My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #108 the open window screened with a web leaf shadows (Jane Reichhold) choreograph golden rays in early morning lightshows (Kim M. Russell) Image found […]
Month: July 2016
Woman of the Page
A sonnet to Elizabeth Barrett Browning in response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Friday Night Music Prompt #52: Virginia Woolf, Indigo Girls You were weak of body but strong of mind, At four a bookworm, a precocious child, Your father’s little Poet Laureate, Who became addicted to opiates. Illness and loss almost drove you insane, Laudanum and […]
Rose of the Heart
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week (5) (5) The Fith and Sixth Ray rose of the heart unfurls sweet-scented petals – divine love ascends © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Edward Burne-Jones, Romaunt of the Rose: The Heart of the Rose, 1901 Found on Pinterest
Evergreen Giants
My response to Carpe Diem #1003 Fir evergreen giants exude essence of forest – distant shadows © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
Lotus Flames
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week 5 (4) The Third and Fourth Ray seven rays converge in the flames of the lotus – spiritual growth © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
In Glaze of Dusk
My response to dVerse Poets Pub 5 Year celebration Part 4, Catching up with Samuel Peralta Björn has interviewed Samuel Peralta. I enjoyed his poem, ‘N. poeticus’, which has made me a little nervous about my own post this evening. What I have taken from the interview is Sam’s advice to ‘write from the heart, but […]
One False Step
My response to Sue Vincent – Daily Echo Thursday Photo Prompt – Stepping Stones – #writephoto This week’s photo prompt: I cross the river of life on slippery stones, Not daring to look down – One false step could break my bones. Churning rapids to the left of me, Unknown depths to the right of […]
Grandmother’s Dragonfly
My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Transforming with Nature’s Wonders This happened. Through a haze of tears And buzzing in my ears, I heard the vicar’s voice That told me to rejoice, That you were like a dragonfly, Your dazzling soul emerging when you died. At home, I found an envelope from […]
Elder Magic
My response to Carpe Diem #1002 Elder build fire with elder, through its hollow stems breathe air for the devil to appear to keep him at bay, live under the umbrella of potent elderflower © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
Transformation
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver Fairy Tale #77 July 21st – The Ugly Duckling Fairy Tales often taught us a moral, like in the story of the Ugly Duckling. For today’s Fairy Tale task we are creating a modern day version of the Ugly Duckling. She was her parents’ little girl, Preened and […]
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