Read by an actor at Arachne Press’s Midsummer Night in the Garden:
Category: Journal
My daily journal: comments, thoughts and poetry on daily events.
A bit of fun on EU Referendum Thursday
The Power of Nonsense My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale weaver #73 June 23rd – Making Sense of Nonsense I was never more certain Of the power of nonsense Until I read The Book of Universal Cerfin By the expert Bott Grojean, Who, I believe, has a PhDee In physics and astronomy. Cerfin is a unique […]
I’ve just got back from a book launch
The anthology, River Writes, in which one of my poems and a story have been included, is now officially launched. It is showing up on Amazon but is currently unavailable. Here is the link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/River-Wri…/…/0993566324/ref=sr_1_1… A touch of irony: there was a raffle and my husband bought a strip. the last number on the strip […]
I’m in Visual Verse again!
I am delighted to see that Visual Verse have included another of my poems in their latest anthology. At the moment, my poem is on page 10, but from past experience I know that could change: http://visualverse.org/
I have another poem on Poetry Festival
Saying Goodbye to the Island, Poetry by Kim M. Russell
Happy!
I logged on this morning and was happy to see the poem I submitted to Visual Verse has been published on-line; I found it on page thirty-nine!
Rejected again
I received another rejection by email yesterday. They didn’t say why, just that the poems didn’t ‘fit the current issue scheme’. This time the submission was for a collection of six poems which I have shared on my blog – that was allowed by the magazine, as long as they weren’t physically published. They were: […]
Another poem published on line…
in Visual Verse – now moved to page 39 on visualverse.org
Starry Night
A poem inspired by Vincent van Gogh The splendour of stars Studding a night sky More alive and richly Coloured than the day Sets us dreaming Of the universe A stardust collection Comets and collisions Things we cannot see We are just passing In the scheme of things Collecting poetry Wherever we find it […]
Song of a Modern Prospero
Inspired by my current attempt to write a poetic synopsis of The Tempest from the point of view of Miranda in 400 characters, a poem from the point of view of a modern Prospero is my response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #153 “Collage 20” Tell me, my only child, With your studious looks And […]