My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #155 “Collage 21” In a hammock Strung below a starless sky, They unpicked a fledgling butterfly From its gossamer cocoon And tossed it to the moon. On a lonely bench Among the tallest trees, Pages turning in the breeze, She read him her history, Unravelling her mystery. […]
Tag: Love
Ferocious Love
I have transformed an old poem into a new troiku in response to Carpe Diem Theme Week #2 Color Your Life – Orange a burst of orange marked by stripes of black protective mother a burst of orange baring teeth as sharp as knives ready to attack marked by stripes of black […]
Love Comes Alive
Two tankas in response to Carpe Diem #925 Love Once an innocent, Delicate, blossoming bud, Love suddenly comes alive, Exploding like an atom Expanding our universe. You left me alone, A stone washed up on the beach But when you return, I awaken in your hands, Glistening with foam and sand. © Kim M. Russell, […]
Love and Hope
My response to Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #69 An Essay About Real Love – this chain of haiku describes the scene at the bottom of my garden In the wild garden innocent snowdrops embrace a wizened plum tree a wizened plum tree raises blossomless branches snowdrops at its roots snowdrops at its roots give […]
A resurrected love poem
Sun and Moon The fickle moon smiles on the water At the constant sun Still lingering on the horizon Silver moon and golden sun So opposite Yet complementing each other In their corners of the universe Between them they tease the waves Push and pull Ebb and flow of tide Lending character to […]
A Poem’s Escape
Illuminated By Christmas lights in the city A poem written In ghostly condensation On a jam-packed bus window Lingers in trickles and drops Escapes at the next bus stop ©Kim M. Russell, 2015 Image found on flickrhivemind.net
The last poem for today is a found poem
Love for Nothing found in ‘Le Monocle de Mon Oncle’ a poem by Wallace Stevens I mocked myself alone, A thinking stone In a sea of spuming thoughts. A bird sought out his choir Of wind, wet and wing, A much-crumpled thing: The end of love For nothing. Apples, like skulls, Came rotting to […]
Long Distance
Poems are long distance Love songs To everyone To everything Distance frees you Opens mind and heart Until Words surf on oceans Stanzas steam like liners Sailing poetry Towards a lighthouse In a distant place Someone else’s heart
Just another old love poem
Cake and Candles When I am with you I feel like an infant Experiencing her first birthday But not quite understanding. I feel so full Of birthday cake and candles That I am exhausted And, like an infant, Want to lie there, Cradled in your arms, To experience something More like Christmas. Image found on […]
This morning I’m starting with a love poem
Sleep Sheet The sun meets the moon On its way every morning, Kisses its pale lunar roundness And generates warmth. As I rise, I imagine you, Dishevelled, warm, Slowly, gently Brushing away the soft sheet of sleep, Which still covers you As you open your eyes. I prefer it When we are both under The […]
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