My response to Carpe Diem #928 Extra-Sensory Perception (and Common Sense) Great Aunt Rose was married to a Romany and learned to read the tea leaves. After her husband died, she lodged in a small room, with a curtain around her bed, like a bed in a gypsy caravan. She had a crystal ball but […]
Category: Journal
My daily journal: comments, thoughts and poetry on daily events.
Kinesthesia of Memories
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #99 She stands at her life’s junction, Kinesthesia in her hand, A heavy suitcase of memories: Frequent beatings, Days when she was famished, Future unknown. Reining in her temerity (Strange luxury – Freedom), she jettisons The past, Exhales her last stale breath, Inhales a fresh one – And […]
Silence
My response to Bastet’s One Month of Haiga and NaHaiWriMo – silence Silence lies between Rhythm, chords and melody Blue of disquiet © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Seascape
I’m hyping myself up for a visit to Mum in the care home today, so I tried escaping to one of my favourite places – the sea. Under mackerel sky Gulls wheel on buffeting wind Waves smash rocks and reefs With a dull rumbling thunder Making the sulphurous air quiver Far as eye can see Wrinkled […]
Moody Banquet
My response to Bastet’s One Month of Haiga – a moody day Expanding greyness Threatens to swallow me up Spit out my sour soul Scatter me on the wild wind Moody banquet for the birds © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Saturday morning whimsy
Ducks and Worms A clown-like shelduck With bright red beak Manoeuvres a line Of black-capped ducklings Across the mud flats And past the sedge To the water’s edge Where they stamp In the shallows Chasing shadows And stirring up worms That wriggle and squirm © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on http://www.wildfowl-photography.co.uk
Blossom – a shadorma
My response to Carpe Diem Special #199 Hamish’s 5th a teaser spring nudges winter out of bed with blossoms of blush quince gorgeous geisha out of place in English garden © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.notcutts.co.uk
Ephemeral
My response to imaginary garden with real toads Transforming with Nature’s Wonders – exploring the world of footprints I follow the trail Along the sea wall Until it veers Towards the sea Past rocks And pools Seaweed And shells Intimate Impressions Of a stranger’s Bare feet Each toe Defined In the damp sand Until […]
A small taste of what I have been working on
This week I have been revising the opening chapters of my novel, a ghost story for Middle Grade readers, set in London during World War Two. When I first started the novel several years ago, it was in the first person present, to get a sense of immediacy. However, I was advised to switch to third person and tried that […]
A Gentle Reminder
My response to Through the Eye of Bastet One Month of Haiga – a daytime moon Pale slice of silver Modest moon in light of day Resplendent at night © Kim M. Russell, 2016
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