The world was disappointing, dry and thirsty, full of sadness, longing for some artistic creativity, when the slate sky flickered with metallic electricity. Thunder rumbled. The brawling river, rushing with rain-swollen flow, swung into a roaring curve below towards a thundering waterfall, rearing in glassy surges, snagging on the riverbed, like King Lear on the heath: […]
An Autumn Leaf – May Tan Renga
ura wo mise omote wo misete chiru momiji now it reveals its hidden side and now the other—thus it falls, an autumn leaf © Ryokan Taigu somersaulting in free-fall delicate flash of colour Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on howplantswork.com My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #10 an autumn […]
The Poet’s Kitchen
A Sunday morning treat I like to make is crumpets topped with a mixture of cheese, spring onions and mayonnaise. First you have to prepare the topping by grating plenty of tangy mature cheddar cheese in a bowl. Cut up the spring onions nice and fine, inhale their fresh, green scent, and stir them into […]
Leaves Float Away – May Tan Renga
autumn evening like whispered prayers leaves float away © Dolores shivering into rivers on sporadic gusts of wind Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Shutterstock My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #9 – leaves float away (Dolores Fegan) Today’s ‘hokku’ is by Dolores Fegan, a modern haiku poetess who […]
Pumpkin Flower – May Tan Renga
Ishizuchi mo nankin no hana mo ooi nari the flower of a pumpkin as well as Mt. Ishizuchi is great in scale © Tomiyasu Fusei the first male flower opens golden sunshine in the field Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #8 – […]
Footprints in Snow – May Tan Renga
two sets of footprints in freshly fallen snow one pair from Kyoto © Hamish Managua Gunn different sized paths converge and disappear in the thaw […]
Unconditional Love Day 25 – 30
from budding branches we are watched by many eyes overflowing spring crowned with shady trees cradling houses in their folds grassy summer hills resilient trees shed lemon, gold, pink and bronze autumn canopy in the winter woods under a blanket of snow green shoots are waking extraordinary Mother Nature works magic in every season Kim […]
While off-line…
I’ve been to London. Last Wednesday, my husband David and I attended the launch party of the Emma Press Anthology of Aunts at the Star of Kings, Kings Cross. The anthology, which is available to buy on Amazon, has been beautifully designed, edited and published by Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright. It was a pleasure […]
While I’ve been away…
another of my poems has been included in Visual Verse. Here’s a link to the May issue, Vol. 4, Chapter 7 of the online Visual Verse anthology. You can find my poem on page 24 or you can link directly to the poem, entitled ‘Blue Graffiti’.
Parole
What has been imprisoned under the lawn all winter? Frozen mud, rendered malleable by spring warmth, releases rusty skeletons of ginger bud cases, last spring’s copper fairy lights. Stones and flint jingle underfoot, sigh a heavy scent from crumbly lumps of black earth, exuding worms from clumps, evicting glossy beetles from ivy tangled in the […]
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