My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month May 26th: “silence” by Jane Reichhold silence in the blind wind’s dance blossoms © Jane Reichhold no more knocking at the […]
Month: May 2016
To My Cat Tosca
My husband found her body in the road this morning on his way to work. You were my soul companion throughout the day, with your burnished fur that changed from brown to grey, your feline smile and gentle breathy purr. I shall miss your dainty body perched on my shoulder or curled up in my […]
Charade Shadorma
My response to the secret keeper’s Weekly Writing Prompt #38 You parade new rules in this game this charade in your face fake emotions I can trace as I call your bluff © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
A Victorian Vignette
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #110 With her flushed neck and face, She is a damask rose Entwined by tendrils of waist-length hair. She gasps, moonstruck at the care And flawless delicacy of the vignette, The frontispiece of a book she hasn’t read yet: Poetry that will melt her with metaphors, Set alight a […]
Tempting Tea
My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month May 23rd: “one step outside” by Tagami Kikusha one step outside the temple gate, it’s Japan — a tea picker’s song © Tagami Kikusha […]
Death’s Dominion (found)
My reponse to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt: Tarot: Major Arcana: Death For this prompt I have used Dylan Thomas’s poem ‘And death shall have no dominion’ as the material for a found poem. Death’s dominion is the naked dead; He places stars at foot and head And picks their bones to use again, Giving hope […]
Late Night Bus Stop
My response to imaginary garden with real toads – Play It Again, Toads is a street poem: Waiting for the night bus in a queue of one, Alone after work and play is done. Late night taxis pass like sharks Preying on drunks swimming in the dark. A homeless bundle sleeps on a bench, […]
Love and Preparation
My reponse to Carpe Diem Theme Week #4 (7 ): Latifa Prayer lines 6 & 7: “I love” and “I am prepared” For the ‘I love’ prompt, I have chosen a tanka I posted in February: Once an innocent, delicate, blossoming bud, love suddenly comes alive, exploding like an atom expanding our universe. Lotus […]
Natural Geometry
My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month May 22nd: “on a windless day” by Cheryl Lynn (a.k.a. Tournesol) on a windless day six circles take shape a pebble skips © Tournesol making […]
Trusting the Oak
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week #4 (5 & 6): Latifa Prayer lines 4 & 5 “I believe and I trust” & “I let go” green shadows gather in the dome of the old gnarly oak confident in its embrace I watch thunder clouds © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
writing in north norfolk 