My response to Carpe Diem #1014 dawn, also linked to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’s Friday Music Prompt # 54: Sound of Silence, cover by David Draiman and Disturbed Today’s inspirational quote is from Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941): “Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.” At dusk, clouds of birds fill the […]
Month: August 2016
Once in a Blue Moon (reprise)
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Meeting the Bar: Let’s Kick It Up a Notch This evening, Victoria is our host and has asked us to search our archives, choose a poem and add a little spice to it through the use of sensory description, replacing metaphor, or tightening up the word count. I have reworked […]
Bookworm Holes
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver #79: Wormhole The librarian had gone off to make himself a coffee. Thursday afternoon was always slow and quiet, with one or two people logged on to computers, booking a holiday or applying for jobs. No kids until well after three. Sitting low in a comfy chair in the […]
Walking Barefoot on Grass
My response to Carpe Diem #1013 tomorrow Today’s quote is from the author H.Jackson Brown, Jr (1940- ): “The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” Scatter seeds today, nurture them with love and care; tomorrow, feel grass between your toes and, while there, weave some daisies in your hair. © Kim […]
Melodious Love Affair
My response to Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #90 Back In Time “Let The Music Inspire You” This week Chèvrefeuille has given us a video to inspire us to create a haiku, tanka or other Japanese poetry form. The video, created by Paky.D, is of the singer, instrumentalist and pianist Yanni playing ‘Felitsa’, a song he wrote for his mother. […]
Of Slugs and Snails
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille August 3rd 2016 haibun imagination This week Chèvrefeuille has challenged us to create a haibun with a maximum of 250 words (including the haiku or tanka) inspired by the following image: Snail (photo found here) Part of my childhood, from the age of seven to sixteen, was […]
Why am I Scared of Sharks?
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics: What Are You Afraid Of? This evening Mish has asked us to think about fear. I will never encounter a real shark, although Jaws gave me nightmares, still makes me jump. And living in the countryside, I’m unlikely to meet an aggressive drunk or witness a late […]
Pressing Poetry
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #124, also linked to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Tuesday Platform Image by Ronny Garcia Moron “For poems are like rainbows; they escape you quickly.” —Langston Hughes, The Big Sea I press poems to my naked skin; they escape so quickly I must anchor them with pen and […]
My Asymmetry
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille – I am who I am, but tomorrow, who knows? For Monday’s Quadrille (a poem of 44 words: no more, no less – not including the title), Lillian has asked us to create a self-portrait. I look in a mirror and see A transient ischemic face Staring back […]
Dandelion Sunshine
My response to Carpe Diem #1012 Sunshine “Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” Hans Christian Andersen a dandelion has freedom to take sunshine wherever it grows © Kim M. Russell, 2016
writing in north norfolk 