Keeper’s Weekly Writing Prompt #32 Without your conscience as compass, You navigate the space between us, Aiming for the stars, On the move from one event To the next, my fickle friend, In a universe without end. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.kika.de
Our garden is wild…
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille – a haibun inspired by the following haiku: what a mystery leaves falling year after year without mourning © Chèvrefeuille Our garden is wild. Nothing is manicured or tamed, maybe trimmed sometimes to allow sunshine and a view. Its inhabitants are trees and shrubs, some of which […]
Finding the Divine
My response to Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #75 rice gourd (lost episode March) entrance and exit incorporated in one an open gateway © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Frankenstein’s Fantasia
I took two poems I posted a while ago and created a new poem as a response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics – Fantasia A silver thread of melody Augments and diminishes In dissonance and harmony, Underpinned by a heartbeat. Echoing with ambient sound, Crushing crescendo and euphony, Drums and dynamics bloom and […]
Wardrobe of Memories
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #108 Musty memories Shadows and echoes In the muffled dusk Playing hide and seek Amongst stale sweat and musk Of fur coats and tweed suits Sweet scent of summer dress Redolent of happiness Silk slides against bare skin Empty wardrobe lures you in © Kim M. Russell, […]
Dawn (de) light
My response to Carpe Diem #953 Air dawn inhales deep blue scent of darkness – breathes out green bouquet of daylight © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Lost for Words
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Haibun Monday #11: Reach Out Five years ago, I could still call Mum on the telephone and have a conversation. She knew my name. Told me she loved me. Shared a joke or two. I’d go down and help out when Dad was in hospital and I’d introduce her to […]
Spring Promise
My response to Through the Eye of Bastet – Bastet’s Haiga Monday Challenge – A Spring Morning drowsy eyes open tickled by morning sunshine promise of blossom © Kim M. Russell, 2016
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