Month: June 2016

British Summertime

My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #114 “June 20th, 2016” – oh yes, it’s raining again! Fugitive from atrabilious moods, I long for sunshine of another climate But cannot stand the agonising wait, The jostle of trains and airport queues, Tourists that obstruct the views. Instead, I hide inside From lengths of rainy grey, Waiting for the […]

Mumbling into Black Holes

My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Prompt #47: “Take Courage” by Andrew Bird   When words begin to crumble, Stale cake on your tongue, Thoughts fossilise and tumble Into back holes, one by one. Fingers fly and fumble, Trying to catch words That escape like mumbles And fly away like birds. Eyes still see, heart still […]

Dream Fishing

My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge # 103 Basho’s “a flash of lightning!” inazuma ya yami no kata yuku goi no koe a flash of lightning— passing through the darkness a night heron’s scream                     © Basho (1644-1694) statue still it waits for prey in the shallows of my dreams                 © Kim M. Russell, 2016 […]

I’ve just got back from a book launch

The anthology, River Writes, in which one of my poems and a story have been included, is now officially launched. It is showing up on Amazon but is currently unavailable. Here is the link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/River-Wri…/…/0993566324/ref=sr_1_1… A touch of irony: there was a raffle and my husband bought a strip. the last number on the strip […]

Late Afternoon on a Norfolk Wherry

  My response to dVerse Poets Pub Meter-Made Mood–dVerse Meeting the Bar Victoria has challenged us to write a poem that illustrates how meter contributes to the mood of a poem.   His face is traced and creased by Norfolk gales, His skin tanned Van Dyke brown as wherry sails, The wherryman sits on the tiller […]

Passion

My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver Prompt #72: June 16 2016: Passiflora caerulea   Awash with cerulean ripples, Other-worldly, complex flowers Clamour, South American beauties At the windows of a brothel, Wild and menacing As their vigorous vines Intertwine And swallow trees whole Like Amazonian anacondas. And yet, The intricate structure Of each flower Is […]

Overshadowed by David

My response to dVerse Poets Pub Chisel me a conversation   When Michelangelo First touched his chisel to my skin My invisible fingers gripped it from within, In a struggle to be released From this marble prison. Sculpting myself through his hands, I freed my legs until I could stand, Muscles in thighs and calves tensed […]