It was one of those days when all I wanted to do was walk until my legs ached, the best way to clear my head of the pressures and worries that weighed it down. Solitude and fresh air were the only remedy, even on an exceptionally hot June day. I tugged on my straw hat, […]
Month: June 2026
Something Blue
like the small patch of skypeeking through a crack in the clouds or the twinkle in a lover’s eyethat you can pick out in any crowd. Blue like a host of forget-me-nots,a surprise among nettles and long grass. The blue that ties your tongue in knotswhen you remember something from the past. Something small like […]
Blowing its Own Horn
In the momentbefore a poem comes,and you feel its presence,there’s a twinge of sadness, because you knowthat, once you’ve breathed inits words and writtenthem down in some shape or form, it’ll be out thereblowing its own horn. Kim M. Russell, 1st June 2026 On this first day of June, it’s Quadrille Monday at the dVerse […]