My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #120 also linked to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Tuesday Platform – Alessio Albi Caught in a net of despair, Rank water dripping from your hair Patters like tiny fingers tapping In the languid lake. Feet grasped by reeds And ponderous pondweed, Lips tight shut against intrusive […]
Tag: Dreams
Wheelbarrow of Dreams
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week 3: Magnolia Blossoms, haiku by Soseki Natsume; episode 6: “autumn’s shadow” in a spring garden wheelbarrow fills with flowers fragrant silver dreams © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Dreams
My response to Carpe Diem #950 dreams residues of day shadows crumble into dust of which dreams are made © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Poetic Dreaming
The second poem was another one I reworked, first posted in August. If you want to walk Barefoot through my dreams Wipe your feet You inhabit my world Hide in shadows Under my bed I’m too slurred with sleep To stuff you in my pyjama pocket Trap you in my memory Infuse you in […]
Dashed Dreams
We sweep up Dashed dreams With a stiff broom And a stiff upper lip Some drink From a glass That’s half Full In the hopes of A brighter tomorrow Those with a glass That’s half Empty Just buy a new broom © Kim M. Russell, 2015
A re-worked version of…
‘Nightmare Poem’, first posted on 13th August. Shouting Rhymes After a night of haunting and relentless dreams of fully-formed poems, I am wired. Caged in ribs, heart flutters like a bird anxious to break free from captive night. Hands ache from wringing bed-sheets of words; mouth dry from shouting rhymes nobody heard. In the early […]
Sea Spray
Fizzing spray Effervescent tides Billowing waves On which seagulls ride Roaring breeze Strafing sand Wide-stretching seas Shells and pebbles in your hand ~ Hands full of sand Trickling dreams Memories of the shore Are not what they seem Seagulls and sailing boats Billowing waves Effervescent tides Fizzing spray Image found on www.theconstantrambler.com
A freestyle poem
Scribbling on my Soul The scratching of the pen Won’t stop It echoes through my dreams And lifts my eyelids With the urgency Of birth Ideas invade Exploding crocuses That reach out For an inkling of light But Shadows shackle me To sleep Draw me back down Below the surface Until the poem Remains a […]
Quote Poems
Following Devious Bloggery’s example, I have taken on the challenge, for three consecutive days, to write a poem related to a quote. However, as I have only just started blogging, I have decided not to nominate three WP bloggers. Quote # 1: I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet […]
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