I remember my first 5th November: I was five, bundled up in coat, knitted gloves, scarf and hat, breathing smoke and stars, a fizzing sparkler in my hand, spellbound by the Catherine wheel spinning sparks on the garden fence – it cost Grandad sixpence. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille […]
Day: October 24, 2016
Art Therapy
The child deconstructs her picture, scraping curls of black crayon; swirls of firework wraiths appear and a hive of red, orange and yellow bees swarms from the smoke of a waxy night. Opposite her, a woman, bright and bedizened in gold rings, ear hoops and bangles that glitter in the flecks of kind eyes, searches […]
Holy Tea Cup
Krishna rests on leaves in banyan’s mirror image refreshed by cool rain filling the holy tea cup infused with perfumed jasmine © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Special (2nd guest) Kala Ramesh #4 jasmine rain In this fourth CD Special, Chèvrefeuille has chosen a mixture of haiku and […]
Three Days Three Quotes Challenge 3
A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh I would like to thank Lady Lee Manila for nominating me for this challenge. Lady Lee is a prolific and enthusiastic blogger, whose posts are always cheerful and animated. Today`s nominees with interesting, beautiful or amusing blogs are: Lynn Pat Virginia Rules of the challenge: Three quotes over three days. Three […]
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