The gale came howling Battering the coast with waves An untamed wildness Erupting in salty foam From the rumbling heaving sea © Kim M. Russell, 2016
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My thoughts and questions about blogging.
Coast Walk Interrupted – a huitain
My response to B&P’s Shadorma & Beyond – February 6, 2016 Sun flared on the sliver of strand Sudden winter brightness flashing Lighting up the silvery sand Buffeted by spumy rolling Alive with salty slithering Bitter gusts spitting icy rain Whipped up by a squally whistling Send Sunday walkers home again © Kim M. Russell, […]
Arcadia
A poem inspired by Barb Mann’s picture Safe in the embrace Of the horizon Poetic shaped space Where sea meets sky Far from the beach Where surfers land Below clouds Where seagulls fly Mermaids lilt siren songs Silvery seashell melodies Rise from their lungs Burst above the crash of waves Marry with nature’s harmonies […]
Dancing with Shadows
I found out today that this flash fiction submission was unsuccessful. Her feet guided her across the sprung wooden floor. She felt the music through her toes and heels, the rhythm pulling her with ribbons of movement like a puppet into arabesques and pirouettes. It was invigorating and exhausting. When would the music stop? Twisting her […]
Yoga Undou
My response to Carpe Diem #912 Movement/Proprioception Tension and release Muscles ripple below skin Yoga pose is born Breathing in and out Music of body and soul Salute to the sun Every breath and move A step to meditation A human temple © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
Securing Time
My response to the Secret Keeper’s Weekly Writing Prompt #22 I sense the seasons walking in a wild garden alone among trees changing outlines and colours securing time with leaves © Kim M. Russell, 2016
The Wild Swans continued
Stave 3 Elisa wept and sadly crept Out of her father’s castle. Not knowing whether to turn left or right, She wandered over marsh and field, Into the forest and the night, Where she found soft moss to lay her head, Said her prayers and went to bed. She watched the glow worms shimmering […]
Children of the Cosmos
My response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #82 Star&Child Counting newborn stars Each a child of the cosmos Sparkling innocence © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on A Nursery for Newborn Stars in the Prawn Nebula – The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com
More about my neighbourhood
For this week’s edition of Jacqueline’s ‘Echoes of My Neighbourhood’ #8, I have photographs of two quintessentially British landmarks. Last week I shared pictures of our village sign, a huge oak in the centre of the village and fields in the flat landscape of Norfolk. I also mentioned a pub and a church. Outside the pub there […]
Message of Spring
My response to Carpe Diem Special #195 Hamish Managua Gunn’s first “full snow moon” Winter’s tapestry of branches, bark and damp earth is torn asunder by emerging shoots and buds a silent message of spring © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on pixabay.com
writing in north norfolk 