My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #119 Ann Mansolino The North Pole Has turned its back on the sun And Earth continues on its orbit Into polar night, As you have done; Days begin to lengthen, Begging to be filled With someone. I continue in my daily run, Go to work And then […]
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Midsummer Madness
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #115 “June 27th, 2016” The familiar traveller Occupied a corner In the shadow of the ancient stones And watched the midsummer madness: The casting of bones, Tiresome debauchery And the drinking Of sediments of cheap wine. Smashing the defaced phallus, The rakefire took his leave And set off […]
We Are Stardust
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #165 “Collage 26” Life is full of shaggy dog stories, Like the ones told by drifters As you walk along the railway track Or the yarn the baby-sitter Spun about a haunted shack. That summer in the lonely garden With the ocean’s breathy chill, You were visited by a […]
Summer Melodrama
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Friday Music Prompt 48: Fields of June and to dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night #175 We crossed fields patched with scudding cloud and sun, Down lovers’ lane, edged with buttercups and dog rose. Hand in hand, we made our way as one, To a haze of purple grass in the water […]
A bit of fun on EU Referendum Thursday
The Power of Nonsense My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale weaver #73 June 23rd – Making Sense of Nonsense I was never more certain Of the power of nonsense Until I read The Book of Universal Cerfin By the expert Bott Grojean, Who, I believe, has a PhDee In physics and astronomy. Cerfin is a unique […]
Follow Me
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #118 – Brooke Shaden Follow me, she said, In her dress of blue. Yes, I will, I said, I will follow you In the traces of your footsteps Imprinted in the sand, Reaching, ever reaching, For your ghostly hand. Overhead the seagulls turned Into the bitter breeze, […]
British Summertime
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #114 “June 20th, 2016” – oh yes, it’s raining again! Fugitive from atrabilious moods, I long for sunshine of another climate But cannot stand the agonising wait, The jostle of trains and airport queues, Tourists that obstruct the views. Instead, I hide inside From lengths of rainy grey, Waiting for the […]
Mumbling into Black Holes
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Prompt #47: “Take Courage” by Andrew Bird When words begin to crumble, Stale cake on your tongue, Thoughts fossilise and tumble Into back holes, one by one. Fingers fly and fumble, Trying to catch words That escape like mumbles And fly away like birds. Eyes still see, heart still […]
Passion
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver Prompt #72: June 16 2016: Passiflora caerulea Awash with cerulean ripples, Other-worldly, complex flowers Clamour, South American beauties At the windows of a brothel, Wild and menacing As their vigorous vines Intertwine And swallow trees whole Like Amazonian anacondas. And yet, The intricate structure Of each flower Is […]
Sparking the Imagination
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille June 15th 2016 Imagination (art-work by © Chèvrefeuille) synapses are sparked by colourful creation imagination © Kim M. Russell, 2016
writing in north norfolk 