Tag: Blogging

My thoughts and questions about blogging.

Thunderstorm

My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P Shadorma & Beyond – Nursery Rhymes   Hear the whistle of the wind; It is making such a din. Hear the patter of the rain Up against the windowpane. Hear the crash of thunder loud, A giant hiding in the clouds. Hear the lightning sparks ignite; We are staying […]

Skylark

My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Kenning Challenge   I was woken This spring morning By a cheerful early-riser Nimble high-climber Above the trees Feathered wind-hoverer On the April breeze Tinkling rain-singer Of unbroken melodies   © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.rspb.org.uk

The Little Robber Girl

My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Fairy Tale Prompt When I was a child, I remember reading The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen and wondering about the little robber girl who helped Gerda in her search for Kai, who had been lured away by the Snow Queen.  One freezing, dark night in the middle of […]

The Wedding Dress

My response to dVerse Poets Pub Form-For-All/Meeting the Bar; Décima I accompanied my only daughter to her first wedding dress fitting yesterday, which inspired me to write the following decima. Naturally, I can’t include a picture of the dress, so I here’s one of my daughter as a toddler!   You, in a champagne froth of […]