My response to dVerse Poets Meeting the Bar – Bouts-Rimés Revisted This week Gayle’s challenge is to write a poem using the given end-rhymes. She has chosen: stay, sits, play, wits, fits, comedy, flits, tragedy, eye, smart, cry, heart, moan, stone, and we have to use the words in the given order. It’s the last […]
Tag: Blogging
My thoughts and questions about blogging.
Cold Tea at the Tate Modern
I saw Jane Dougherty’s post and had to join in with Sonya’s Three Line Tales! Her Earl Grey was tepid and the view of St Paul’s left her cold. Why was she waiting here? What couldn’t wait to be told? ‘Hello, Mum,’ he said. ‘Because of this exhibition all my other paintings have been […]
Man of the Marshes
My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #21: Pantoum Squelching through the muddy marshes, Entanglements of grass and reeds, He swipes at bolshy bulrushes, Crumbles the heads into white seeds. Entanglements of grass and reeds Bending, breaking as he strides by, Crumbles the heads into white seeds, Tossing them upwards to the sky. […]
First Playground Memories
My response to MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille – our source for inspiration is a quote from Matsuo Basho: “The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.” It was my first day at school. The playground was alive with boisterous boys and giggling girls, running and […]
Glorious Morning
My response to Carpe Diem Special #201 Basho’s disciples: Morikawa Kyoroku’s ‘morning glories’ early rays of sun unravel grey morning mist frost begins to thaw * early rays of sun outline shadows with silver dew drips from branches * early rays of sun trace peaceful looping river heron dips its head * © Kim M. […]
Night Mysteries
The old moon has crumbled Into stars There is nothing left To hold the sky together I watch it from behind my hands Feel my bones strain Under the weight of it all Waiting for the mountains Of the moon to fall Soaking up the darkness And the light Steadfast in the silence Of the […]
The Kindness of Friends
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics – Choose a Line. This week Mary has asked us to read the poem “Burning the Old Year” by Naomi Shihab Nye, choose one of the lines & use it as a line in a newly written poem. I have chosen the line: ‘Notes friends tied to the doorknob’. My […]
Happiness
My response to Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #72 Use that quote […] “The purpose of our lives is to be happy”. […] Dalai Lama golden crab apple bobs aimlessly in the stream happy to be borne on capricious ebb and flow voyage of experience © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.dtbrownseeds.co.uk Unfortunately no crab […]
Friendship
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge# 103 latoday.deviantart.com Essence of silver Settles on lake’s reflection Weaves weeds and water In a spellbinding moment Of innocent trust and friendship © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Onion Tears
My response to Carpe Diem #934 Onions below parchment skin silvery rings of onion bitter tears within © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
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