My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #126 Source: Unknown stony beach of infinity magnifies a human’s insignificance on immeasurable shores © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Month: August 2016
Mosaic of Beauty
My response to Carpe Diem #1025 beauty Today’s inspirational quote is from Rumi (1207-1273), a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic: “Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” […] Rumi kaleidoscopic tesserae of life combine in unique beauty © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image of mosaic portrait of a woman from Pompeii found on http://www.telegraph.co.uk
Nightjar Ventriloquy
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille #14 This Monday Björn has challenged us to write a Quadrille of 44 words that has to include the word ‘jar’. I left ajar the door to evening; Moths gathered around the light That jarred the dusk, Exploding in a cloud of dust, Startled by a sudden churring, […]
Purposeful
My response to Carpe Diem #1024 success The inspirational “power of words” prompt is a quote fromSwami Sivananda Saraswati (1887-1963): “Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.” gossamer cobweb glitters in tightly-drawn threads purposeful spider © Kim M. Russell, 2016 spider web by LeQuip on DeviantArt
Beauty in the Soul
My response to Carpe Diem Special Tribute In Memoriam Jane Reichhold (1937-2016) Jen (BlogItorLoseIt) wrote a tribute for Jane Reichhold, which included tanka by Jane, to which Kristjaan added a selection of her haiku, to inspire us to write our own tributes. My haiku was inspired by the following: art is exact like a woman […]
Building Sand Castles Below Hound’s Tooth Cloud
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle Special Addition Sight “August 15th, 2016” Image found on Art / Sculpture on Pinterest | Sand Sculptures, Sand Art and …
Honeyed Raindrops
My response to Imaginary garden with real toads Which Bee? This weekend’s Mini-Challenge invites us to explore a moment in the life of one of the three bees flying in the stanza quoted below the image. And because three is such a lovely number, we are crafting our poems in exactly three stanzas. In summer fields […]
Caging Bruises
My response to Sue Vincent Daily Echo Thursday Photo Prompt – Caged– #writephoto Evening is bruised By fading day The colour of contusions On his wrists Where he twists And turns. Striped by bars, Burnt by bright light, Salts of life Crystallise On lips, tongue and eyes. His only respite A darkening sky With promise […]
Ent Song
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt August 14th: Spinning of a Story This Sunday we’re spinning our own threads into the stories that fascinate us. I have to keep this brief as we only returned yesterday from a couple of days away to celebrate my sixtieth birthday and I put catching up on writing before […]
Homesick Angel
My response to Carpe Diem #1023 A Sparrow Inspired by a quote from Kala Ramesh: “Last evening I was looking out from my balcony and saw a sparrow perch on a branch. All of a sudden, with a quick jerk, she ruffles her feathers and spreads out her wings – her bodyline on an […]
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