At dusk, I watch the moon risefrom a tangle of bare branches. All those daytime emotionsballed up in a flocculent pocketunravel as I squint my eyes. Planets are at my fingertips; I weave them across the sky,create novel constellations,a loose knit of past and present. The future’s still a golden fleeceI have yet to find. […]
Tag: RonovanWrites Weekly Challenge
Friend and Shiver
My response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #90 Friend&Shiver In heated moments the cool hand of a true friend can make you shiver. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
Crack of Spring
My response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #89 Shower&Play at the crack of spring a brief shower of flowers playing in the breeze © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Dragonfly Dance
My response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #86 Flash&Dance Electric blue flash Shimmer of dragonfly dance In summer garden © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on todayilearned.co.uk
Embers
My response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #83 Gem&Flame Embers in the grate Gems of fire that flare and flame One last time and die © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on http://www.shutterstock.com Feu De Bois Stock Footage Video – Shutterstock
Children of the Cosmos
My response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #82 Star&Child Counting newborn stars Each a child of the cosmos Sparkling innocence © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on A Nursery for Newborn Stars in the Prawn Nebula – The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com
Ludwig’s Friday Morning
No tongue in the bell and the fishwives yell but they might as well be mute. The composer cannot hear his maidservant arguing about a basket of fresh trout or the striking of hooves on the cobbles outside. As far as he is concerned there is no outside. He lives in a world of muffled […]
Evensong
My response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #81 Trill&Final A trill in twilight Nocturnal robin’s final Song before nightfall © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Celebration
My response to FRIDAY FICTION with RONOVAN WRITES Prompt Challenge #10 Aoife’s writing was interrupted by scratching from the ceiling above her head. She put down her pen and looked out at a grey, windy November afternoon. Her bump pressed against the table top. She looked down at it, marvelling at the ripples of movement under […]
Clear and Vast
My response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #78 Vast&Clear Night skies in winter clear and vast; stars spanning past present and future © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on earthsky.org
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