Sleekswimmerfollowingin the boat’s waketurns and dives belowthe swell and wash of waves,leading to the spit where acolony of blubbery bulls,salty sea dogs and expectant cowsbask on a cloudy August afternoon. Frolicking in the wind-whipped foam and spray,playful pups slip In and out of waves,graceful and magical mermaidsuntil they wrestle clumsyseasick bodies ontoshale and gritty sanda […]
The Ballad of the Space Diamond
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver #66: All that Glitters She had the hardness and glitter Of a diamond But her heart had the softness Of a pearl; Under make-up, jewels and furs She was still a little girl, Not a tigress who growls and then purrs. He had money and a rampant reputation […]
A Poet’s Hope
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week #4 (4) Latifa Prayer “I hope” children of the stars living on Earth, poets hope for an astral muse © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Praying Hands and Two Bubbles
My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month May 18th and 19th: praying hands & two bubbles praying hands seeking the wisdom of the Lord the cry of an eagle © Chèvrefeuille haunting the […]
On Visiting Wiveton Hall Gardens
So close To the coast You can hear The rumbling murmur And soughing sigh Of the sea Beyond the flint wall That enfolds All it holds: A riot of hues of green; Flames of orange poppies, Purple tulips and peonies Splashed as on an artist’s palette Across a pointillist sea-cloud Of forget-me-nots That I will […]
On Watching Three Old Drinkers
I wrote this poem over thirty five years ago when I was living in Ireland. It’s my second response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics – Character Study And whose are these eyes Sunk in thick-brimming liquid oblivion? And whose are these mouths, Uncontrollable rubber bands Chewing on unspoken words They spit tastelessly back in the glass? […]
Survivor
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics – Character Study At just eighteen He was a survivor Of the Boer War And then, at thirty, The Great War, A Colour-Sergeant Major And one-time member, Scarlet dress-coat And bear-skin wearer Of the Queen’s Guard. Returning home from France, Away from the thunder Of guns that blew […]
Ghosts and Apple Blossom
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille – immodesty As my own favourite haiku, I have chosen: Words become poems – ephemeral ghosts as soon as they are spoken. © Kim M. Russell, 2015 My new haiku is: Ancient apple blooms – fleeting poems on the breeze speak wisdom of trees. © Kim M. […]
Marble and Stone
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week 4 (3) Latifa Prayer “I desire” Determination carved in cold marble and stone awakens desire: ideas communicated in language and imagery © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Spring Fades
My response to Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #80: Memory Lane: Utabukuro (or poem bag) The haiku I admire is: In the basin, as I wash my face, there rises autumn’s shadow. Natsume Soseki (translated by Makoto Ueda, from Modern Japanese Haiku: An Anthology) I have written my own haiku in the same style but about spring: On the […]
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