In the whining draughts Of my grandparents’ house When I was very small, I’d sit on my potty by the open fire, Safe from the bathroom’s arctic chill. My grandfather would return from work With the offer of a cuddle and a smile; I’d jump into his arms, flashing a sighting Of my bare derriere, […]
Day: August 30, 2016
Cascading Moonlight
Purest silver light cascades into darkest night; heaven’s lantern, constant but drawn by the tide, fades into black from a smiling face to a winking eye. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest Taken from a previously posted cascading haiku and reworked for dVerse Poets Pub Poetics: Moon-muse, where Grace has asked us to write about […]
Summer Hare
In a late summer light circus, Shards of watery sunshine Moved in and out of focus. From my hide of grass I noticed, Unaware that I was there, A large-eared hare Lolling in the meadow. With twitching nose And whiskers trembling, It made a sudden spring; With lopsided gait it broke into a run, Burnished […]
Painting a Smile on the Moon
In the smeared window appears a sad silver face tangled in tendrils of willow, staring down from space through a veil of mist and cosmic dust. She rises ghostly, a pale apple in a tree, daring me to take up my brush, to paint a blush upon her cheek, a smile upon her mouth, to […]
Reminders of Snow
chill of autumn air silver rime and morning mist reminders of snow © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1038 snow Today we have a quote from Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898): “I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up […]
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