In the solitude of the mooring, I watch boats tug their ropes, feel the breath of the river, hear it trickling, peace pooling among the withered gold of autumn grass and whispering thistles, its only mantra the chink of metal, splash and ripple. A swan glides into view. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to […]
Month: November 2016
Dance of Earth and Moon
in their tantric dance the earth and moon trip the light of a galaxy cheek to cheek and face to face inhaling each other’s breath © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #13 Teika’s Fifth Tanka Writing Technique “Lofty Style” (full moon) In this new episode of […]
Petals Perfume and Poems
unwritten poems hide in delicate petals of an unfurled rose romance buds despite the thorns spilling words with its perfume © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #12 Romance The prompt for today is ‘romance’ and Chèvrefeuillehave given us an image as inspiration to create a tanka about romance together with an […]
Dementia Earthquake
In the past, we’d experienced active faults, grandparents, victims of old age assaults, unable to name the rumbles and shakes that came to be known as dementia earthquakes. And then there was you with your primary waves of forgetfulness, distance and those days when you disappeared behind your blue eyes, just stood and gazed with […]
Late Night Fire
from dying embers and spitting sparks of damp logs two flames come alive emitting an orange glow entangled they start to blaze © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #11 fireplace This month Chèvrefeuille has already introduced us to four Tanka Writing Techniques: Mystery and Depth, Appropriate […]
The Meeting of Stream and Sea
A stream went dancing, Glinting and glancing Down to a deeply scooped bay, Where waves ebbed and swelled And fishermen dwelled In cottages by the quay. For homecoming skiffs, On top of high cliffs, Perched a lighthouse tall and proud Above sea stacks, waves, And dark granite caves Carved out by storms wild and loud. […]
Pebble on a Lonely Beach
brine-tumbled pebble abandoned by the ocean on a lonely beach I hear the wind’s threnody floating on the next high tide © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #10 Teika’s 4th Tanka Writing Technique – convicting feeling (abandoned beach) In Carpe Diem’s Tanka Splendor month, we are exploring the Ten Tanka […]
A Ride to the Sea
With the salty breath of North Sea breeze And gritty sand in mouth and hair, I push my bike down to the sea, The dog in the basket without a care. Dolorous seagulls wheel and soar, Squawk and mew in harmony Above the rollers’ tenor roar In a gusty, wistful symphony. Percussive pedals clank and […]
The Art of Frost
traces of first frost icy glints on branch and leaf still life on windows poetry on the footpath songless birds saying farewell © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Universal Jane #6 first frost This Wednesday’s special feature in honour of Jane Reichhold is also the regular prompt for […]
Never Say Goodbye – a Quadrille for Walt
“Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.” ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan Farewell until we see you again chasing your shadowy words, sewing them into rhyme, watching the time on the tick-tock crocodile clock. Never lose your Peter Pan spirit: in the Neverland of a virtual pub, a drink […]
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