Turn the dial Decrease the volume Leave only the comforting Constant Of white noise Subdue the light Remove all colour Leave only the delicate Dust Of grey Like this day Of cloud and rain Take away material things Leave only a hole For burying the pain © Kim M. Russell, 2015
Tag: Poems
A poem to sum up my feelings in this post.
The penultimate stave of…
The Little Match Girl Stave 3 She struck match number three And the match girl found herself Under a Christmas tree, With a thousand candles Burning on its green boughs. As she reached out To the exquisite light, The Christmas candles Rose and became bright Stars – one Fell And burnt a long fiery path […]
Cyclamen
Hiding under fruit trees In the undergrowth and weeds Is a jewel A cyclamen Delicate Diminutive Impudent Bursting into life In the face of winter © Kim M. Russell, 2015 My cyclamen are so well hidden I had to find an image on www.actaplantarum.org
Final Day of the 5 day photo story challenge
A Quiet Place This is a quiet place A collection of moments A still languid lake Swallowing each drop of rain Crying tears of memories In watery reflections Wistfully blue complexions Shimmering light and shadow Split by the occasional Kingfisher or dragonfly Chinks in a diluted sky © Kim M. Russell, 2015 I can’t […]
Neglected
Tumbledown Neglected Shed Overgrown Contents unknown Worn by weather Padlocked for ever By a lost key ©Kim M. Russell, 2015
The Wisdom of Trees
Inspired by the reflections of Hermann Hesse Trees are potent preachers, growing together In woods and copses or standing solitary. The world rustles in tree tops And their roots reach to infinity. Nothing is holier or as perfect, As a handsome, robust tree. A felled tree reveals its naked wounds, A story told in […]
Day 2 of the 5 day photo story challenge
Reminder of the Challenge Guidelines: Post a picture each day for five consecutive days. Attach a story to your image. Can be fiction / non-fiction Poem / short paragraph Each day nominates another blogger Communication Breakdown Words arrive Sporadically On cards I scribed To myself And slipped into the post box Memories Of hours spent […]
More of The Little Match Girl
Stave 2 The match girl struck Another stick of light; It glowed so bright It melted the wall of a house. Through its transparency She could clearly see A table with a dazzling white cloth Fine porcelain gleaming A roast goose steaming, Stuffed with apples and prunes. The little match girl reached out An […]
Five Day Photo/Story Challenge, Day 1
I have been challenged by the prolific poetess Jennifer Calvert of Ink and Quill to a 5 day photo story challenge. I haven’t been challenged before so this is all very new to me – a little bit scary but also quite exciting. As I have been busy with a very part-time job that takes […]
My first attempt at an etheree
Archaeology on the Beach I poke claggy sand turn pebbles feel with probing finger tips touch sharpness of ancient flint sharp and smooth last held by a Stone Age hand that knapped its edges until they were dark and ribbed I lift it from its earthy grave this tool an arrowhead so simple yet unique relinquished […]
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