Sun breaks skin on frozen pond,
shattering milky puddles;
grass glints like glass as spring
mushrooms through forest floor,
greeting a beetle with a thaw.
Kim M. Russell, 2017
Image: pixabay.com
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Saturday Mix — Lorraine 18.02.17
In Lorraine’s edition of Saturday mix – a mélange of flash prose and poetry – we are welcome to try any or all of the challenges. I chose Almost Free on the Fives: in which Lorraine asks us to write a five line free verse with a total count of 25 words, using the photo as inspiration.
writing in north norfolk 
Nice springish feel to your verse. Warm enough here today to melt snow — I’ll have to wait for the mushrooms!
Thanks for participating.
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Thank you for the prompt, Lorraine!
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Your welcome — I enjoy creating prompts, especially when my own creative writing pursuits are hard.
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Five line free verse – you did great! This made me think about where I used to live: we had an abundance of mushrooms – it was so rainy and so humid it would grow prolifically.
And, oh how I yearn for spring. 🙂
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Thank you! We’ve just had two whole days of sunshine – spring’s on its way!
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from the first line to the last, I am in awe…very beautiful..breaking the skin on frozen pond…wow!! feels like spring will finally be here, although you would not believe that looking at my area 2 days ago http://wp.me/p3ia4v-5ZC I much prefer to reread your lovely poem! (smiles)
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Thank you so much, Cheryl-Lynn. For the last few days we have seen sunshine all day and beautiful sunsets in the late afternoon. The wait is almost over…
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Yep, soon we will have access to the roof so I can see those glorious sunsets from work
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Magnificent!
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Thanks Dorna!
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