The rags of last year’s Hopes and fears Soaked up sweat and tears I haven’t made the same mistake No promises to break No moments of sadness or joy to fake Just poetry and words © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Category: Journal
My daily journal: comments, thoughts and poetry on daily events.
Snowdrops stay hidden
My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s #889: desire for spring: Dearth of snow and ice Weeds and nettles abounding Snowdrops stay hidden Tips of daffodil Shoots yearning for spring sunshine Giving tulips hope © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Credits: as I see the first snowdrops my desire for spring becomes stronger
An octave inspired by an article in today’s Times
Draining the Reefs of Colour Algae-nourished coral blooms in vivid hues Spawning a reef of pinks and blues Triggered by length of days And the cycle of the moon In danger of erosion Resulting from pollution Bleaching coral to bone white spectres Draining the reefs of colour © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Free image found on wallpapers.brothersoft.com […]
Ocarina Owls
In secret silver shadows of morning an owl on silent wings glides over the dewy garden displacing air branches skeleton leaves and my quickening heart orange-eyed and ghostly dissolving into the silver birches releasing quavering hoots with the timbre of an ocarina © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
For all the miserable old gits out there
Going to Bed on New Year’s Eve with a Good Book and a Cup of Tea The novelty has worn thin Fireworks only make a din Their flash and fizzle no longer thrill Crowds and laughter only chill Me to the ageing bone I ignore the ringing of the phone The kisses and songs that […]
First post of 2016
Expectation On the first morning of the new year the garden is inanimate everything holding its breath in awkward expectation © Kim M. Russell, 2016
A final poem for 2015
Tangles of Briar The briars lost their leaves months ago Exposing thorns sharp as shards of glass They have not been exposed to snow Or made brittle by frost and ice Their black threads tangle the hedgerow Ensnaring harmless birds and mice Foraging for elderberry and sloe And my careless hand scratched twice Beaded with […]
Another Year Approaches
As another year approaches On the back of a brisk breeze The garden comes alive Against the backdrop Of a clear sky Just a tiny silver plane high In the distance Dragging a short tail Of vapour trail Sun glances Gilding the topmost branches Of the silver birches Last year’s yellow […]
A bad start to the day
It seems that my desktop PC, the one I do all my writing on, is kaputt again! It’s doing the same thing as it did about a month or so ago, when the fan just whirrs louder and louder and nothing else happens. Although I back up to a portable drive, I can’t retrieve what […]
Drowning in Time
I started this over a year ago and would like to develop it into a novel in the future. I thought it might fit Sacha Black’s #WRITESPIRATION 73 WRITE ABOUT DROWNING. A gush of steam from the coffee machine startled me out of my thoughts. Perched on a high stool in The King of Hearts, a lukewarm mocha […]
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