I just received another email to say that this poem made the shortlist but unfortunately didn’t make the final cut. The magazine to which I submitted had a great many submissions.They wished me the best of luck publishing this work quickly elsewhere. The sea rises Eating away the coast Until the village Becomes an island ghost […]
Day: May 3, 2016
Rejected again
I received another rejection by email yesterday. They didn’t say why, just that the poems didn’t ‘fit the current issue scheme’. This time the submission was for a collection of six poems which I have shared on my blog – that was allowed by the magazine, as long as they weren’t physically published. They were: […]
Skipping
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille – 8 I can’t believe I just sat down with a bowl of fruit and yogurt and wrote this in one go – in exactly 44 words! I can still feel the thrill of running in my friends turning at both ends me jumping in time to their […]
Fistful of Flowers
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #111 Anna O. Photography he loves me he loves me not each petal a piece of her heart each flower another day apart a fistful of flowers and she’s bleeding a bitter bouquet © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Wisteria Infusion
My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month May 3rd (3) ” in the moonlight” in the moonlight Wisteria flowers look fragile – a gust of wind © Chèvrefeuille releases recent raindrops infused […]