I remember whenI first saw you,how fragile you were,and so small,bundled up in yourtoo big babygrow. I held you, cuppedin both palms. I knew that for eachbreath you took I heldmine alittle longer, a candleworthof breath, like being underwater, feeling air trickle through thepores of my skin,just enoughto make me feel as lightas you. I […]
Tag: Birth
Star Birth
How much gas does a mother need? Forget the air – there’s none in space. Energy and gravity played their part, pulling together at the heart of the conception, a passionate ménage à trois. A single push excruciatingly long, squeezing an interstellar nebula into a brand-new star, a twinkle in its mother’s eye, a cosmic […]
10th August 2017
Like a soft-boiled egg cracked with a spoon, thoughts dribble and congeal. Grey clouds are drifting candle smoke. Mocked by the drooping willow, I gaze past my reflection in the window: another birthday and autumn’s on its way. Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver # 131 […]
Birth of a Haiku
My response to Carpe Diem #952 New Life one single moment frozen haiku imagery poetry set free © Kim M. Russell, 2016
A Saturday troiku
Birth of a Poem Pregnant with poems Lonely writer takes a pen Gives birth to each word Pregnant with poems A creative crescendo Of rich imagery Lonely writer takes a pen Words bleed on paper Baring the soul in black ink Gives birth to each word Conceived in inspiration Poet’s child […]
Birth of a Galaxy
This tanka was prompted by something I read yesterday. Force of gravity draws galaxies together a slow collision of flames a chaotic space marriage birth of a new galaxy © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.esa.int
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