departing time water drips, seasons slip down the cosmic drain Kim M. Russell, 2017 I took this photograph of the water clock on Southwold Pier on Tuesday, when we chanced the weather for a day trip to the seaside. True to British summer form, it started raining not long after! My response to Carpe Diem […]
Month: August 2017
Tongue Ekphrastic
jade tongue licks the sky dark flame in a pale landscape ravenous for light Kim M. Russell, 2017 Tongue of Lucifer (Rudi van de Wint) My response to Carpe Diem #1235 Tongue of Lucifer Chevrefeuille’s latest prompt in the Modern Art Month is a sculpture on one of the dikes near to where he lives: […]
Waves
ripples of concrete waves that never reach the shore a static ocean Kim M. Russell, 2017 Heydar Aliyev Center Baku Azerbaijan (exterior) My response to Carpe Diem #1234 Waves (Heydar Aliyev Center, Baku, Azarbaijan, by Zaha Hadid)
Light Years
refracting colours geometric light dances time’s composition Kim M. Russell, 2017 Dana Gordon, Light Years (2015-16) My response to Carpe Diem #1233 Geometric patterns
Departure #26
first leaf of autumn seeking synchronisation early departure Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure”
A Day for Shade
Tucked into a shallow bowl of shady hills, a gun-metal grey saucer of a lake reflects the silhouette of a small bird of prey hunting on wings back-swept, shadowing skylarks and pipits, playing tag with cumuli scudding their own penumbrae. Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on britainandbritishness.com My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics […]
Departure #25
thoughts of a cupcake melting with sweet chocolate diabetes dream Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure”
Past Imperfect
When I was a child of three or four, my grandparents’ garden seemed enormous. I would take off from the back step, stretch out my arms and fly around the garden, past the living room windows to the blushing peonies, where I would stop to collect a handful of fallen petals to toss into the […]
Departure #24
abandoned seaweed whiff of pungent iodine the tide rolls back out Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure”
Autumn in Abstractum
swirl of copper leaves burst of ripened berry blood colour washed in mist Kim M. Russell, 2017 abstract autumn (unknown artist) (image found on Pinterest) My response to Carpe Diem #1232 abstract autumn (unknown artist) Chèvrefeuille has chosen another piece of abstract art, but this time the theme is ‘abstract autumn’, a painting in which […]
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