My response to dVerse Poets Pub Tuesday Poetics: Summer Starter Walter is the host at this week’s edition of Tuesday Poetics! He has asked us to celebrate the first full (official) day of the Summer of 2016 by taking inspiration from a summer moment as seen through the eyes of another poet, something that sparks our […]
Tag: Blogging
My thoughts and questions about blogging.
Follow Me
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #118 – Brooke Shaden Follow me, she said, In her dress of blue. Yes, I will, I said, I will follow you In the traces of your footsteps Imprinted in the sand, Reaching, ever reaching, For your ghostly hand. Overhead the seagulls turned Into the bitter breeze, […]
Ooame Orchestra
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Haibun Monday: 50 Shades of Rain Toni has asked us to write a tight one paragraph haibun, non-fiction, about rain and us, followed by a haiku about nature that ties our words together. Rain: how we experienced it, the emotions it brought out, the inconvenience it was, the beauty of it. […]
Spoon Man
A flicker of flash fiction for a Monday morning. Vicki bounded up the steps, Jez and Connor right behind her, lugging guitar cases. She sat down outside the café. ‘What’s your poison?’ Jez asked. Vicki was about to request a mocha, when she heard a sound like bells. She twisted her body and, in between […]
Death and Life
My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads the sisters Death and Night ~ Micro Poetry Gazing with malicious grin The Grim Reaper comes harvesting Generations of the never-ending Circle of life. Death may swipe Infant innocence or guilt aghast, But humanity eludes his grasp. On a bright bed of flowers, Eve, the source […]
British Summertime
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #114 “June 20th, 2016” – oh yes, it’s raining again! Fugitive from atrabilious moods, I long for sunshine of another climate But cannot stand the agonising wait, The jostle of trains and airport queues, Tourists that obstruct the views. Instead, I hide inside From lengths of rainy grey, Waiting for the […]
Heaven Scent
My response to Carpe Diem Special #211 Joyce Lorenson’s 3rd “May evening” spring honeysuckle dots of colour in the green seducing bees bright summer blooms cascading down the trellis fragrant in late sun © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Mumbling into Black Holes
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Prompt #47: “Take Courage” by Andrew Bird When words begin to crumble, Stale cake on your tongue, Thoughts fossilise and tumble Into back holes, one by one. Fingers fly and fumble, Trying to catch words That escape like mumbles And fly away like birds. Eyes still see, heart still […]
Dream Fishing
My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge # 103 Basho’s “a flash of lightning!” inazuma ya yami no kata yuku goi no koe a flash of lightning— passing through the darkness a night heron’s scream © Basho (1644-1694) statue still it waits for prey in the shallows of my dreams © Kim M. Russell, 2016 […]
I’ve just got back from a book launch
The anthology, River Writes, in which one of my poems and a story have been included, is now officially launched. It is showing up on Amazon but is currently unavailable. Here is the link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/River-Wri…/…/0993566324/ref=sr_1_1… A touch of irony: there was a raffle and my husband bought a strip. the last number on the strip […]
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