Grief is a tangled mess,a knot of ghosts and memories,its sting is in life’s unevents:a hermit crab without a shellmoving in to plastic and metaltrash; a honey bee poisoned by pesticide;a wildflower wilting in heat by a roadside. Kim M. Russell, 8th July 2024 Image by Mark Harpur on Unsplash It’s the second Monday in […]
Tag: Quadrille Monday
Under the Bed
Darkness is the murkwhere monsters lurk,the black gulp of skyin the depths of night,when no stars glistenand no moon listens.It’s the silent smotherunder the coverwhen you get it in your headthat something’s under the bed. Kim M. Russell, 27th May 2024 Image by Annie Spratt on Unsplash This Quadrille Monday at the dVerse Poets Pub […]
Still Beautiful
In frosted lightof a moon-horned night,this place is beautiful.With each new sunrise,in field and woodland,marsh, moor and farmland,it’s beautiful. But wherever humans treadthey leave a wastedtrail of destruction – and this blue planetis still beautiful. Kim M. Russell, 13th May 2024 It’s Quadrille Monday at the dVerse Poets Pub, that “magical twice-monthly time when we […]
Homecoming
What a welcome home,greeted by fields ablazewith magical lemon rapeseedflowers; by roadsides singingwith choirs of golden garlicmustard, their tiny torches burning;the shiny butter of celandineand pale lemon-drop cowslips,once shy, but now fillingevery patch of grass! Kim M. Russell 29th April 2024 Image of cowslips by Tina Sāra on Unsplash It’s Monday, at the dVerse Poets […]
Strange Day
Friday is a strangeday,it’s a bit of a whyday.For me it’s the fifthday,and for workers it’s the lastdayof the working week. Fridayis unlucky, especiallyfor sailors. Black or Good,it will always bemy day. Kim M. Russell, 15th April 2024 Image by Sincerely Media on Unsplash It’s Monday and, at the dVerse Poets Pub, De has us […]
Birch Trunk
The contour of an old silver birch is broken by a wood- pecker cocking his red-capped headand hammering holes,catkins ripplingin the wind,insect bores, clinging strands of ivy,bulbous fissures,thick bark, ledges cushioned with moss and lichen,sprouting fungi.Kim M. Russell, 1st April 2024 It’s Monday, Aril Fools Day and, at the dVerse Poets Pub, Lisa is hosting […]
Natural Timepiece
Sharp-toothed leaves has the dandelion,a velvety yellow head;be wary of it in salad,you might end up wetting the bed. Image by Nick Nice on Unsplash Its petals open at seven,they close around four o’clock;if you blow on its seeds,you might even hear its tick-tock. Image by Fouad Roshan on Unsplash Kim M. Russell, 18th March […]
No Longer Slumbering
With the scent of snow still lingeringdespite winter’s unbattening,all our senses are shiveringwith the familiar inklings of spring:cut-outs of birds silhouettingan anaemic sky; sparklingstars of celandines yellowingwinter browns; and quiveringsnowdrops and daffodils spring,no longer slumbering. Kim M. Russell, 4th March 2024 Punam is our host for the dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille this Monday, and we […]
Touchstone
You are my touchstone:you heal me;you alonecomplement me,make me whole. You lighten the minorchord of winter,ground mein the headinessof summer. By day my sun,by night, you’re stars,silver rivets holdingthe sky together —fierce gentleness. Kim M. Russell, 19th February 2024 Image by Olena Bohovyk on Unsplash Monday is Quadrille day at the dVerse Poets Pub, where […]
Goodbye January
Not long ago, sharp winter daysraised the curtain on January.Wary birds battled frost. Imagine nicotine dragon-breath clouds,shrouds of icy fog curling,whirling through the sky. Goodbye to the bitter cold.Bold spring blossoms will soon appear.Cheer February in its glory. Kim M. Russell, 5th February 2024 It’s Monday and, at the dVerse Poets Pub, Lillian is our […]
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