My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle Special Addition Sound “August 1st, 2016” In the humidity of a hot damp summer, strident weeds whoosh and rustle as they explode through pavements scratching as they hustle and bustle in dusty verges and vacant parking lots. Percussive and floridly flagrant, rusty dock leaves clash with crackling nettles, echo in […]
Soul Music
My response to Carpe Diem #1011 happiness Chèvrefeuille is inspiring us with a quote from Mahatma Gandhi: “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” life’s harmonic chords bind happy thoughts, words and deeds: music of the soul © Kim M. Russell, 2016 “Music Combines the Soul […]
Because it is my Heart
My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads’ Because It Is My Heart ~ Micro Poetry Because it is my heart It does not drip blood; Instead, a muddle of words Drops into a puddle of mud And, because it is my heart, Not listening to my head, My hands create a homunculus To […]
Born in Stars
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt July 31st: We Are All Stars Vivid stained glass of evening sky Shatters into infinite shards, Crackling, pulsating, splintered light In a universe of bright stars, Dancing in and out of focus: A poetic hocus-pocus Of wordsmith, imagery and rhyme, Celestial celebration, Heavenly imagination – Poets on earth […]
Fairy Paths
My response to Carpe Diem #1010 Fairies In the final episode of Mysterious Nature month, the challenge is to create a haiku, tanka or other Japanese poetry form on fairies inspired by the following image: fairy enchantment: magic gossamer weaving paths in the forest © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Star Poetry
My response to Elusive Trope’s Magnetic Poetry Saturday Challenge A brilliant star, poetry of decaying universe, lingers, a glass ghost melting in a liquid marble sky. © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Dark Summer
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma & Beyond – Shadorma Summation – July 30, 2016 Five years have passed Since that dark summer, Amy Winehouse gone And you in a coma. I held your hand And said your name, Talking until you came Back and we thought Everything would be the same. You called […]
Grandmother’s 14th Birthday
My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Kerry Says ~ Let’s Send a Postcard I have used a postcard sent to my grandmother in 1926 for her 14th birthday. I have a very small collection of cards she had saved and passed on to me. Between the wars Dark days were briefly forgotten […]
A Druid’s Path
My response to Carpe Diem #1009 druids mystical wisdom flows in sap of branch and leaf on the path of life © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.druidry.org
Mansion of Dreams
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Prompt # 53: “Dreams” by The Corrs – although I prefer the original version by Fleetwood Mac: Lost in the midnight mansion, Wrap your dreams around you like a shawl. Take care as you mount the stairs, There’s no one to catch you if you fall. Open doors to empty rooms […]
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