My response to dVerse Poets Pub OpenLinkNight #176 For tonight’s Open Link I have reworked an old poem I wrote as a bit of fun last October about seaside beauty contests, which fascinated me when I was a child on day trips with my grandmother. I was reminded of it when I looked out of […]
Day: July 28, 2016
Remains
My response to Sue Vincent’s Thursday Photo Prompt – Crypt – #writephoto In the whispering shadow-play of the crypt, Light flickers and darkness drips, Spreading like candle wax, an eerie estuary Where life meets death in the ancient ossuary. Bones crumble in catacombs, Phantoms mumble in marble tombs; Motes dance on a stale breath of air, […]
Cracking the Knuckle Clock
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver #78 July 28th – Waiting Waiting, Counting minutes with each crack Of the knuckle clock, Each tick followed by a tock. Scanning, Searching crowds for her face, Feeling out of place, Longing for her embrace. Shuffling, Rearranging aching feet On cracks of cruddy concrete, Sweltering in the heat. […]
Churchyard Yew
My response to Carpe Diem #1007 Yew In shady churchyards, lithe longbows of ancient dead protect and redeem: toxic branches ever green drip sweet berries bloody red. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.geograph.org.uk