Another unsuccessful entry, this time in the Interpreter’s House Open House Poetry Competition 2016: With a defiant seagull’s cry Salt-scented memories fly In mid-winter moody sky Drenched with wintry light And seascape hues Of January blues Pinned by a star Like salvaged scraps With the delicacy of old lace Beach-combings of shells and stones Brittle brine-bleached […]
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A poem to sum up my feelings in this post.
Putting the Sun to Bed
A poem that was unsuccessful in the Prole Laureate Poetry Competition 2016: Last night I watched Frayed threads of day Unravel in dusk, Filling the vast sky With clouds And silhouettes Of trees and birds, Tearing asunder An unseen seam Where day’s glowing coin Slid into the slot of night. A final fanfare of […]
Claiming its Toll – a constanza
My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #26: Constanza The sea is an ever present ghost Lapping at the landscape’s edges Pulling at its seams and stitches Gulls survey from groyne and post Low dunes, marrams and wave explosion Sea encroachment and erosion All along the Norfolk coast Towns, hamlets and villages Dwindle […]
Leaving the Bus Station
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver #61 – Departure Moments bruise and bleed Down the window In a race To erase Her face Impressed on the dusty glass Like the Turin Shroud The bus engine Sputters into life, a loud Arrhythmic heartbeat And then She is gone Replaced By a forest of faces […]
Fickle Friend
My response to the Secret Keeper’s Weekly Writing Prompt #32 Without your conscience as compass, You navigate the space between us, Aiming for the stars, On the move from one event To the next, my fickle friend, In a universe without end. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.kika.de
Another poem published on line…
in Visual Verse – now moved to page 39 on visualverse.org
Starry Night
A poem inspired by Vincent van Gogh The splendour of stars Studding a night sky More alive and richly Coloured than the day Sets us dreaming Of the universe A stardust collection Comets and collisions Things we cannot see We are just passing In the scheme of things Collecting poetry Wherever we find it […]
Song of a Modern Prospero
Inspired by my current attempt to write a poetic synopsis of The Tempest from the point of view of Miranda in 400 characters, a poem from the point of view of a modern Prospero is my response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #153 “Collage 20” Tell me, my only child, With your studious looks And […]
Tree Gazing
A cleave poem in response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P Shadorma & Beyond – Elfje and Shadorma Tangled limbs extend Birch branches catch a passing cloud Bark and leaves twigs and buds Dreaming under its filigree silhouettes Inspirations penetrate the sky bring me back to earth . © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Doggerland
Larger in area than the British Isles, Doggerland’s submerged landscape Formed a bridge for miles From the English coast to Europe. In the nineteen thirties A block of peat was dredged By a Cromer fishing trawler From the seabed. Inside the blackened sod A delicate harpoon head Carved from red deer antler, Polished, scored and […]
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