My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #149 “Collage 18” The quote “You’re So Brave and Quiet I forget you’re suffering.” Ernest Hemingway. Behind the trusty doors of confession A soul is bared Unaware That someone else is listening And later Over coffee The story creeps across a kitchen table Grotesque gossip Woven like a […]
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Rain in the Valley
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma & Beyond – Kyrielle Rain Over Rovereto by G.s.k. Sticky with kisses of raindrops Town overflows with red rooftops Splintering like slabs of toffee In Vallagarina valley Silent bells of the church tower Ghostly pealing of the hour Filling every square and alley A storm’s brewing in the […]
Cascading Moonlight
My first attempt at a cascading haiku in reposnse to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille “moonlight” purest silver light cascades into darkest night heaven’s lantern heaven’s lantern constant but drawn by the tide fades into black fades into black from a smiling face to a winking eye © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image […]
Kinesthesia of Memories
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #99 She stands at her life’s junction, Kinesthesia in her hand, A heavy suitcase of memories: Frequent beatings, Days when she was famished, Future unknown. Reining in her temerity (Strange luxury – Freedom), she jettisons The past, Exhales her last stale breath, Inhales a fresh one – And […]
Vain Warbler
No I am not procrastinating! I worked for several hours on the revision of the Prologue and Chapter One of Joe and Nelly and have rewarded myself with a shadorma in response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #101. I was going to venture out with my camera this afternoon but am looking out of the window […]
Sinister Spring Heralds
My response to the Tercet challenge with Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma and Beyond Jackdaws sailed in on a brisk breeze Descending on bare branches of tall trees (Paused in black parentheses) Jackdaws flocked in drizzly weather Yapping and flapping off together (Sharp of beak and ragged of feather) Jackdaw lovebirds entwined and […]
A Kiss from Heaven
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille – inspired by a quote from one of my favourite artists, Friedensreich Hundertwasser In muddy puddles Every crystalline raindrop A kiss from heaven © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
Surrealistic Sleepwalking
My response to MindLovesMiserysMenagerie Photo Challenge Clean up It’s well past midnight And not yet dawn Under the light And the auspices of the moon In the surrealism of a town square Insomniacs and sleepwalkers are at it again Shopping for dreams And cleaning up their minds, unaware That they are poster people Shiny […]
Evil
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle Bonus Good vs Evil – I think I’ve used all 12 words! Ravaged by its sin Malignant anathema Dripping evil bile Possesses realms of darkness With monstrous, ominous smile Adversarial Fallen angel of disgrace Grimace on its face © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Emperor of the Northern Wastes
My response to MindLoveMiserys Menagerie Writing Prompt #146 “The Emperor” Luis Royo Emperor Of the northern wastes Of snow and ice Hot springs and bubbling pools Is nobody’s fool Sovereign of silence and steam Echoing below his feet A jet of water Hisses Erupts And crystallises Around the royal seat © Kim M. Russell, 2016
writing in north norfolk 