My response to Bastet’s A Month of Haiga – white noise When I first moved up to North Norfolk, I lived in a small village right next to the sea. I loved being able to walk a hundred yards down the road, up the cart gap where the life boat and fishing boats are driven […]
Banishing the Frost
My response to Carpe Diem #916 Temperature (Warmth/ Coolness) Early morning frost Embellishing blades of grass Melted by the sun Melted by the sun Artifice of winter fades Silver turns to green Silver turns to green Grey branches dappled with buds Spring is in the air © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Princess Elisa’s story continues
The Wild Swans Stave 4 After the darkest night, Without even the light Of a glow worm to ease her loneliness, Elisa set off through the vast forest And soon came upon A kindly old woman. Elisa asked if she had seen Eleven princes on their horses. She replied no, but eleven swans with […]
For the NHS; for the Junior Doctors
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Haiku for Mum
I am reposting a haiku/senryu as a response to Carpe Diem #915 Melody on the theme of Mother. I wrote it back in the summer after visiting my mother in the care home where she has been living for nearly two years. She has Pick’s disease, a form of dementia. Although you’re fading, Your smile is […]
Last Sunday’s walk on the beach
I couldn’t see an episode of Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha’s ‘Echoes of my Neighbourhood’ today but I thought I’d post this anyway. Update: Jacqui has posted her ninth edition. As you will see from the poem I posted yesterday, ‘Your shoes will make you happy today’, a response to the dVerse poets ‘as the cookie crumbles’ Chinese New Year prompt, my […]
Love Punctuated
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Hooray!
I am so excited. One of my short stories, ‘Ghost Writer’, has won The Word Hut 19th Writing Competition! They said: ‘We thoroughly enjoyed your story and it worked successfully on a number of different levels in addition to being well written.’ I can only say that I am HAPPY!
Your shoes will make you happy today
My response to #dversepoets ‘as the cookie crumbles’ Sunday morning sun pushed its way Through windows grimy with winter smears, Crooking its finger – an invitation to enjoy the day. Pulling on sturdy shoes unworn for several years, We made our way to a nearby strand. Invigorated by wind and waves, we strode In […]
Celestial Kiss
Another response to Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #69 An Essay About Real Love the sun meets the moon as it rises each morning and gently explodes © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.tumblr.com
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