My response to dVerse Poets Pub 5 Year Celebration Part 1, Catching Up with Brian Miller also shared on Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Tuesday Platform Every year, My grandmother Aired the hand sewn Summer quilt and placed It on my childhood bed. On sunny Sunday Mornings, we traced A patchwork journey, Each square a story […]
Day: July 18, 2016
The Ballad of Methuselah and Dahlia
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #118 “July 18th, 2016” Methuselah was the barkeep At the local bar and grill, Who had a presentiment For every kind of evil. Below a wall of antlers, He stood behind his counter, Struggling to choose Between life as a hunter And as a residual booze Serving guardian angel To […]
Butterfly Ascension
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week #5 (1) Ascension, introduction Woken by the sun, from the safety of cocoons butterflies ascend. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Ascension Of The Butterfly Women by Roberta Baker found on fineartamerica.com
Hai-Kerouac
My response to Carpe Diem Special #215 Jack Kerouac’s “white clouds”, where Chèvrefeuille has shared two more beautiful yet somewhat strange haiku by Kerouac to inspire us to create a new haiku, with the aim of capturing the spirit of Kerouac: White clouds of this steamy planet obstruct My vision of the blue void White rose with red splashes – Oh Vanilla ice cream cherry! © Jack Kerouac My inspired haiku are […]