The sky is shattered glass in dead of night, Crackling and pulsating with splintered light; A mass of constellations burning bright And scintillating in shimmering white, In honour of the moon, Earth’s satellite. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Jane Dougherty Writes Poetry challenge #50: Fifty For the fiftieth challenge, Jane has given us […]
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Pain is an Owl
In the silver silent dead Of a lethargic night, Pain is an owl caught in a dazzling headlight, Whose glaring eyes of red Steer gliding flight on white wing Towards the cold metallic glimmer of morning. Pain twists like an owl’s head, Grips with talons of crushing power, Tears with the sharpness of […]
September Embers
In September, amber apples drop from the branch, crunch in grass soaked with dew and mist, kissed by footprints in a damp embrace. Lace of spiders’ gossamer cobwebs ebbs on an autumnal breeze. Trees smoulder, each leaf an ember in September. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 I have taken a sonnet I wrote last year […]
Rhapsody in the Rain
Meeting in the park was the start Of a tune that grew into a rhapsody Accentuated by the rhythm of spring rain. On a bench, their arms entwined, the rain On hair and skin was romantic at the start, They were so wrapped up in their rhapsody. The impulsive improvisation of their rhapsody […]
Just One Small Drop
When life began its haunting dance Among a symphony of stars, There was no sun, nor was there day, No rivers, streams or reservoirs, Just one small drop of astral dew That twinkled in the morning sky, That dripped and fell and swelled and grew, Made planets gasp and comets sigh, The universe and heaven […]
No Place to Hide
My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #45: Summer storm, also linked to dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night #178 – Saving Grace photo ©Fir0002 No place to hide On a path overhung with trees: No place to hide, Escape the thrumming of sulphide, Imminent lightning on the breeze, An undercurrent of unease: No place to hide […]
Parting at Dawn
This is a very late response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #44: Ghazal For some reason, I haven’t been seeing Jane’s challenges lately and I hated missing this one – I haven’t come across a ghazal before – it’s a tricky one and I do love a challenge… …which was to write a ghazal, a […]
I Put my Poem in a Bottle
My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #31: Message in a bottle I put my poem in a bottle, Entrusted it to silver-tipped waves, But it meandered back to shore, all mottled With sand, ejected from its deep sea grave, Unless, of course, it bobbed above, Tossed from spray to foam. It was cherished by […]
Maddening Moonlight
My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #28: Moonlight by Edvard Munch Quicksilver moonlight maddens as it slips behind clouds and tangles in the angles of sharp branches along the un- winding garden path, in and out of shadows, beckoning you to follow and then sliding away again until the front gate slams […]
End of the Storm
My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #25: Cinquain Lightning Flickers, buzzes Like a fly zig-zagging Across the sky – thunder rumbles Softly. © Kim M. Russell, 2016
