Another (not so) ‘secret admirer’ poem for dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Feel free to read, Said the batman blogger, Adjusting his mask. I’ll tell you of Cohen and The Beatles And Seattle sofa surfing. I’ll sculpt you a poem About the ascension of larks […]
Category: Poems
A poem to sum up my feelings in this post.
Passing Time
Edged with ragged weeds and sedge, The river snakes noisily around a bend Into damp darkness of an ancient bridge, Slipping like time over mud and sand. Further down, a fisherman stands in the stream, Casting for fish in his waders and vest, Dreaming of a supper of trout or bream As slate grey clouds […]
New Arrival
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver #63 – Arrival You fell into my world in a lather of mucus and blood, tiny and voraciously hungry, latching to me, a wrinkled alien, ready to grow into your skin. You were tethered by the umbilical cord, not yet ready for your first spacewalk; That came a […]
Served from the Heart
My response to imaginary garden with real toads – The Way of Tea Steam is released from the meeting Of hot water and cold porcelain: Tea leaves and petals infusing Fragrance of sweet jasmine, Served from the heart. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on boisdejasmin.com
Poetic Panhandler
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics – secret admirers For this week’s poetics Abhra wants us to write about a dVerse poet or another poet we know: about their writing style, about their uniqueness and how we connect to their words. We can pick a poem of the poet of our choice and write a response to it. […]
The Murdered Lover
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #110 Image by Mira Nedyalkova She floats, cloudy chiffon-shrouded corpse Among the waterlilies, a damsel fly, Once distressed but now at peace. She sinks, buoyant bubble-buffeted body, Among the frog spawn burbling by, Once captured but now released. She lies, leaden lady of the lake, Mud-filled mouth and […]
Toad Nonet
My response to the Secret Keeper’s Weekly Writing Prompt #34 Each spring, toads leave hibernacula, Take a trip from rock crevices, Leaf piles and drains to gather In ponds, streams and rivers, Some with eyes of fire. Writhing webbed feet Melt my heart, Make me Smile. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on forums2.gardenweb.com
Alphabet Soup
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Bonus Wordle “Alphabet Soup” Trees performing arabesques Raise their branches, a complex Latticework, a deadfall Trapping clouds and stars In error, collecting drops in reservoirs, Dripping foliage all awash, Silhouettes in a lightning flash. Their trunks are gnarled With bark like gristle, Their knots are hard, Their twigs like bristles That […]
Skylark
My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Kenning Challenge I was woken This spring morning By a cheerful early-riser Nimble high-climber Above the trees Feathered wind-hoverer On the April breeze Tinkling rain-singer Of unbroken melodies © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.rspb.org.uk
The Wedding Dress
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Form-For-All/Meeting the Bar; Décima I accompanied my only daughter to her first wedding dress fitting yesterday, which inspired me to write the following decima. Naturally, I can’t include a picture of the dress, so I here’s one of my daughter as a toddler! You, in a champagne froth of […]
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