stranded by the tide a strange garden of delights honest work’s reward Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1351 Theme Week ep. 5: The Fifth Voyage of Sinbad In the final episode of our CDHK Theme Week about the Voyages of Sinbad, we have got to his fifth voyage.
Month: January 2018
Peace Within Day 4
sweet scent of blossom skylarks sing from plough furrows vernal quietude Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem’s Winter Retreat 2018 Peace Within For Carpe Diem’s Winter Retreat 2018, Chèvrefeuille has challenged us to create a haiku or tanka inspired on the theme of ‘Peace Within’ every day during a period of 30 […]
Secrets
glimmering birch bark soul exposed on silver limbs longing for new leaves secrets wrapped in tender buds to be whispered on a breeze Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Wordy Thursday with Wild Woman ~ The Tree Sisters Sherry tells us that there is a women’s movement rising all […]
Aloof
Between the wild scent of bracken and gorse and a sky dance of cloud drifting off course, sunlight kisses mountain tops frozen to glass, and ice flowers dazzle stalks of frost-fondled grass. Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo Thursday photo prompt – Distant #writephoto
January 2018
For the first time I ignore the wind whistling a haunting incidental down the chimney: Change the tune. You don’t scare me. I am shielded more by word and rhyme the more you blow at me to fear […]
Saved Again – Sinbad’s Voyage Part 4
on the horizon a single sail fills with wind breath of salvation Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1350 Theme Week ep. 4: The Fourth Voyage of Sinbad In this week’s penultimate episode, we have another of Sinbad’s voyages.
Peace Within Day 3
a single candle flickering in the window welcoming flame Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem’s Winter Retreat 2018 Peace Within For Carpe Diem’s Winter Retreat 2018, Chèvrefeuille has challenged us to create a haiku or tanka inspired on the theme of ‘Peace Within’ every day during a period of 30 days, until […]
Taming the Wind
“You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery My soul was like the wind, unleashed and flying free, until you claimed me. You wrapped my giggling gales around your hands, span my tornado until I was dizzy, strung up with your kite of love. Now I am hanging from the branches […]
Escape – Sinbad’s Voyage Part 3
frail rafts of driftwood discarded by the ocean returning to waves Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1349 Theme Week ep. 3 The Third Voyage of Sinbad
Cracks
“The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics.” Emmeline Pankhurst It started as soon as the window was replaced, like a vein pulsing in the corner of the pane. The frame was warped, it was a botch job, and nobody wanted to take the blame. More cracks appeared, […]
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