The air is intense and fragrant with meadowsweet and elder, the burn of summer a reminder that everything is changing. Seasons will always come and go, the moon and love will wax and wane, giving us another reason to lie down in green meadows, breathe in the sweet trickle of bee-kissed honeysuckle and slumber lazy […]
Day: July 3, 2018
A Salvaged Soul
She took a deep breath, reached beyond life and death, and exhaled her soul, spat it out with a spray of bitter bile. All the while, the devil waited patiently with a silver salver to collect it for eternity. Her empty carapace echoed with gratitude, free of the dead weight of responsibility. Kim M. Russell, […]
Contemplation
focused and serene empty palms drawn together a sacred hello Kim M. Russell, 3rd July 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1466 Contemplation Today we have a new image to inspire Japanese poetry, which is enitled “contemplation”. It’s the image of a young monk praying.
writing in north norfolk 