My response to B&P’s Shadorma & Beyond and Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Green Wheat Field with Cypress, Vincent van Gogh 1889, Narodni Gallery, Prague Blue and green Never to be seen An old wive’s tale Rejected by nature Melancholy mixture Blue and green Artist’s brush Loaded with colour Creates a wash A rural harmony Moving clouds, wheat […]
Tag: Poems
A poem to sum up my feelings in this post.
Nonet
My response to the Secret Keeper’s Weekly Writing Prompt #20 The wintry wind speaks in breathy tongues Echoes of words from foreign climes Fights with trees to pass the time Tangling shadows and light Embracing a free And floating kite Starts a slow Mournful Dance © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.freeimages.com
Blackbird Morning
This morning There is a dissimulation Of blackbirds in the garden Stabbing at the frozen soil With yellow beaks Flashing promises of spring As they flutter and descend Flap and fall In a rustle of desiccated leaves Eyed by A single magpie From the green needles Of the fir tree © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Fairy Tale Friday
The Wild Swans Stave 1 Far away across the water, Where swans migrate in winter, A king had eleven sons, Elisa was his only daughter, And they lived happily together Until he married an evil queen. During the wonderful wedding feast, She gave the royal children sand to eat And the very next day, She […]
Stranger on a Red Bus
London buses Pulse like blood Through the veins of the city The place where humanity Churns In a constant surge Of change And a face in a window Marks one moment In the life of a stranger Before the bus rumbles on Towards the next stop © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.dailymail.co.uk
Quadrille According to Lewis Carroll
My response to Björn Rudberg’s challenge in Quadrille Alice was acquainted with the intricate rules Of formal ballroom dancing, particularly quadrilles. Thus she was not disconcerted, bewildered or bemused By curious events that would otherwise confuse When sea creatures joined together in their pairs, Took to the floor and danced in squares. © Kim M. […]
Feline Balancing
Ice on water Transparent moon Eclipses crystal reflections Of garden and sky And curious feline vanity Balancing in the languor Of warming rays Unaware of the danger Of frozen days © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Winter Witch Hazel
Transient tonic In the darkest months One a brash American Seductress with sunshine Ribbons of petals The other a coy Oriental Adorned with twisted threads A rainbow Of purple, red, orange and yellow Announced by a haunting hint Of citrus and spice A frozen breath of incense On a still winter day © Kim M. […]
Stick Fishing
Motionless Silhouettes on bird-leg stilts Against flamingo flame of sky Precarious Perched on wooden poles that rise From the cobalt waves of the ocean Famous The topic of photography Capturing gaze and imagination Curious Age old vocation passed down generations Off the southern Sri Lankan coast Tenacious Twice daily between sunrise and sunset Even below […]
A Saturday troiku
Birth of a Poem Pregnant with poems Lonely writer takes a pen Gives birth to each word Pregnant with poems A creative crescendo Of rich imagery Lonely writer takes a pen Words bleed on paper Baring the soul in black ink Gives birth to each word Conceived in inspiration Poet’s child […]
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