My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie and Wordle #92 Arrhythmic swallows Swoop and dive in punitive Pulchritude of sky A tepid aquamarine In the saddest of seasons Arrhythmic swallows Leave messages in cursive On calendar sky Seasonal affirmation Reminder of tomorrow © Kim M. Russell, 2016
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A Winter Haibun
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’s Heeding Haiku So far the winter in Norfolk has been extraordinarily mild. We already have spring blossom on some trees, daffodils are showing, some are even blooming, and it’s too warm to wear scarf, gloves and hat. We haven’t even lit a fire! I love dressing up in layers of […]
Magician
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’s Writing Prompt #139 “The Magician” One man spanning two Worlds in between earth and sky At once alchemist And humanist he controls The mercurial dragon He points to success A new creative cycle Positive inspiration But if he is inverted Deception and confusion © Kim M. Russell, 2015
Great Grandmother
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’s Photo Challenge #92 Held in fragile arms Caressed by arthritic hands New branch has been born Sprung from the family tree Old and young blessed by the sun (Awarded 1st Place) Great Grandmother by SFC Lance Widner – Division 1 (Active Duty Military) CC BY 2.0 […]
Night Comes to the Evening Table
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie and Wordle #90 At day’s zenith, The hearse of narcissistic night approaches, Etiolates the remains of sunset, A nightshade Obsequious and vague. The sun’s areola, Disintegrating In drifting cloud, Is lost in the murmur Of the wide winter sky. © Kim M. Russell, 2015
Close to the Edge
My response to Mindlovesmisery’s Menagerie’s Photo Challenge #91 Close to the Edge Water’s reflection Mirroring mind’s deception Light’s distortion Alluring luminescence Drawing us close to the edge © Kim M. Russell, 2015 Anne Worner “Don’t Fall In” CC BY 2.0
Axis
Innocent pleasure Measure of learning Turning and circling Cycling around you You were my axis Practice for a later life Wife and mother Another infant Innocent pleasure ©Kim M. Russell, 2015
My haibun…
for Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuilleand Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie. Challenge: “re-write” a haiku by one of the classic haiku poetesses, Chiyo-Ni. the naked branch of the plum gives its quintessence to its final falling leaf ©Kim M. Russell, 2015
Darkest Apathy
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #88 – I think I’ve used all the words! Through an aperture In my darkest apathy, A fanatic sings A haunting song of dread, Reaching inside my head. With a scratch of nails From the track-traced and pin-pricked vein Of distant empyreal azure, A bloodcrow Attempts to throw […]
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