My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #111 Anna O. Photography he loves me he loves me not each petal a piece of her heart each flower another day apart a fistful of flowers and she’s bleeding a bitter bouquet © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Tag: Poems
A poem to sum up my feelings in this post.
Witness to a Street Fight
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #107 Enticed through the dark hole To the dead-end of violence, Under sulphurous yellow lamplight, You stand on the edge of a vitriolic fight: A crooked, cryptic vision, A lead and skull collision, A crashing kuebiko Deep in your greasy marrow- Bone – you know You shouldn’t witness Such […]
Bees in May
I watch a drowsy bee chew Through its winter cocoon And emerge on the edge Of a sunny window ledge. After a sullen start to spring, Dandelions smile in dewy grass. The first dragonfly helicopters past The cherry tree and honeysuckle bowers, Where flirty buds are bursting To unfold a pink flurry of flowers To […]
Passing By
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #157 “Collage 22” They met in the bloom of youth: No time for love, no time for truth, Which they kept hidden Along with their hearts. They met again, from time to time, Travelling apart But always bumping into each other, Searching for something In the coolness of […]
Mitcham May Queen
My response to imaginary garden with real toads Poetizing the Maypole When I was young it was a treat On the first Saturday Of every May To watch at Mitcham’s Cricket Green, Where cricket’s been played For more than three hundred years, The crowning of the May Queen. Children danced around a pole, Criss-crossing […]
Maddening Moonlight
My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #28: Moonlight by Edvard Munch Quicksilver moonlight maddens as it slips behind clouds and tangles in the angles of sharp branches along the un- winding garden path, in and out of shadows, beckoning you to follow and then sliding away again until the front gate slams […]
Awakening in January
Well, the winners of Writing East Midlands’ very first Aurora Poetry and Short Fiction competition have been announced. I submitted this poem but it wasn’t even commended. Better luck next time!. In the small hours, Winter skies are clear and vast; Countless clusters of stars Span present, future and past. On the first morning of […]
Body Talk
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Prompt #40 “I Like You So Much Better..” by Ida Maria Why let words get stuck Somewhere between us When eyes, hands and bodies talk. If you’re an artist, Splash them in paint or smear them in chalk. As a dancer, Express them in the way you walk. As a […]
Ode to a Lone Ranger
Another (not so) ‘secret admirer’ poem for dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Feel free to read, Said the batman blogger, Adjusting his mask. I’ll tell you of Cohen and The Beatles And Seattle sofa surfing. I’ll sculpt you a poem About the ascension of larks […]
Passing Time
Edged with ragged weeds and sedge, The river snakes noisily around a bend Into damp darkness of an ancient bridge, Slipping like time over mud and sand. Further down, a fisherman stands in the stream, Casting for fish in his waders and vest, Dreaming of a supper of trout or bream As slate grey clouds […]
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