My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma & Beyond – July 16, 2016. Bastet has asked us to write our reflections about change either by using a Choka (formed by writing any number of 5/7 syllable couplets and ending the poem with an extra seven-syllable line) or a Shadorma (a non-rhyming six-line poem of 3/5/3/3/7/5 syllables) or perhaps a Shadorma variation. We should choose […]
Wisteria
My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #107 wisteria sways – pendulous blossoms in breeze unspoken promise © Pat R (a.k.a. Jazzytower) invasive heady perfume envelops poisonous seeds © Kim M. Russell Wisteria (also known as “blue rain”
Intertwined
I have taken the haiku from a previously posted haibun as my response to Carpe Diem #999 Ivy curly willow weeps in the stranglehold of ivy relinquished to love © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Corby
My reponse to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Words Count With Mama Zen Massive raven, clever corby dear, your spirit will ever haunt me here, with your jabbing bill and loyal mate, with whom you would quarrel, call and grate. I still hear the rustle of your jet wings and the rattling lid of the […]
Living Hell
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Prompt #51: “They don’t care about us” by Michael Jackson Hate spits in the face Of tolerance and freedom. Men embrace Bullet and bomb, Fingers on triggers Of pistol and rifle, Hatchets and knives Poised to take lives, Spill the blood Of women and children And other men. Where […]
Ruin
My response to Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo Thursday Photo Prompt – Mine -#writephoto Green sheen Of mould on wood Colour wash Of nature’s brush The chimney’s cold The roof is gone Rainwater streaks The solid stone A ruined hearth No warming fire Just broken earth Nettle and briar © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Before the Storm Breaks
Ghostly smoke of mayflies Drifts over The river In an ephemeral dance Augmenting Intensifying Below a sky of thunderous Cumulonimbus A ricocheting courtship Of passionate aerobatics Before the storm breaks As spiralling spinners dive The lazy river comes alive. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Mayflies Dancing over a River – (Davida De La Harpe) found […]
Bishy Barney Bee (Norfolk Dialect)
Image found on Pinterest The first of the year Glinting ruby on the path Ladybird came home © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Apple
My response to Carpe Diem #997 apple cascades of blossom: promises of autumn fruit’s cider-scented flesh © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Klimt’s Apple Tree found on www.klimtgallery.org
Lunar Tricks
My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #39: Sleep walking ‘Le Somnambule’ by Marc Chagall Midnight, no stars in the sky. By the light of the moon sleepwalkers are at it again – drowning. © Kim M. Russell, 2016
