My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver #63 – Arrival You fell into my world in a lather of mucus and blood, tiny and voraciously hungry, latching to me, a wrinkled alien, ready to grow into your skin. You were tethered by the umbilical cord, not yet ready for your first spacewalk; That came a […]
Tag: Poems
A poem to sum up my feelings in this post.
Poetic Panhandler
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics – secret admirers For this week’s poetics Abhra wants us to write about a dVerse poet or another poet we know: about their writing style, about their uniqueness and how we connect to their words. We can pick a poem of the poet of our choice and write a response to it. […]
The Murdered Lover
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #110 Image by Mira Nedyalkova She floats, cloudy chiffon-shrouded corpse Among the waterlilies, a damsel fly, Once distressed but now at peace. She sinks, buoyant bubble-buffeted body, Among the frog spawn burbling by, Once captured but now released. She lies, leaden lady of the lake, Mud-filled mouth and […]
Where do I come from?
My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads ~ Where Do I Come From? I introduced this poem you Year 7 students when I was still teaching and they produced some wonderful poems. I hope I can do it justice! Where do I come from? You may well ask. I am from monochrome photographs, […]
Toad Nonet
My response to the Secret Keeper’s Weekly Writing Prompt #34 Each spring, toads leave hibernacula, Take a trip from rock crevices, Leaf piles and drains to gather In ponds, streams and rivers, Some with eyes of fire. Writhing webbed feet Melt my heart, Make me Smile. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on forums2.gardenweb.com
Alphabet Soup
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Bonus Wordle “Alphabet Soup” Trees performing arabesques Raise their branches, a complex Latticework, a deadfall Trapping clouds and stars In error, collecting drops in reservoirs, Dripping foliage all awash, Silhouettes in a lightning flash. Their trunks are gnarled With bark like gristle, Their knots are hard, Their twigs like bristles That […]
Thunderstorm
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P Shadorma & Beyond – Nursery Rhymes Hear the whistle of the wind; It is making such a din. Hear the patter of the rain Up against the windowpane. Hear the crash of thunder loud, A giant hiding in the clouds. Hear the lightning sparks ignite; We are staying […]
Skylark
My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Kenning Challenge I was woken This spring morning By a cheerful early-riser Nimble high-climber Above the trees Feathered wind-hoverer On the April breeze Tinkling rain-singer Of unbroken melodies © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.rspb.org.uk
The Little Robber Girl
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Fairy Tale Prompt When I was a child, I remember reading The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen and wondering about the little robber girl who helped Gerda in her search for Kai, who had been lured away by the Snow Queen. One freezing, dark night in the middle of […]
The Wedding Dress
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Form-For-All/Meeting the Bar; Décima I accompanied my only daughter to her first wedding dress fitting yesterday, which inspired me to write the following decima. Naturally, I can’t include a picture of the dress, so I here’s one of my daughter as a toddler! You, in a champagne froth of […]
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