My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale weaver #75 July 7th – Bedtime Stories for Grandparents Once upon a time, When the world had just begun, Everything was fresh and new And everyone was young, No grandfathers like you Or grandmothers like me, No-one to tuck you in Or read a bedtime story. One morning, a […]
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My thoughts and questions about blogging.
The Smuggler’s Treasure
Happisburgh is a pretty, ancient coastal village, battered by the North Sea at the top of Norfolk, a place where smugglers were known to land their boats and stash their booty. For more than two hundred years, villagers and visitors to the area reported seeing a glowing figure of a man dressed in the clothes […]
Peeling away Another Layer
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille July 6th 2016 This week’s challenge is to create a summer haibun with a maximum of 75 words including the haiku (or tanka). It’s July. So far we’ve had mostly rain, so I haven’t worn summer clothes. On hot days, our cottage is usually a welcome […]
Stargazing with Bare Feet
My response to Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #86 Back In Time “Only The First Line” This week the challenge is to use the first line from a haiku written by Chèvrefeuille as the first line in a new haiku or tanka. with bare feet I stand in the night garden looking up at stars: exploding […]
A poem in July’s Visual Verse
I am so pleased that another of my submissions has been included in the latest online Visual Verse anthology. At the moment, my poem ‘Baring my Soul’ is on page 25: http://visualverse.org
Dark Dreams of Drowning
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #120 also linked to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Tuesday Platform – Alessio Albi Caught in a net of despair, Rank water dripping from your hair Patters like tiny fingers tapping In the languid lake. Feet grasped by reeds And ponderous pondweed, Lips tight shut against intrusive […]
Alder
My response to Carpe Diem #991 Alder Adorned with lucent Lichen, its dark bark fissured, Doom and bad luck bloom, Effusive moths and catkins Raining fairy camouflage © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.flowerfairyprints.com
Nursemaid
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #116 “July 4th, 2016” With her apron full of starch, Shiny walnut skin, Plucked eyebrows over-arched, The protean nursemaid Probes with her proboscis Into ears and hair, Hoping to find something Trampling there, Some mini-beast To lure into her lair. She is no wallflower, With her staccato voice And […]
Summer Sorrow
My response to Carpe Diem Special 213 “Whitecaps on the bay” by Richard Wright Chèvrefeuille has asked us to take inspiration from a beautiful haiku by Richard Wright, which gives the impression of a scene that just lasts for one moment . The challenge is to write a new haiku (or tanka) in the same […]
Mango
My response to Carpe Diem Utabukuro #13 For my favourite haiku, I have chosen one by James Berry. I love the way he has personified the banana to convey how much he enjoys it. Settled in the bowl alone, banana lies there cuddle-curved waiting. For my own haiku, I have taken an old […]
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