My response to Carpe Diem #924 humour (reprise) Tears drip from rouged lips When the circus is over And the mask slips Brightly polished performance Ephemeral laughter grips © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
Cloudbusting
My response to Bastet’s One Month of Haiga – Clouds Short-lived shape shifters Airy giants and castles Warnings in the sky Dreaming of patches of blue Always a promise of rain © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Direction Unknown
My response to Through the Eye of Bastet One month of Haiga – Direction Off the beaten track Taking the road less travelled Finding the path back © Kim M. Russell, 2016
A Rare Visit
My response to dVerse poetry Pub Poetics: Listen to the Mockingbird Silvery light slipped through the blind Scratching at the edges of her mind A faded monochrome Distant dream of home In the garden a thrush trilled its morning song Another bird began to sing along A different timbre and yet the same She sat […]
Who Knows Where?
My response to HBHATNAGAR Two Phrase Story #28 Hbhatnagar provides the first phrase and you complete the sentence and we see in how many different directions one thought can be taken. Today’s phrase: ‘A gentle zephyr blew…’ My attempt ‘…pollen of a thousand sunflowers across the landscape, to bloom who knows where.’ Image found on www.deviantart.com Your […]
Vain Warbler
No I am not procrastinating! I worked for several hours on the revision of the Prologue and Chapter One of Joe and Nelly and have rewarded myself with a shadorma in response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #101. I was going to venture out with my camera this afternoon but am looking out of the window […]
Procrastination
I cannot believe that I am procrastinating with poetry! The plan was to warm up with one or two poems a day (whether that’s haiku, sonnet or something longer) and then move on to revising the novel. But I have been up since the early morning playing with words and now it’s gone 10 and […]
Unexpected Frost
My response to Through the Eye of Bastet One Month of Haiga – last wintry events. Unfortunately the spider’s web broke before I was able to take the picture and I had to ‘borrow’ one! Unexpected frost Spider’s web gilt with silver Each dew drop a pearl © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found […]
Desire
My response to Carpe Diem #923 desire From dank undertones Of forest floor detritus Fresh needles of pine Sharp scent like a ray of light Through desire entangled limbs © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
The Power of Bubbles
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille 3 – a quadrille in 44 words Congealed crud has set on last night’s dishes And yet, as the steaming water gushes Detergent swirls with a globule of grease Until a lava of foam is released One tiny bubble escapes and floats free A tiny transparent orb, fleeting […]
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