Think left and right And low and high, Alice is making a lemon pie; She’d better not make a mess, She’s wearing her best frilly dress. Think right and left And high and low, Follow the flight path of the crow To the door of the pear-shaped house For afternoon tea with a harvest mouse. […]
Tag: Poems
A poem to sum up my feelings in this post.
Waiting for Halloween
Waiting at the door in my star-studded hat, Sitting at my pointy feet is my trusty cat; In my hand a cauldron of Halloween treats, Tasty spiders’ legs and cobwebs to eat. I’ve woven a spell to lure them in, With twinkling eye and cheery grin; They think I’m in fancy dress with my warty […]
The Lugworms’ Lament
Foam of sun-sparkled morning tide silvers sea-side beachcombers’ treasures: wave-whipped windswept strands strewn with jettisoned jewels, jelly encrusted with shell grit and grains of sand. Brackish bladderwrack, entangled like rubber bands, vesicles gasping, protuberant thyroid glands, flutter flirty flimsy fronds, release gametes in a dioecious dance of fertilisation. All the while we humble lugworms, the […]
Lion Woman
Another poem of mine has been included in this month’s edition of Visual Verse, Vol 3, Chapter 12. It’s on page 15 at the moment, although it seems to have lost its original shape. I’ll add the original to the menu. Pop over to see it at: http://visualverse.org/
Bird-Bath Razzle
In the stone bowl of the bird-bath rainwater reflections razzle, copper leaves still jiggling in the beech tree dazzle, backlit by sharp autumn sun. On the edge of the bowl, a robin puffs up his scarlet breast, competing with burnished berries lighting up the hedge, portents of cold weather, while other birds flock together, […]
Satisfaction
Through windows, I’ve watched the changing season, The persistent shift of shapes and colours, Until I’m enticed into the garden, Where I’m ambushed by rampageous brambles, And underfoot soil sinks as I amble. The tree stump by the gate slowly decays, Colonised by fungi, ants and beetles; Overhanging birches obstruct my way Through a forest […]
By the Lake
By the lake barefoot on the sand led by leaves autumn breeze dancing to a symphony of misty shadows. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 – Slrlounge.com A shadorma in response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #133
Guttersnipe
I’m just a common snipe skulking in the gutter With my short legs, filthy face, squint and stutter, Cowering from the chorus of curses that they mutter, Outcast, urchin, ragamuffin, nutter. They want to trap this guttersnipe inside a birdcage, Break my thirst for brawls and wrangle with my rage, Button up my cheeky lip […]
Morning Sun in October
Overnight gusts of wind and rain have plucked leaves from the trees, waking early morning birds: October’s first words. Glints of sun on haws in hedgerows evaporate tear-shaped drops of rain on gleaming rosehips: a smile on your lips. Rowans droop under weight of fruit, scarlet beads radiate with promise of fair weather: a day […]
Withstanding Life’s Wreckage
Life’s storm blows in from elsewhere. She’s wrung out, Washed up By a swollen sea. Breakers bear down, Rolling in interminable hosts, Torrents of foamy ghosts, The only sounds of wind And her wails: Her mast is broken, Jerking in a tangle of rigging and sails. With Morpheus’ help, she dives under And drifts into […]
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