morning breeze coming in the window surf sounds Jane Reichhold secrets of the ocean enfolded in a sea shell […]
Month: May 2017
Symbiosis
(found in a scientific article) Trespassing algae slip inside, make no attempt to hide their intimate intentions. The salamander eggs are secure from the Ambystoma egg lovers – they only want a cuddle and some warmth. It’s a win-win situation: the algae feast on waste of nitrogen and carbon seeping from the eggs, photosynthesising oxygen, a […]
Unconditional Love Day 22
thirsty world shivers slate grey sky flickers above rain shower of love Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2017 (unconditional) love
The Last Narcissus
Drooped under the hedge, a faded socialite after the party’s over, her flouncy yellow dress is stained and torn, flapping round ungainly limbs. Retiring to the darkness of her bed, a splash of sunshine wrapped in onion skin, she waits for next spring. Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Saturday Mix Teresa […]
Unconditional Love Day 21
apple blossom scent a spring embrace for lovers fruit set of autumn Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2017 (unconditional) love
Unconditional Love Day 20
scent of tangy mint flourishing beside a pond shades of summer love Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2017 (unconditional) love
Sounds from Saturn
Noises from the eerie vacuum inside Saturn’s rings are sucked out, dying silently in the sad, black void. If we listen, we can hear pops and cracks in the near- total emptiness of space tinnitus, of charged particles and atoms, our audio postcards home. Kim M. Russell, 2017 (Picture: EPA) A quadrille for dVerse Poets […]
Landscape
we’re floating adrift across a pallid landscape in a thawing rift after static winter months forge devastating new paths Kim M. Russell, 2017 Jane Friedlicher (1924-2014) Landscape, 1984, Lithograph on Paper My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Artistic Interpretations with Margaret – Small Town Inspiration Margaret says that she recently visited The Hickory Museum […]
May Tan Renga Day 3
from the paulownia without a breath of wind– falling leaves © Nozawa Boncho brittle broken hearts collect at the feet of princesses Kim M. Russell, 2017 Paulownia trees in autumn – image found on […]
Unconditional Love Day 19
young dandelions sparkle with warmth in spring grass lasting memories Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2017 (unconditional) love