After the claustrophobia of curtains closed before dusk, she feels like a smudged shadow tucked in her bowl of cardboard cornflakes. Stepping into the smoky light of a milky autumn morning, she pegs out her washing, a stronger penumbra, inhaling deep into her marrow the aroma of damp meadow flowers and grass crushed underfoot and […]
Tag: Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie
Kyrkogrim
The petal silk of her skin, Pronounced against a gloam of hair, Rescinds the black glitter of her eyes, Void of warmth And deep as space. Keeping safe Her staggered spirit Wrapped in the density of tweed, Shibboleth of widow’s weeds In hues of night and shadow, Some may think she is unhinged, The ringer […]
Falsely Yours
naïve and pretty young girl in a floral dress shrinks from your caress bright squares of sunlight making patterns on the floor but no open door a caged bird of prey falsely yours until she flies into a clear sky held by silver chains the trappings of wealth and fame it’s only […]
Dancing at Sunset
Sun setting on the olive field as we dance together reflects in your eyes as flames igniting your soul smouldering my head on your chest hearts beating together dancing in the olive field forever entwined. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma and Beyond: Zeki Majed – September […]
Lingering Presence
Tired of childish fears And torrents of tears That reflect your lingering presence Although you’re gone You won’t leave me alone I’m surrounded by your essence My pain is real My wounds won’t heal I crave your evanescence Bound by the life you left behind Your light resonates in my mind A lingering luminescence Haunted […]
Revising Basho’s Flute
clusters of flowers freed from the musician’s flute floating melodies © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille September 21st 2016 Revise that haiku This week Chèvrefeuille has challenged us to ‘revise’ a haiku written by one of the classical haiku poets. He has chosen a […]
Fragile Bond of Sisterhood
Open oceans cannot stop these tides Of grief, the trickle and splash of sorrow Over-spilling rivers, bursting through sides Of lakes with the constant ebb and flow, Deceived by the duplicity of a cancerous Two-faced moon. I believed that blood Was thicker but you turned hazardous And you broke the fragile bond of sisterhood. The […]
Bramble Breath
We are fighting a futile battle Against esurient microliths, Feral thorns hiding in the hedge, Thrusting forward tendrils of sharpness. Sharp eyes of berries glitter, Breathing bramble sillage, Exalting their sweetness In defiance of their nothingness. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #121 “September 19th, 2016”
Still Life with Crab
In the left-hand foreground, balanced on the corner of a table laid with brown and cream linen, is a knife with a decorative ivory handle. Directly behind, a shiny upturned glass on a platter of brass beside a bunch of plump black grapes, just in front of a dish of ruby pomegranate seeds, into which […]
Vincent’s Vagaries
lightning rod madness in his hand wheeling stars round the moon brush strokes burning into dawn a conflagration © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma and Beyond: Robert Fagles – September 17, 2016 This week Paloma has asked us to continue to follow Candy’s lead by reinterpreting an existing poem as a […]
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