My response to dVerse Poets Pub 5 Year Celebration Part Five; Revisiting Anthony Desmond Gayle is hosting the 5th part and last day of the special 5th anniversary celebration, starting with an interview with Anthony Desmond, including his poem ‘When Everything Real is Gone’ as a prompt to reflect and write on a belief (or what […]
Voice
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma and Beyond – July 23, 2016. Candy has given us an example of a poem by Billy Collins to inspire us to create a Shadorma: Carry I want to carry you and for you to carry me the way voices are said to carry over water. Just this morning on […]
Gorse and Kisses
My response to Carpe Diem #1004 Gorse on a late spring walk heathland is ablaze with gorse and lovers’ kisses © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.rspb.org.uk
Leaf Lightshows
My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #108 the open window screened with a web leaf shadows (Jane Reichhold) choreograph golden rays in early morning lightshows (Kim M. Russell) Image found […]
Woman of the Page
A sonnet to Elizabeth Barrett Browning in response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Friday Night Music Prompt #52: Virginia Woolf, Indigo Girls You were weak of body but strong of mind, At four a bookworm, a precocious child, Your father’s little Poet Laureate, Who became addicted to opiates. Illness and loss almost drove you insane, Laudanum and […]
Rose of the Heart
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week (5) (5) The Fith and Sixth Ray rose of the heart unfurls sweet-scented petals – divine love ascends © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Edward Burne-Jones, Romaunt of the Rose: The Heart of the Rose, 1901 Found on Pinterest
Evergreen Giants
My response to Carpe Diem #1003 Fir evergreen giants exude essence of forest – distant shadows © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
Lotus Flames
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week 5 (4) The Third and Fourth Ray seven rays converge in the flames of the lotus – spiritual growth © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
In Glaze of Dusk
My response to dVerse Poets Pub 5 Year celebration Part 4, Catching up with Samuel Peralta Björn has interviewed Samuel Peralta. I enjoyed his poem, ‘N. poeticus’, which has made me a little nervous about my own post this evening. What I have taken from the interview is Sam’s advice to ‘write from the heart, but […]
One False Step
My response to Sue Vincent – Daily Echo Thursday Photo Prompt – Stepping Stones – #writephoto This week’s photo prompt: I cross the river of life on slippery stones, Not daring to look down – One false step could break my bones. Churning rapids to the left of me, Unknown depths to the right of […]
