I’m delighted that I have another ekphrastic poem in Volume 5, Chapter 7 of the Visual Verse Anthology. You can find it on page 11 or you can follow the link to ‘Clean Hands and Clean Feet‘.
Day: May 3, 2018
Frida’s Reality
“I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.” Frida Kahlo Mexican heat invades each night, pervades the frangible seams and transmutes dreams to nightmares, thickly oiling the barren landscape vivid, livid with pain. Morning arrives again with the promise of reality, a canvas to daub with certainty self-portraits of her truth. Kim M. Russell, […]
First Love
shy exchange of smiles fluttering of butterflies gently touching hands Kim M. Russell, 3rd May 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Romancing Haiku #3 first love The goal of this special feature is to create love-haiku about first love.
Mount Fuji Clouds
weather forecasting first snow or refreshing rain clouds dance with moonbeams Kim M. Russell, 3rd May 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Crossroads #8 The First Snow (Kanajo) We have a new episode of the special CDHK feature ‘Crossroads’ in which our challenge is to create a new (fusion) haiku from two given haiku. This […]
Lima
breathing history in the dust of the city conquerors’ footsteps Kim M. Russell, 3rd May 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1424 Lima Our journey through the Andean Mountains has started and today we arrive in Lima, capital of Peru.
