another promise in a bow of bright colours so many raindrops Kim M. Russell, 13th February 2020 My response to Carpe Diem #1810 rainbow Today’s prompt in the ‘Love Month’ is ‘rainbow’.
Wriggle and Squirm
Sometimes, when the sun has gone to bed, a can of words opens in my head, too tired to stop them wriggling across my brain, they leave slime and detritus, worry and pain, a blot on the landscape of my weary creativity. I carry them with me up the creaky stairs and, as soon as […]
Winter Chrysanthemum
winter chrysanthemum, wearing nothing but its own light Mizuhara Shūōshi (1892-1981) fragile from the bitter frost radiant smiling sunshine Kim M. Russell, 12th February 2020 My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Wednesday #13: Winter Chrysanthemum In today’s episode of Tan Renga Wednesday, our goal is to create a […]
Moon-marked
She was untouched by the sun, skin pale as the moon, heart marked with lunar craters, one for each lover in her life. She has danced dark rhythms, kissed many shades of skin and lips, felt the resonance of untameable blues pulse in veins and hips, but she will never know the misery of a […]
Sand in our Shoes
A walk on a beach reminds me of those first days, walking hand in hand, laughing at the wind and waves, the dog off its lead, running from waves, fetching stones. We braved all weather, cherishing time together, because life is short, we couldn’t believe our luck, or that it would last. And here we […]
Persephone’s Fanfare
The morning walk takes us to an otherworldly place where winter aconites grow and butter the park like toast. They fill the air with a spring glow, Persephone’s annual boast, a fanfare to the sea swell, the burgeoning tsunami yellow of crocuses and daffodils. Kim M. Russell, 10th February 2020 My response to dVerse Poets […]
Al Fresco
Laughter and tears together Overhead the stars collide Vernal moon waxes silver Earthy marriage bed Kim M. Russell, 10th February 2020 My response to Carpe Diem #1808 LOVE acrostic challenge The theme this month ‘love’ and today the challenge is to create an acrostic dodoitsu, a four-line Japanese poetry form in which the first letter […]
Just another Cicada
on a stone pillow only the dead sleep soundly a cicada cries seventeen sad syllables carried away on the breeze Kim M. Russell, 8th February 2020 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #115 Transformation: a stone for a pillow This weekend our challenge is a Transformation special feature, in which the goal is to […]
Strange things happen at sea
The walk along the beach that Sunday was wild. The wind racing across the sand was fast and powerful, blowing bubbles of foam into the dunes and sand into hair and eyes. The tall dark-haired woman in the Fair-isle hat bent down to stroke the terrier at her feet and lifted a stone from a […]
Synchronised
two bodies converge in a passionate tango synchronised heartbeats Kim M. Russell, 7th February 2020 My response to Carpe Diem #1807 Two Hearts Become One Chèvrefeuille says that love is the ultimate emotion, positive energy, and it uplifts hearts, when ‘two hearts become one’, for example in dancing – especially the Tango. He has shared […]
writing in north norfolk 