My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle Special Addition Sight “August 15th, 2016” Image found on Art / Sculpture on Pinterest | Sand Sculptures, Sand Art and …
Category: Poems
Honeyed Raindrops
My response to Imaginary garden with real toads Which Bee? This weekend’s Mini-Challenge invites us to explore a moment in the life of one of the three bees flying in the stanza quoted below the image. And because three is such a lovely number, we are crafting our poems in exactly three stanzas. In summer fields […]
Caging Bruises
My response to Sue Vincent Daily Echo Thursday Photo Prompt – Caged– #writephoto Evening is bruised By fading day The colour of contusions On his wrists Where he twists And turns. Striped by bars, Burnt by bright light, Salts of life Crystallise On lips, tongue and eyes. His only respite A darkening sky With promise […]
Ent Song
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt August 14th: Spinning of a Story This Sunday we’re spinning our own threads into the stories that fascinate us. I have to keep this brief as we only returned yesterday from a couple of days away to celebrate my sixtieth birthday and I put catching up on writing before […]
Broken Blush
My response to Elusive Trope’s Magnetic Poetry Saturday Challenge Prisoner of laughing Lips, How is a heart cool As ice, A joyless and haunting Broken blush? © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Farewell Rose
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P Shadorma & Beyond – August 13, 2016 Picture from The Book of the City of Ladies written by Christine de Pisan Farewell rose So white and so fair Gracious queen Smile serene Pole star in the darkest night So fair and so white © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Punting on the Cam
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night # 177 Gayle of Bodhirose’s Blog was the host for Thursday’s Open Link Night. She mentioned that three of her siblings have birthdays in August, as do I! Mine was on Wednesday and my husband took me on a surprise trip to Cambridge. While the Poets Pub was […]
Liquid Blue Octave
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics: Breathing in Blue also shared on Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Tuesday Platform De (WhimsyGizmo) has inspired us with photos from her visit to Lake Tahoe – “Lake of the Sky” and, for this week’s Poetics, asks us to look up, breathe in some blue, and breathe out a poem. […]
Hands
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #125 When he reached out to take her hand, She knew it was the start Of his journey to her heart: Their worlds collided, Hands touched, Sculpting her skin With fingertips And his lips Reading each scar, Each line on her palm; Smoothing cracks And callouses, Healing the […]
Redolence
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle Special Addition Scent “August 8th, 2016” That October night resounds Not in sights and sounds But in the redolence Of the moment You took me in your arms. You were late, Lost on the Norfolk coast, The sunshine of the day Had faded into mist And autumn darkness, Your earthy […]
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