My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics – Room With or Without a View My five year old self sits on the toilet, The door open on the short landing Peopled by shadows from the skylight; At the end of the twilight, The room behind the closed door. In the sunlight That escapes from the […]
Category: Journal
My daily journal: comments, thoughts and poetry on daily events.
Hedera – a haibun
My response to dVerse Haibun Monday #7; I have chosen the Charles Bukowski quotation: ‘Find what you love and let it kill you. Let it drain you of your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness. Let it kill you and let it devour your remains.’ The curly willow […]
A Kiss from Heaven
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille – inspired by a quote from one of my favourite artists, Friedensreich Hundertwasser In muddy puddles Every crystalline raindrop A kiss from heaven © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
An Audience of Darkness and Shadows
Another one that failed A pane of stained glass in the ornate dome Is splintered by a single ray of sun, Ghost light of a derelict hippodrome: Music hall of burlesque and grotesque fun. The eerie spotlight pans the vacant stage, Traces phantom footprints in years of dust, Picks out shambolic sheen of […]
The Modern Prometheus
I have been lucky to have had some success recently, but it doesn’t make rejections any easier. I entered this poem in a competition with the theme of ‘monster’, but it was not selected. A cold northern breeze Tumbles down the street And the ashen sun Slips below buildings Scribbled in coal and […]
American Paradox
Those lovely people over at Visual Verse have included my poem on page 89 of their anthology of poetry about the Grant Wood painting American Gothic. Here’s a link:http://visualverse.org/images/grant-wood/
Transformations
My response to Bastet’s One Month of Haiga – Transformations Hard ground under grass Impermeable with frost Green blades remain sharp Caress of spring light Leaves lawns and meadows embossed Diamonds of dew Sun’s softening rays Remind us all is not lost Splashes of colour © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Surrealistic Sleepwalking
My response to MindLovesMiserysMenagerie Photo Challenge Clean up It’s well past midnight And not yet dawn Under the light And the auspices of the moon In the surrealism of a town square Insomniacs and sleepwalkers are at it again Shopping for dreams And cleaning up their minds, unaware That they are poster people Shiny […]
Evil
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle Bonus Good vs Evil – I think I’ve used all 12 words! Ravaged by its sin Malignant anathema Dripping evil bile Possesses realms of darkness With monstrous, ominous smile Adversarial Fallen angel of disgrace Grimace on its face © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Climbing the Mountain – a shadorma
My response to the Secret Keeper’s Weekly Writing Prompt #24 Slow feet walk to uncertain beat of old heart the promise of the view from the mountain just around the bend © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on http://www.nippon.com
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