watery words weep steeped in hours of lonely thoughts talking to myself Kim M. Russell, 21st December 2015 words no longer weep solitude bears poetry seeds blown on the wind Kim M. Russell, 21st April 2019 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #81 Poetry Archive (5) … loneliness or emptiness The weekend has come around […]
Tag: Loneliness
Loneliness
I spend early mornings on my own, from any time between five thirty and six thirty until about nine thirty or even lunchtime, depending on what the day ahead holds. It is, for me, the best time to write. With just the cats for company and a wonderful view of our garden, I hole up […]
Lamplight
echo of footsteps in lamplight’s lonely shadows leads the foot-weary through cold, late-night city streets in the direction of home © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #17 loneliness In this Tanka Splendor episode, the prompt is loneliness and Chèvrefeuille has shared a tanka and a haiku on this topic. all […]
The Loneliness of the Crumbling Keep
This broken building of flint and stone Was once a sturdy keep; Now the hill on which it stands is overgrown And grazed by sheep. No coat of arms to greet a visitor, No roof nor floor; No guard protects the perimeter, No servant at the door. The ancient walls once solid and secure Are […]
The Loneliness of Swings
Remember the rush Exhilaration of wind in hair Feet in the air The smell that lingers Of rusty chains on fingers A topsy-turvy world A fizzy blur Of earth and sky And wonder why Swings make me feel Lonely ©Kim M. Russell, 2015
I saw something that made me very sad
I have been watching on Channel 4, a British television channel, a programme called Great Canal Journeys, with those wonderful actors Prunella Scales and Timothy West, who have been married a very long time. When not acting on stage or screen, they spent most of their free time on a barge on canals in England […]
