Life is a garrulous river glinting through wisps of cloud. A glimpse of life through cloud and I feel like a duck treading water, scattering sparkles on the water like van Gogh’s canvas of glowing stars. I swim against the tide of stars, drag my heavy body to a grassy bank and relish the respite […]
Tag: River
Swimming Wild
The evening tide is syrupy, strange ripples shivering. It laps at banks and licks salty rocks, as if it’s haunted. We dive in the river. It ties us in intricate knots. Kim M. Russell, 20th April 2021 Image by Christoper Osten on Unsplash My response to NaPoWriMo Day Twenty We’re two-thirds of the way through […]
River Sounds
The river gleams dully between trees and gate, tossing tethered boats, setting ropes a-jingle as they wait to be released among hissing reeds and creaking willows. A whistling whirr of wings underscores a skein of honking geese unravelling across high clouds, broken by the raucous cry of a black-headed gull, a permanent marker in a […]
The Ferryman
journey of the soul listening to the river enlightened and whole Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1109 Siddharta’s Journey by Guy Sweens Today Chèvrefeuille has shared a piece of music called ‘Siddharta’s Journey’ by Guy Sweens, a Dutch composer of New Age and Fusion music, together with his own re-written cascading […]
Walking in the River of Dreams
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #127, also linked to imaginary garden with real toads The Tuesday Platform Brooke Shaden Photography Slow and deep By the overgrown bank of sleep, Dreams slip, cold and slow-moving, Bearing dead leaves, a floating feather; Fantasy distilled by the flow of water. Emerging from the river and […]
River Life
My response to Carpe Diem #1019 compassion Today’s inspirational quote is from Nelson Mandela (1918-2013): “Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.” anchored in river lily pads float […]
I’ve just got back from a book launch
The anthology, River Writes, in which one of my poems and a story have been included, is now officially launched. It is showing up on Amazon but is currently unavailable. Here is the link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/River-Wri…/…/0993566324/ref=sr_1_1… A touch of irony: there was a raffle and my husband bought a strip. the last number on the strip […]
Passing Time
Edged with ragged weeds and sedge, The river snakes noisily around a bend Into damp darkness of an ancient bridge, Slipping like time over mud and sand. Further down, a fisherman stands in the stream, Casting for fish in his waders and vest, Dreaming of a supper of trout or bream As slate grey clouds […]
A metaphor poem
A poem is born Words drip, puddles form Concentric ripples in which A poem is born ~ Rivulets break free Liquid arrangement marking The topography ~ Words and images Merge in an effervescent Stream of consciousness ~ In the flow of words Meandering path is worn A poem is born
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