Four years ago I realised that teaching was sucking the life out of me. No time for reading or writing, exhausted and ill, I was a caged bird with clipped wings. These days I can spread my wings whenever I want to. nest of speckled eggs sun-warmed clutch in budding tree dreaming of the sky […]
Tag: New life
My first try at a Tanaga
Memorable March landscapes glimmer. Morning song escapes, giddy with green budding light, new life breaking like a tide. Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Fussy Little Forms: Tanaga Marian says that she wrote this prompt in the early morning as her town woke up under a blanket of fresh […]
Rainbow of Life
space between rainbows colour of sun and flowers death is a secret Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Namasté The Spiritual Way #7 New Life (Easter) Chèvrefeuille has brought us a new episode of our ‘weekend-meditation’, Namasté, The Spiritual Way, for Easter Sunday. He has not only given […]
Full Circle
the last snow crystal sparkles on cherry blossom beauty of spring thaw shady sunflower a gaudy beach parasol in summer heat waves gathering storm clouds thunder in a horse’s hooves hot summer meadow a trembling poplar heart-shaped leaves exhale balsam in the autumn rain Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response […]
Birth of a Haiku
My response to Carpe Diem #952 New Life one single moment frozen haiku imagery poetry set free © Kim M. Russell, 2016