My response to the secret keeper’s Weekly Writing Prompt #35 The wild woods serve Jack-in-the-Green hiding place for sap blood hard branches, twigs, leafy face: Green Man of legend. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.spiritofthegreenman.co.uk
Category: Poems
A poem to sum up my feelings in this post.
Witness to a Street Fight
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #107 Enticed through the dark hole To the dead-end of violence, Under sulphurous yellow lamplight, You stand on the edge of a vitriolic fight: A crooked, cryptic vision, A lead and skull collision, A crashing kuebiko Deep in your greasy marrow- Bone – you know You shouldn’t witness Such […]
Bees in May
I watch a drowsy bee chew Through its winter cocoon And emerge on the edge Of a sunny window ledge. After a sullen start to spring, Dandelions smile in dewy grass. The first dragonfly helicopters past The cherry tree and honeysuckle bowers, Where flirty buds are bursting To unfold a pink flurry of flowers To […]
Passing By
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #157 “Collage 22” They met in the bloom of youth: No time for love, no time for truth, Which they kept hidden Along with their hearts. They met again, from time to time, Travelling apart But always bumping into each other, Searching for something In the coolness of […]
Mitcham May Queen
My response to imaginary garden with real toads Poetizing the Maypole When I was young it was a treat On the first Saturday Of every May To watch at Mitcham’s Cricket Green, Where cricket’s been played For more than three hundred years, The crowning of the May Queen. Children danced around a pole, Criss-crossing […]
Maddening Moonlight
My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #28: Moonlight by Edvard Munch Quicksilver moonlight maddens as it slips behind clouds and tangles in the angles of sharp branches along the un- winding garden path, in and out of shadows, beckoning you to follow and then sliding away again until the front gate slams […]
Wild Ponies
I used words and phrases from an old poem to write a response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma & Beyond – wild ponies toss of mane gallop with the wind nostrils snort spirit’s caught hooves pounding into the space between water and heaven © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
Awakening in January
Well, the winners of Writing East Midlands’ very first Aurora Poetry and Short Fiction competition have been announced. I submitted this poem but it wasn’t even commended. Better luck next time!. In the small hours, Winter skies are clear and vast; Countless clusters of stars Span present, future and past. On the first morning of […]
Body Talk
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Prompt #40 “I Like You So Much Better..” by Ida Maria Why let words get stuck Somewhere between us When eyes, hands and bodies talk. If you’re an artist, Splash them in paint or smear them in chalk. As a dancer, Express them in the way you walk. As a […]
Grandmother’s Ghost
My response to Carpe Diem Special #208 Sara McNulty’s 4th “fantasy” shadorma cloud of scent old music hall song fused as one memory grandmother’s hands and warm smile cooling my fever sweet reminders of a happy past a present a future with grandchildren of my own cooling other brows © Kim M. Russell, 2016 […]
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