My response to Elusive Trope’s Magnetic Poetry Saturday Challenge Could we explore eternity listening to delicious poetry, remembering poison words, hard as marble, haunting a porcelain universe? © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Tag: Blogging
My thoughts and questions about blogging.
The seventh poem in Visual Verse
I am so pleased that a seventh submission has been included in the latest online Visual Verse anthology. At the moment, my poem ‘Surviving the Oil Slick of Sisterhood’ is on page 21: http://visualverse.org
Night Comfort
My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #109 This week Chèvrefeuille has introduced us to a haiku by Yasomura Rotsu, a not so well known haiku-poet, and challenged us to compose a second stanza of two lines to add to it: higon-mae samusa mo hito-yo futa-yo kana before the spring equinox the cold will last only […]
In Prospero’s Cave
My response to Sue Vincent’s Thursday Photo Prompt – Liminal– #writephoto The sea mounted to the welkin’s cheek And brought a prince called Ferdinand, Shipwrecked and lost on foreign sand, Subject to Prospero’s command, A spirit in Miranda’s eyes: A thing divine. Thoughts of Miranda made labour sweet; She was created of every creature’s best But […]
Unconditional
Redoubtable you, with your firm beliefs and arguments, your sensitive soul is written in my universe, intoned in my music, woven into the fabric of everything. © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Preamble to Dreams
My response to Ramblings of a Writer’s Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge Week 4 – Explore & Beautiful Explore the nightscape of beautiful moon shadows shaping and dappling uninterrupted darkness in the preamble to dreams. © Kim M. Russell, 2016
When the Birds Stop Singing
My response to Carpe Diem #1014 dawn, also linked to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’s Friday Music Prompt # 54: Sound of Silence, cover by David Draiman and Disturbed Today’s inspirational quote is from Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941): “Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.” At dusk, clouds of birds fill the […]
Once in a Blue Moon (reprise)
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Meeting the Bar: Let’s Kick It Up a Notch This evening, Victoria is our host and has asked us to search our archives, choose a poem and add a little spice to it through the use of sensory description, replacing metaphor, or tightening up the word count. I have reworked […]
Bookworm Holes
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver #79: Wormhole The librarian had gone off to make himself a coffee. Thursday afternoon was always slow and quiet, with one or two people logged on to computers, booking a holiday or applying for jobs. No kids until well after three. Sitting low in a comfy chair in the […]
Walking Barefoot on Grass
My response to Carpe Diem #1013 tomorrow Today’s quote is from the author H.Jackson Brown, Jr (1940- ): “The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” Scatter seeds today, nurture them with love and care; tomorrow, feel grass between your toes and, while there, weave some daisies in your hair. © Kim […]