My response to Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #82 Milan Rajkumar’s “frog on lotus leaf “, our inspiration today: frog on lotus leaf sitting and admiring lotus bloom does it care the snake which looms behind © milan rajkumar Image found on www.norfolkdragons.co.uk dragonfly hovers metallic blue wings whirring flashing soundlessly on the pond’s still surface […]
Tag: Blogging
My thoughts and questions about blogging.
Cats and Willow
My response to dVerse Poets Pub’s Haibun Monday #15 All Things Quotidian Toni has challenged us to think about everyday occurrences and write about them in a compact, haibun of one paragraph with one haiku at the end. The haiku must be 5-7-5 or short-long-short and must be about nature, tying the everyday things all together. […]
Demented Forest
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #116 She felt herself shrinking In a forest of demented trees Monochrome like barcodes From a neurodegenerative disease. She felt a rage erupting That mutated into delusion, Dived deep into strange faces, Emerging in confusion. She couldn’t remember the way Along paths she’d often trod But familiar walks […]
Landlocked Luxembourg
My response to Carpe Diem #971 Luxembourg (The Green Heart of Europe) Set in hills and cliffs, landlocked fairy-tale duchy, medieval gem rose from the ashes of war fizzing with fresh Moselle wine. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.dailyemerald.com
Parallel Lines
My response to the Secret Keeper’s Weekly Writing Prompt #40 We’re parallel lines, tender tracks of a shared life, keeping our hearts close whether they beat fast or slow, feeling proud to be your wife. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.stockphotos.ro
Descent from a Night Flight
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #112 Through massive saurian eyes We gaze down the night From elevated height At civilisation below Leaking pearls of light. Turning heads As it dips its wings, We are offline, suspended, Apart from things That can only happen down below, Entelechy tells us so, As do the legible instructions […]
King of the Norfolk Broads
My response to Carpe Diem Special #209 “ripple in the lake” by Joyce Lorenson Kingfisher flickers blue above wind-kissed water wavelets in its wake © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.theguardian.com
Tuscan Lights
My response to Carpe Diem #970 Italy . What a coincidence: I’ve just got back from my daughter’s wedding in Tuscany! Chiusdino’s lights: a twinkling constellation in the evening glow. © Kim M. Russell, 2016
I’m in Visual Verse again!
I am delighted to see that Visual Verse have included another of my poems in their latest anthology. At the moment, my poem is on page 10, but from past experience I know that could change: http://visualverse.org/
Silent Grief
My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month May 26th: “silence” by Jane Reichhold silence in the blind wind’s dance blossoms © Jane Reichhold no more knocking at the […]
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