The moody hues and Seascapes of January Have come to an end First days of February Emerge with daffodil shoots © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Category: Journal
My daily journal: comments, thoughts and poetry on daily events.
Ludwig’s Friday Morning
No tongue in the bell and the fishwives yell but they might as well be mute. The composer cannot hear his maidservant arguing about a basket of fresh trout or the striking of hooves on the cobbles outside. As far as he is concerned there is no outside. He lives in a world of muffled […]
A Cup of Jasmine Tea
My tanka in response to Carpe Diem #905 Throw That Pebble #3 drinking tea fragrant steam rises hovers above the tea cup waiting for two lips to press against porcelain and taste sweet jasmine flowers © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on boisdejasmin.com
Vacant Birdhouse
My response to dVerse Meeting the Bar: Critique and Craft poetry prompt. I used this image to inspire a poem I posted back in October and have used the original poem as a springboard into Imagism. The vacancy of a weather-bleached birdhouse hanging low from the gnarled branch of an aged apple tree is […]
The Wild Swans
Stave 2 Elisa thought of her brothers’ eyes As she searched for swans in the changing skies. When the warmth of the sun touched her cheeks, She was reminded of their kisses. Days turned into weeks, Each the same as the one before, and then into years, But time could not quell the princess’s […]
Keyhole
My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Bits of Inspiration ~ Keyhole A restricted view Through a closed door keeps secrets Until the key turns And engages the tumblers Unlocks possibilities © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Childhood Decayed
My response to Margo Roby’s Poem Tryouts: More Abandoning Decades of debris Piles of dust and memories Forsaken childhood Washed up in an empty room In a ghost-town neighbourhood So much sorry silt Deposited trash and guilt Littering the bank Of the river of lost time Where childish innocence sank All that’s left behind […]
Blossom
My response to Carpe Diem Special #194 A Trip Along Memory Lane Eyes raise to the sky A pink vision of blossom Gently quivering Each sweetly perfumed petal A promise of summer fruit © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on sequinsandcherryblossom.com
Thursday 28th January 2016
This is my second contribution to Jacqueline’s ‘Echoes of My Neighbourhood’ challenge. Every Thursday we share photos of our neighbourhood and link them to Jacqueline’s post. Last week we saw photographs of sunny Maui, learned something about Filipino martial arts, shivered at snow in various places, salivated at gorgeous fruit and saw any number of interesting buildings and […]
The Beauty of Trees
My response to the eco poetry prompt at dVerse poets pub There is great satisfaction In watching a tree grow over a lifetime; to know That someone in the future will sit under the same tree Look up at the delicate […]
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