My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver #66: All that Glitters She had the hardness and glitter Of a diamond But her heart had the softness Of a pearl; Under make-up, jewels and furs She was still a little girl, Not a tigress who growls and then purrs. He had money and a rampant reputation […]
Category: Poems
A poem to sum up my feelings in this post.
On Visiting Wiveton Hall Gardens
So close To the coast You can hear The rumbling murmur And soughing sigh Of the sea Beyond the flint wall That enfolds All it holds: A riot of hues of green; Flames of orange poppies, Purple tulips and peonies Splashed as on an artist’s palette Across a pointillist sea-cloud Of forget-me-nots That I will […]
On Watching Three Old Drinkers
I wrote this poem over thirty five years ago when I was living in Ireland. It’s my second response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics – Character Study And whose are these eyes Sunk in thick-brimming liquid oblivion? And whose are these mouths, Uncontrollable rubber bands Chewing on unspoken words They spit tastelessly back in the glass? […]
Survivor
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics – Character Study At just eighteen He was a survivor Of the Boer War And then, at thirty, The Great War, A Colour-Sergeant Major And one-time member, Scarlet dress-coat And bear-skin wearer Of the Queen’s Guard. Returning home from France, Away from the thunder Of guns that blew […]
Shadows of Green
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille 9 – green Emerald light Filtered through foliage Transmutes into shadows of green, A mute cocoon of verdant solitude, A shroud unseen. Words are leaves that fly, Animated by breath of breeze To stop mouths and ears of passers-by, Who don’t see The poet under the tree. […]
Travelling Light
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #113 Image by Unknown Sharp in the sunlight, Melted snow Of lingering winter Revealed new growth. In the drifting bark Shifting sounds marked The changing of the season: The clamour of skeins of geese And rooks emitting their phlegmy belches As they built a shanty town In […]
Crisis of Friction
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #109 Born in a cluster of stars, The lonely poet offers Her handwritten score To the universe, Spilling her ink-infused sorrow On limestone edifices: A blurry hierogram of verse And perception, A cultural crisis of friction When her soul-drenched work Is read on a Kindle – She feels thrown […]
Exploring Rodin
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics: Open a new door with me Paris a sunny day we strolled hand in hand to the Musée Rodin passed through doors to explore marble skin and burnished bronze bones bathed in dust speckled bars of light wandered into a garden of statues planted among shrubs and flowers […]
Nature’s Secrets
My response to the secret keeper Weekly Writing Prompt #36 Light breeze drifts, Breathes distinctive scents: Salt and life, Shingle beach, Wilderness of marsh and reed Hold nature’s secrets. © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Letting the Genie Out
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #108 Sky is trapped In a crystal flask. Amethyst Bleeds from cracks, Leaches into Earth’s creases, Wearing misty clouds. Drawbacks of Sidereal wish: Duration, Impatience, Furious rubatosis Once the genie’s out. © Kim M. Russell, 2016
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