as a bubble on a puddle,
the minutiae of life inside its dome;

as a single pearl on silk,
soft hair parted by a comb,
a fresh egg or a glass of milk;
as blades of grass mingling
with a buttercup’s golden glow;

as the crisp tingling
when the accolade of rain
stops – and everything is turned down low.

Kim M. Russell, 2017
My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Micro Poetry ~ Uncomplicated Things
Kerry is hosting this week’s Sunday Mini-Challenge, when we return to the option of form poetry and write a poem in no more than 10 lines (but we may write in fewer than 10 lines all the way down to a single American sentence). We can choose our own form or write in free verse, if preferred.
This weekend, our frame of reference is ‘Uncomplicated Things” – from the second line of the poem, ‘The Moon’, by Leonard Cohen.
Beautiful, Kim. The whole poem is so delicately wrought. I love the touches of rhyme which bind it all together.
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Thank you, Kerry. There was so much scope with this prompt but I’m short of time today and the rest of the week. That’s the great thing about responding to prompts and challenges – you can dash off a draft and come back to it at a later time after gauging the responses.
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This is gorgeously threaded, the particulars like drops of the ecstatic ending the plush music of silence at poem’s end. It’s really good, Kim.
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That’s a wonderful comment, Brendan, thank you!
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Tis gorgeous indeed Kim – there is beauty and comfort in the smallest of things, the simplest of pleasures
Anna :o]
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Thank you, Anna!
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A poem that feels like it was whispered on the wind. So delicate.
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Thank you, Paul!
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Oh gosh! This is so gorgeously phrased, Kim!❤️ Especially love; “as blades of grass mingling with a buttercup’s golden glow.”❤️
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Thank you, Sanaa!
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I really love this, so much more than just a list, but a whole sensation of the simple things we need to see.
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Much appreciated, Bjorn!
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“…the accolade of rain…”. Perfect!
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Thank you, Sarah!
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Another Magnificent series! 🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀
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Thanks!
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This is beautiful Kim. It is as delicate and mindful as a single stitch in an embroidered kimono.
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Thank you, Toni. A kimono is a thing of beauty.
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Such beauty. Simple things are best.
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Thank you, Sherry! Love the simple things!
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The simple beauties! 🙂
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😊
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Simple things hold such beauty… Thanks for a moment’s peace in a hectic life.
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Thanks for reading and commenting, Susie.
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Lovely and wise. Thanks. K.
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exquisite. I put it in my “favorite poems” on Pinterest
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Thank you so much, Margaret – that is a wonderful complement!
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It’s beautiful! Love the imagery too ❤️
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Thank you very much, Hiraa!
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