My response to Jane Dougherty’s poetry challenge #13: Bridges Dense morning mist hides Statues flanking either side Wraps the castle in a shroud Conceals its glory from the crowd Leaving the medieval town Across the Gothic bridge of stone A spectre steeped in mystery Walks in the footsteps of history © Kim M. Russell, 2016 […]
Category: Journal
My daily journal: comments, thoughts and poetry on daily events.
A first attempt at an aubade
Sublimity of Daybreak Dawn’s dove grey penumbrae Are shattered by luminous rays And lifted like a veil Revealing An early morning star Orbiting A crescent moon in silver seduction Bubbling Birdsong ripples the liquid silence Celebrating The sublimity of daybreak © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Rusty Key
My response to Sacha Black’s #Writespiration 75’ write about the rusty thing’, inspired by a new form seen on Bastet and Sekhmet’s Library. The key to his heart Was hidden safely in the dark Depths of the back of a drawer Together with letters and notes Among the underwear The key to his heart […]
Yellow Orchids
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #95 Yellow Orchids by Liz West CC BY 2.0 Sweet vanilla permeates the senses spilling like liquid sunshine filling the air perfect petals open dragon mouths in a silent roar an orchid song as they perch along wiry stems glowing in their glory © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Leda’s Loculus
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie and Wordle #93 Leda’s loculus: In a sacrosanct place Where no irreverent swan Can show its face Or jagged genitals To humiliate Her memory. Once the gods dragged It by its iron rings To hinder violation By a false deity, Genuflect And pray in piety. © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Broken Resolution
My response to the secret keeper’s Weekly Writing Prompt #19 Unwavering rain Typical of the season Gives me good reason To break a resolution Stay inside with poetry © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Death of a Star Man
My tanka to the one rock star I fell in love with all those years ago when I was very young. I will never forget David Bowie – from a South London girl to a South London boy. A star man has been Extinguished; falling through space, Major Tom has gone. Planet Earth will […]
The Seafarer’s Garden
My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #12: Quatern Merged in a wash of blatant blue, Ocean and sky meet in a kiss, The seafarer surveys the view, Standing alone in private bliss. Sloping down to a steep cliff’s edge, Merged in a wash of blatant blue, Surrounded by sheep’s bit and sedge, Scattered […]
Hair Ice
Frosty morning light Fractures tiny stalagmites Efflorescent white Of decaying twinkling twigs Scattered in the waking wood © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on epod.usra.edu
Sea Birds
Along the shingly shore And further up the creek Swoop black-backed gulls Spearing silver fish in lethal beaks On the apron of marshland Redshanks pipe nervously Long skeins of geese Lace the cloudy sky And wigeon wing hurriedly In twos and threes Heading Farther out To sea © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image of Spotted Redshank […]
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