My response to Through the Eye of Bastet One Month of Haiga – last wintry events. Unfortunately the spider’s web broke before I was able to take the picture and I had to ‘borrow’ one! Unexpected frost Spider’s web gilt with silver Each dew drop a pearl © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found […]
Category: Journal
My daily journal: comments, thoughts and poetry on daily events.
Desire
My response to Carpe Diem #923 desire From dank undertones Of forest floor detritus Fresh needles of pine Sharp scent like a ray of light Through desire entangled limbs © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
The Power of Bubbles
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille 3 – a quadrille in 44 words Congealed crud has set on last night’s dishes And yet, as the steaming water gushes Detergent swirls with a globule of grease Until a lava of foam is released One tiny bubble escapes and floats free A tiny transparent orb, fleeting […]
Foiled Hunter
My response to the Secret Keeper’s Weekly Word Prompt #25 Wolf’s intense hunger From flawed wastes of spring tundra Growl turns into howl Hunter reaches for his gun Shot is foiled by flash of sun © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.livescience.com
Sinister Spring Heralds
My response to the Tercet challenge with Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma and Beyond Jackdaws sailed in on a brisk breeze Descending on bare branches of tall trees (Paused in black parentheses) Jackdaws flocked in drizzly weather Yapping and flapping off together (Sharp of beak and ragged of feather) Jackdaw lovebirds entwined and […]
Snowdrop’s Chill
My response to Carpe Diem Special #198 Hamish Gunn’s 4th Petal lanterns white waxen petals droop with weight of morning frost forefinger tingles © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Watch where you go
My response to HBATNAGAR’s Two Phrase Story #29 – first seen on Elusive Trope’s blog The premise is simple. HBATNAGAR provides one phrase every Thursday, an incomplete string of words, and it is up to you to complete it in your own, inimitable way. However you like, taking it in any direction you want. If you […]
Lunar Light Perception
My response to Through the Eye of Bastet Photographic Experiences and Experiments one month of Haiga I missed the opportunity of a wonderful photograph the week before last, when there was a moon like a huge silver dish in the sky. I just didn’t have the time to fetch the camera. So I kept it […]
Compassion
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week #1 episode 5 Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: Insight 4 the power of compassion is limitless In a single bowl there are many grains of rice share with compassion. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.norfolkacademy.org
Lichen
My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Sunday Mini Challenge: one this snowflake ~ Micro Poetry sheen of lichen yellow & silver adorns the roof suns stars moons shimmering against slate & tile micro cosmos with its own constellations © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.rgbstock.com
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