The annual ball is almost over,the wheel has reached its final creak;it should be well oiled by the countdown. Balloons drift across ceiling and floor;like cheap champagne, the tarnishedglitter dome retains some sparkle. Spooked by eruptions of extravagantfireworks, midnight sees the old yeargather her skirts. A pumpkin carriage awaits, ready to drive into a foetal […]
Tag: New Year
Learning to Face Forwards
On the second day of the new year I feel like Janus, looking backwards and forwards, while populating my brand new calendar and personal diary with dates: birthdays, anniversaries and appointments. I also realise that I haven’t seen some of these people whose birthdays I celebrate for years, mainly due to the pandemic, but also […]
Rejuvenation
2015 was to be my first full New Year as a free woman. I had left teaching the previous summer, although still working as an examiner, and embarked on a writing course with Penguin Random House, on which I hoped to complete my children’s novel, Joe and Nelly. But I had an itch that I […]
New Day Dawning
Eerie moonlight lingers among broken trees and last night’s feathered singers’ dwindling melodies descend into kaleidoscopic dreams, leak into pointillistic skyscapes of fading stars, scattering promises of dew and dawn and the breath of a brand-new day. Kim M. Russell, 17th December 2019 My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics: New Year – New World […]
Open
The door to another year has opened to let me in – or is it out? Chill air wakens my lungs, new and fresh it forces me to breathe deeply, open my lips and sing with the promise of green buds and snowdrops, old friends and new birth. I just have to step out the […]
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city streetlights offset memories of rain with promises of more weather light and dark hot and cold another year of life together Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads: Aspire Marian says to close 2017 on a high note, she has introduced us to one of her favourite new artists: […]
Heart Dreaming
heart beats steadily footsteps in one direction contented New Year Kim M. Russell 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1317 wherever your heart is Today is the first December episode, in which Chèvrefeuille will inspire us through the writing of Paulo Coelho. He says this month may be a little bit different, so I’m curious […]
A Fresh Start
children in fresh snow taking careful pigeon steps welcoming the year Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on www.urbanmums.net My response to Carpe Diem Universal Jane #10 New Year’s Day In a new episode of Universal Jane, Chèvrefeuille has shared a series of haiku by Jane, taken from New Year section of the online version of […]
The Pilgrim Year
a new year dances ahead; tired and hungover, the old one limps away Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1113 The Pilgrimage starts — the prologue This month we will walk the road to Santiago de Compostela as we read The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho. […] “The Master approached me and placed […]
On the Stroke of Midnight
the old year departs with fizz and bang of fireworks a fresh start arrives Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1112 Music For The Royal Fireworks by Händel In the final episode of 2016, Chèvrefeuille has inspired us with Händel’s ‘Music For The Royal Fireworks’, which inspired him to create the following […]
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