“Can we watch the sun set tonight?” AI-kita asked me as she put the supper things away. “Of course, sweetheart. Whatever you want,” I said, turning the knob inside the cupola. The shutters opened to reveal Mars’ blue twilight. I felt AI-kita’s hand slip into mine, recalling the first time we held hands, expecting hers […]
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On first hearing The Planets by Gustav Holst
Of all the music created by Gustav Holst, Mars, the Bringer of War was the most terrifying to my young ears. The first time I heard it was in a music lesson at school, in which we had to work out the planet for each of the seven pieces, and I sensed darkness, drama and […]
Growing Potatoes on Mars
Powerful, fiery and dramatic, the red planet is a devil of a place to grow potatoes. Mind you, they always take root in my kitchen cupboard… Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Sue Vincent’s Thursday photo prompt – Deep #writephoto This poem was inspired by an article I read on Science Alert – I was […]
Touching Mars
My response to Carpe Diem #918 Touch/Tactioception (Pain) If I could touch Mars Extended contours in space Would it feel red? © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on http://www.telegraph.co.uk
writing in north norfolk 