Foam of sun-sparkled morning tide silvers sea-side beachcombers’ treasures: wave-whipped windswept strands strewn with jettisoned jewels, jelly encrusted with shell grit and grains of sand. Brackish bladderwrack, entangled like rubber bands, vesicles gasping, protuberant thyroid glands, flutter flirty flimsy fronds, release gametes in a dioecious dance of fertilisation. All the while we humble lugworms, the […]
Wish in a Box
Cardboard box, Small and silver-grey, Base and lid, Ribbon-tied In burgundy – when shaken, There’s a rattle from inside. Held within, A globule of glass, Cold to touch, Copperish, Farewell gift from a pupil: An inscribed talisman wish. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver # 88 Talisman, October 6, 2016 Today […]
Lion Woman
Another poem of mine has been included in this month’s edition of Visual Verse, Vol 3, Chapter 12. It’s on page 15 at the moment, although it seems to have lost its original shape. I’ll add the original to the menu. Pop over to see it at: http://visualverse.org/
Lap Cat
curled up in my lap rumble of contented purr touch of silky fur © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille October 5th 2016 your pet Chèvrefeuille has challenged us to create a haiku about our pets.
Airy Melody
harnessing the wind in the hollow of bamboo airy melody coaxed by tips of fleet fingers and kiss of flute player’s lips © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on jpninfo.com My response to Carpe Diem’s Universal Jane #1 Introduction “all my years” Chèvrefeuille has brought us the first episode of a new tribute special feature for […]
Bird-Bath Razzle
In the stone bowl of the bird-bath rainwater reflections razzle, copper leaves still jiggling in the beech tree dazzle, backlit by sharp autumn sun. On the edge of the bowl, a robin puffs up his scarlet breast, competing with burnished berries lighting up the hedge, portents of cold weather, while other birds flock together, […]
Satisfaction
Through windows, I’ve watched the changing season, The persistent shift of shapes and colours, Until I’m enticed into the garden, Where I’m ambushed by rampageous brambles, And underfoot soil sinks as I amble. The tree stump by the gate slowly decays, Colonised by fungi, ants and beetles; Overhanging birches obstruct my way Through a forest […]
By the Lake
By the lake barefoot on the sand led by leaves autumn breeze dancing to a symphony of misty shadows. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 – Slrlounge.com A shadorma in response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #133
The Art of Nothing
ink fluidity brush strokes blackness of nothing Zen calligraphy © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.zencalligraphy.com My response to Carpe Diem #1071 brush (zen-calligraphy) Today Chèvrefeuille has presented us with a prompt inspired by the tool that is used the most by the so-called Zen Calligrapher, the brush. The art of calligraphy is an ancient way […]
Ordinary Interrupted
I live with my husband and two cats in a cottage that’s over a hundred years old by a river in the countryside. The garden is lush with grass and damp underfoot, nurturing robust willows and rampant weeds. The house is damp too. In the summer it’s cool and in the winter we have to […]
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