This medieval vellum sheet’s where humankind’s geography, history and destiny meet. Christ, enthroned above the world, surveys creation: the saved enter heaven, the damned are dragged to hell. Eden’s gates are firmly closed. Observed by the serpent, Eve’s alone, hand outstretched, no fruit enclosed. Kim M. Russell, 1st May 2023 Image found on Wikimedia It’s […]
Tag: Map
Relief
Time has drawn a relief map, traced contours, filled this skin with flaws and points of reference: dimples, moles and scars, a geography of life, and with it the relief of night-sky freedom and earthy wisdom. Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Poetry about the Body and linked to dVerse […]
This is the last poem this morning …
I have to leave the house! Update : It wasn’t quite the last one after all! London Underground Iconic masterpiece map An abstract landscape Of lines and colours On the Tube All that matters Is the next station Time, distance and direction Are almost irrelevant As you fly through tunnels Of darkness and light Rocking […]
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