My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Transforming with Nature’s Wonders This happened. Through a haze of tears And buzzing in my ears, I heard the vicar’s voice That told me to rejoice, That you were like a dragonfly, Your dazzling soul emerging when you died. At home, I found an envelope from […]
Category: Poems
Transformation
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver Fairy Tale #77 July 21st – The Ugly Duckling Fairy Tales often taught us a moral, like in the story of the Ugly Duckling. For today’s Fairy Tale task we are creating a modern day version of the Ugly Duckling. She was her parents’ little girl, Preened and […]
Finding Your Heart
My response to dVerse Poets Pub 5 Year celebration Part 3 – Laurie Kolp & A Summer Continuance Thank you Walter and Grace for the interview with Laurie; I’ve bookmarked her website and will be taking a look later. We have the following quote from which to draw inspiration: “I am cold, even though the […]
Summer Sea
My first attempt at magnetic poetry, thanks to Jane Dougherty and Elusive Trope. © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Sea Change
My response to the secret keeper’s Weekly Writing Prompt #46 Squally day hurries threat of rain, gone blurry out to sea: she’s pretending not to care as it tugs her hair. Left behind in the damp, dun sand, his footprints, just a hint, residue of times they shared, wedding vows declared. The tracks […]
Love in a Minor Key
My response to dVerse Poets Pub 5 Year Celebration Poetry and Painting Embrace: We Can’t Forget Claudia Schoenfeld In part 2 of the 5th anniversary celebration Victoria chatted with Claudia Schoenfeld, co-founder of the dVerse poetry community. I found it hard to choose one of Claudia’s paintings for inspiration, but finally went for the piano in the following […]
Tug of Love and Will
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #122 – Kate Maldonado Tied by a silken ribbon Of blood they pull In a tug of love and will, Balancing, Feet planted firmly In sisterly soil, Blind to the turmoil On their life’s horizon, Unaware that soon The silken ribbon Will be cut Like the umbilical […]
Summer Quilt
My response to dVerse Poets Pub 5 Year Celebration Part 1, Catching Up with Brian Miller also shared on Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Tuesday Platform Every year, My grandmother Aired the hand sewn Summer quilt and placed It on my childhood bed. On sunny Sunday Mornings, we traced A patchwork journey, Each square a story […]
The Ballad of Methuselah and Dahlia
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #118 “July 18th, 2016” Methuselah was the barkeep At the local bar and grill, Who had a presentiment For every kind of evil. Below a wall of antlers, He stood behind his counter, Struggling to choose Between life as a hunter And as a residual booze Serving guardian angel To […]
Birdsong Choka
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma & Beyond – July 16, 2016. Bastet has asked us to write our reflections about change either by using a Choka (formed by writing any number of 5/7 syllable couplets and ending the poem with an extra seven-syllable line) or a Shadorma (a non-rhyming six-line poem of 3/5/3/3/7/5 syllables) or perhaps a Shadorma variation. We should choose […]
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