I was planning to bring you flowers But they fade and die You no longer see living plants In a garden Or a park So I brought you something more lasting Unusual A purple tinged succulent In a glass cube Transparent You can see the soil The moss and roots And then I saw the […]
Guards and peacocks
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Haibun Monday #8 – journey/travel At sixteen, I had been on just two holidays: one with the school when I was ten, and one with a friend and her family when I was twelve, both to the Isle of Wight. So my first visit to Cologne before moving there […]
Word Rebel
My response to The Secret Keeper’s Weekly Word Prompt #26 – this was a tough one! Word rebel In haiku forest Clears the way Word rebel Bans dark confusion Patch of light In haiku forest Pruning green Foliage Clears the way To enlightenment Haiku thrives © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Falling starlight
A quatern I spent yesterday evening writing. Another poetry form using a refrain. I altered the last refrain slightly because it sounds better. Falling starlight breaks and lies, Upon the ro… Source: Falling starlight
Arthur Rackham’s Rare and Revolutionary 1917 Illustrations for the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
Amid the thickest darkness of World War I, a luminous beacon of the magical inside the macabre. Source: Arthur Rackham’s Rare and Revolutionary 1917 Illustrations for the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
7 Tips to Create Your Perfect Author Newsletter
I hear parrots squawking the same mantra constantly: “Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The best way to drive book sales is through a subscriber list.” Its that thing where you: create a newsletter, do… Source: 7 Tips to Create Your Perfect Author Newsletter
Tasseomancy
My response to Carpe Diem #928 Extra-Sensory Perception (and Common Sense) Great Aunt Rose was married to a Romany and learned to read the tea leaves. After her husband died, she lodged in a small room, with a curtain around her bed, like a bed in a gypsy caravan. She had a crystal ball but […]
Kinesthesia of Memories
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #99 She stands at her life’s junction, Kinesthesia in her hand, A heavy suitcase of memories: Frequent beatings, Days when she was famished, Future unknown. Reining in her temerity (Strange luxury – Freedom), she jettisons The past, Exhales her last stale breath, Inhales a fresh one – And […]
Let’s Create A Fine Chain By Sharing The Links…
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Silence
My response to Bastet’s One Month of Haiga and NaHaiWriMo – silence Silence lies between Rhythm, chords and melody Blue of disquiet © Kim M. Russell, 2016
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