My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #112 Through massive saurian eyes We gaze down the night From elevated height At civilisation below Leaking pearls of light. Turning heads As it dips its wings, We are offline, suspended, Apart from things That can only happen down below, Entelechy tells us so, As do the legible instructions […]
Month: June 2016
King of the Norfolk Broads
My response to Carpe Diem Special #209 “ripple in the lake” by Joyce Lorenson Kingfisher flickers blue above wind-kissed water wavelets in its wake © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.theguardian.com
Tuscan Lights
My response to Carpe Diem #970 Italy . What a coincidence: I’ve just got back from my daughter’s wedding in Tuscany! Chiusdino’s lights: a twinkling constellation in the evening glow. © Kim M. Russell, 2016
I’m in Visual Verse again!
I am delighted to see that Visual Verse have included another of my poems in their latest anthology. At the moment, my poem is on page 10, but from past experience I know that could change: http://visualverse.org/
Sonnet on the Marriage of my Only Daughter
In the coldness of a November night, When the full moon shone with silvery light, I gave birth to a fairy foundling girl Of violet eyes and finely-spun gold curls. A sea nymph building castles on the shore, A petulant teen trouncing out the door, Tugged at my heart on her first day at school, […]
Back to a failed competition entry
I arrived back from Tuscany yesterday evening to find that a ghost story I entered in a competition was unsuccessful. I am posting it here and comments and critiques will be gratefully received. In the Bibliophile’s Library When Levi Goldman decided to retire to the Norfolk Broads at the age of seventy five, his […]
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