Dark Dreams of Drowning

My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #120 also linked to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Tuesday Platform   – Alessio Albi   Caught in a net of despair, Rank water dripping from your hair Patters like tiny fingers tapping In the languid lake. Feet grasped by reeds And ponderous pondweed, Lips tight shut against intrusive […]

Nursemaid

My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #116 “July 4th, 2016” With her apron full of starch, Shiny walnut skin, Plucked eyebrows over-arched, The protean nursemaid Probes with her proboscis Into ears and hair, Hoping to find something Trampling there, Some mini-beast To lure into her lair.   She is no wallflower, With her staccato voice And […]

And is there news?

My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Flash 55 PLUS! Where the challenge is to write a piece of poetry or prose in precisely 55 WORDS. The PLUS! is an invitation to reflect on the Battle of the Somme.   They staggered across no-man’s land, Tattered remnants Returning to mud-filled trenches After shifting and ducking bullets […]

Grumbling in the Queue

My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma and Beyond – How To … – July 2, 2016   No frenetic rush To board a train, plane or bus, Buy a stamp or pay for tea; Just form an orderly queue, please, Where the British stereotype Is happiest to gripe About the wait, queue-jumpers and the weather, […]

Breeze Blessing

My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #105 “coming to sea cliffs” by Jane Reichhold     coming to sea cliffs the off-shore breeze raises a flower fragrance                                      © Jane Reichhold blessing ancient crumbling rocks with ocean’s salty essence                     © Kim M. Russell