Because I am still And always will Be a girl in my heart and soul I celebrate freedom To be me To be free To be strong To be right And sometimes To be wrong To learn To understand To reach out my hand And make a stand For other girls In this world Who […]
Day: October 11, 2016
Autumn Swans
I am waiting For Bewick’s swans migrating After summer mating In windy Arctic wastes, Blowing in snow clouds from the north, Below them, glow of autumnal earth. Quite soon, A gentle trumpeting will fill the sky, Heralding cloud-white cheeks and breasts, And winter wildness. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.telegraph.co.uk My poem for imaginary […]
Ink
She tattoos the ticking seconds In five bar gates With her indelible Indian ink hands Time never waits Time never stands Still while she gropes with sightless fingers For yet another skin-tight space To sweep the hands and sardonic smile Off the timekeeper’s face. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 inspirationfeed.com My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo […]
The Magic of Knitting
nimble fingers knit looping and slipping rainbows – needlework haiku © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image of yarn bombing in London found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1074 knitting wool Today Chèvrefeuille has given us another nice tool for art: knitting wool, from which we can create wonderful woollen clothes, puppets, spider web artwork, […]
Morning Quadrille
Usually loathe to linger In a warm cloud of bedclothes, Admonished by the cold finger Of October morning light, I rose to the song of birds, Inky swirl of overcast sky And gentle tumble of words In a morning quadrille – So the day began. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Another poem for dVerse Poets Pub […]
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