Another rondelet Sky’s full of stars And your heart’s full of broken dreams; Sky’s full of stars, Your skin’s latticed with silver scars. Your life’s come apart at the seams, Tearful eyes brimming with moonbeams. Sky’s full of stars. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.astronomy.com
Tag: Poems
A poem to sum up my feelings in this post.
The Resonance of a Glockenspiel
My response to imaginary garden with real toads Little Tiny Our task today is to be inspired by Brandi’s song to write our own verse on the subject(s) of being and/or feeling alone, building walls, glockenspiels and jingle bells, cliches and replays, or anything else “Little Tiny” brings up for us. I’m not sure about […]
No Place to Hide
My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #45: Summer storm, also linked to dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night #178 – Saving Grace photo ©Fir0002 No place to hide On a path overhung with trees: No place to hide, Escape the thrumming of sulphide, Imminent lightning on the breeze, An undercurrent of unease: No place to hide […]
Nature’s Way
My response to Sue Vincent’s Thursday Photo Prompt – Cave – #writephoto The way led down an old green lane, Into the woods and back again, A weed-riddled path quite overhung With heavy foliage that swung Across the crumbling hillside. Returning ravens overhead, Ill-omened messengers of the dead, Croaked a raucous resounding knell, Gurgled like […]
Outside my Kitchen Window, a Jungle
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver #82: out my kitchen window Outside my kitchen window, a jungle Steams rampant after morning rain. Creeping snake-like tendrils strangle Branches seeping with Bougainvillea stain And laden with elephant epiphytes. Wildlife sips from overflowing orchids Among leaves the colour of essonite And bubbling tanks of bromeliads. Vanilla vapours […]
Messages in the Trenches
This is a poem I reworked from one I wrote and posted on 3rd July and submitted to a competition. It didn’t get anywhere but I thought I’d post it here. They struggled across no-man’s land, Tattered remnants On their way back to a mud-filled trench. Buried deep beneath their feet (Unlike their fallen […]
Parting at Dawn
This is a very late response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #44: Ghazal For some reason, I haven’t been seeing Jane’s challenges lately and I hated missing this one – I haven’t come across a ghazal before – it’s a tricky one and I do love a challenge… …which was to write a ghazal, a […]
Walking in the River of Dreams
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #127, also linked to imaginary garden with real toads The Tuesday Platform Brooke Shaden Photography Slow and deep By the overgrown bank of sleep, Dreams slip, cold and slow-moving, Bearing dead leaves, a floating feather; Fantasy distilled by the flow of water. Emerging from the river and […]
Taste Buds
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle Special Addition Taste “August 22nd, 2016” Taste buds In my mouth, On my tongue, Flowers in a saporous feast Of fizzy flavours: A slice of pizza explodes with yeast, Seasoned with herb and garlic, Smokey with cheese; Delicate ginger tea cleanses My senses, Honeyed and sweet; Ascerbic, tangy unripe plum, […]
At the Gatehouse
My response to A Dash of Sunny Prompt Nights On Popular Demand – Lets gather around for some ghost stories – [8] Sanaa has asked us to gather around for some ghost stories, either a poem or a fiction piece, and for inspiration gave us the poems: ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’ by John Keats, ‘Mad […]
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