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Day: November 11, 2019

November 11, 2019

Dark Chocolate

The day was blackly overcast, rain fell steadily, and Alice hadn’t seen a soul all day, not even her nosy neighbour. She’d almost given up hope, when the doorbell rang. In the hallway, she screwed up her eyes, trying to identify the silhouetted outline in the patterned glass of the front door. The bell rang […]

Posted in Prose. Tagged 'Taking Down the Tree', dverse Poets Pub, Jane Kenyon, Prosery. 39 Comments
November 11, 2019

I could never get the hang of perspective

As a child, art was my first love; I drew, chalked and painted freehand, thinking I knew it all. Then came the lesson on perspective. I couldn’t see the point in the distance where all the lines joined up. My landscape of road and houses was lopsided, a landslide tumbling down a non-existent mountain. A […]

Posted in Poems. Tagged Different perspectves, Imaginary Garden with Real Toads. 35 Comments
November 11, 2019

Haiku for Cats

Holding up my purring cat to the moon I sighed. Jack Kerouac rain on the window cup of hot tea in my hand purring with the cat Kim M. Russell, 11th November 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1778 Free-styling haiku In a new episode of Carpe Diem’s ‘Never Change A Winning Team’ month, in […]

Posted in Haiku. Tagged Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, Cats, Free styling, Jack Kerouac, Never change a winning team. 4 Comments
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