(covering Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’) in a sea of possibilities I’m surrounded by waves like stallions horses coming from all directions noses flaming white manes shining stars in the black mare of night up against a sea wall I seize the first possibility in a crash of waves coming in like Arabian stallions lapping into sea […]
Day: November 29, 2016
In the Grip
We are in the grip of a stelliferous season, that famous episode of frost and florid falls of leaves in the annual Penny Dreadful, when we fend off the temptation to watch hours of plasma television. Outside, branches wave, trees tugged by boisterous fingers, a friendly invitation to join the fun, kick leaves, run riot, […]
Autumn Symphony
not a whispering or a rustling in the leaves but a symphony of senses: smells and colours proclaim the end of the year Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #29 autumn’s voice In this penultimate episode of the Tanka Splendor month, the prompt is autumn’s voice, in which the challenge is […]
Silver Winter Morning
silent mist and frost stealthy amongst leaves and grass silvering morning Kim M. Russell, 2016 My fifteenth haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – find the silence
writing in north norfolk 