My response to Carpe Diem #958 muddy road(s) On a country road Between freshly planted fields Mud and tractor tracks © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Tag: Blogging
My thoughts and questions about blogging.
Adronitis
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #106 He was a horned god Wrapped in goatskin Voice husky From too much whiskey Musky After the hunt And the misery Of following the scent Of his goddess On the wind For weeks Watching Waiting Closing in Building Up To that first Hello And the illicit creation Of […]
Magnolia Blossom
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week 3: Magnolia Blossoms haiku by Soseki Natsume shy garden geisha pink flush against creamy skin magnolia blooms © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.123rf.com
Norfolk’s Treasure
My response to Carpe Diem #957 lake lakes strung like diamonds along silver river chains couched on beds of reeds geese strut by the waterside ducks and boats leave trailing wakes © Kim M. Russell, 2016
The Three Children of Fortune
A Grimm tale in response to imaginary garden with real toads Poetry To The Third Power Once upon a time, a father said to his three sons: ‘I am growing old and about to die; I am poor and have no money But I will give you each a gift. Go to a place […]
Butterfly Love
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #155 “Collage 21” In a hammock Strung below a starless sky, They unpicked a fledgling butterfly From its gossamer cocoon And tossed it to the moon. On a lonely bench Among the tallest trees, Pages turning in the breeze, She read him her history, Unravelling her mystery. […]
Another Starry Night
A deconstructed version of poem that I posted on 3rd April as a response to Carpe Diem #956 stars Image found on www.vangoghgallery.com the splendour of stars comets and meteors rips the indigo electrifying the sky and tantalising the moon © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Overcast on the Norfolk Coast
Ominous under a rain-speckled sky, Lilac-coloured flowers of salsify Bloom among the grasses In moody bird-haunted marshes, Where oystercatchers pipe on the tideline. In the morning drizzle, on a ghostly coast, Wind jangles masts and rigging on boats, Whistles in sea-bleached branches and reeds, And chattering sedge warblers root in the weeds. On a beach […]
Darkness and Light – a san san
I saw Jane Dougherty’s NaPoWriMo post, checked out Christine Cochrane’s blog and played around with (for me) the new poetic form of the san san. In the immensity of North Norfolk nights, Jupiter sits low in the sky after sunset, Its moons set like diamonds on either side. Along the coast, a festoon of twinkling […]
Crazy Cat Lady
I love the art of Dee Nickerson, whose work is exhibited at a gallery in Southwold and is sold as greeting cards by Green Pebble, where I found these beautiful pictures that could be me! purr, fur and whiskers and unconditional love crazy cat lady © Kim M. Russell, 2016
writing in north norfolk 