The promontory, a bare stone bluff, lifts its foetal dinosaur hump above the insular pub tucked into a crumbling crack in the leavings of prehistory. Under a china sky, a waymarked trail knits together threads of hills, field walls and pasture ridges, barns, farms and villages, all muddied with winter. Boots gouge rocks, imprinting scars, […]
Taking Flight
geese, swans and swallows travel the world, while sparrows stay here the year round they’re all on a pilgrimage winging their way towards spring Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1114 Arrival (at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port) Today we are on our way! Chèvrefeuille tells us that, in the early Middle Ages, Oviedo was the […]
Stardust
How wonderful it would be to catch just a pinch of stardust on a rooftop in Oslo, Paris or Berlin: a handful of micrometeorites, traces of ancient cosmic dust, falling through the atmosphere, merging with terrestrial grime and rust, tiny flakes of matter from the start of our Solar System – and wish on it. […]
The Pilgrim Year
a new year dances ahead; tired and hungover, the old one limps away Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1113 The Pilgrimage starts — the prologue This month we will walk the road to Santiago de Compostela as we read The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho. […] “The Master approached me and placed […]
Following Threads
A poem found in Science Alert in an article by Peter Dockrill in paint-laden brushstrokes fractal patterns trace cognitive changes like snowflakes self-repeating and replicating in each work of art analysing artists’ souls following flimsy threads of neurodegenerative decline Kim M. Russell, 2016 Salvador Dali’s The Basket of Bread (1926) and The Swallow’s Tail (1983). […]
On the Stroke of Midnight
the old year departs with fizz and bang of fireworks a fresh start arrives Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1112 Music For The Royal Fireworks by Händel In the final episode of 2016, Chèvrefeuille has inspired us with Händel’s ‘Music For The Royal Fireworks’, which inspired him to create the following […]
The Edge of Spring
on the edge of spring among frosty rotting leaves sprinkling of snowdrops Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Special #224 Candy’s 4th Yellow School bus This is the last CD-Special of 2016 and the last with poems by Candy, winner of the ‘Tribute to Jane’ kukai. blue dragonflies dart along the edge […]
Just a Second
Apparently, this pile of guff Of a year isn’t long enough: Due to slowing Earth rotation, To ensure clock synchronisation, An extra leap second Will be added to its end. Kim M. Russell, 2016 Dennis van Zuijlekom/Flickr found on Science Alert
Good Riddance to 2016
This last year has stolen Childhood memories, Sprayed terror like graffiti On walls of peaceful cities, Torn stars and heroes Like leaves off autumn trees, While we clung to a glass cliff In a year of tragedies. A wave of coulrophobia, Caused by the election, Was surfed by post-truth politics On a tempestuous ocean. 2016 […]
Dull Season
water gleams dully between overhanging trees hope through the darkness Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1111 Oniria by Bruno Sanfilippo
