fire-breathing monstrous soul sibling disparate blood hybrid nemesis and chimera the darkest sister Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Chainimage My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Saturday Mix — Lorraine At Lorraine’s Saturday Mix, we play in a sandbox of words writing flash, microfiction and poetry. This week, she has offered two pieces of micro-fiction and a poem. […]
Footsteps
Footsteps echoed eerily in the fog, Between the trees, behind the fence, Past a woman walking her dog, Clipping the heels of wing-tipped gents. They stopped below a lone street lamp, Waiting for someone in the sulphurous glow, Impatient stamping in the cold and damp: Prelude to a tentative hello. Enveloped in overcoat and a […]
Messages
secrets of the soul imagery in the water a fluid language Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1130 Intuition In The Pilgrimage, Paulo learns ‘the water exercise’. Before that, Petrus, Paulo’s guide, says: […] “Call up your intuition again, your secret side. Don’t be concerned about logic, because […]
Ice Sculpture
icy echoes sculpture of delicate globes frozen in time Kim M. Russell, 2017 bubbles in ice My response to Carpe Diem honors Jane Reichhold (1937-2017) C.) bubbles in ice Yesterday, Chèvrefeuille inspired us with tanka by Jane Reichhold and today he has shared a few of her beautiful haiku and one of his own: deep […]
Translucent
each day brings more light and honest early flowers splashing their colour – translucent hellebores nod revealing fragile freckles Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on rhs.org.uk Day seven of Carpe Diem’s Spring Retreat 2017 fragile beauty Chèvrefeuille has welcomed us to the Spring Retreat 2017. Last year we had two retreats: one in summer […]
Spring Sirens
Titanic waves dash shallow dunes, Whipping marram and couch grass Into whistling spring-tide siren tunes. Surges pulverise heaven and earth And sculpt the beach into a curve. The suicidal tidal moon surfs Across the restless sea and laughs As cottages tumble down the street Shore bound, where the elements meet, And disintegrate in gushing foam: […]
Cosmic Pilgrims
a wandering star completes a constellation bright spark of friendship Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on space.com My response to Carpe Diem #1129 friendship In The Pilgrimage, Paulo develops a friendship with his guide Petrus. They are on the Road to Santiago together and will help each other to conquer the ‘devils’ on the […]
Spring Concert
blackbirds are crooning backed by rumbling of ravens and woodpecker’s drum nature’s musicians perform a concert to welcome spring Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem honors Jane Reichhold (1937-2017) B.) musical chord (tanka) In the second episode of this special Theme Week, in which we celebrate what would have been Jane Reichhold’s […]
Frosty Garden
late winter garden glittering and frost dusted delicate beauty Kim M. Russell, 2017 Day six of Carpe Diem’s Spring Retreat 2017 fragile beauty Chèvrefeuille has welcomed us to the Spring Retreat 2017. Last year we had two retreats: one in summer and one in winter. This year he has planned four retreats following the seasons […]
Precious
Rubies leached from sunlight disappear into the night- dark shadows of the sea. Red is the first colour absorbed by seawater. Diving in those depths, undisturbed by boats and nets, they are dragons of the sea. Red is the first colour absorbed by seawater. Riding the ocean’s swell, twirling their curly tails, they are bright […]
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