for the silvery shudder of sunshineto chime in a new day like church bells, to tempt me with glittering streamsand creeks threading seaward, to swells of waves like the ones in my dreams.Following this confusing map of the sea, I strain to hear dark-bellied geese creakand grumble along the sparkling tide-line, and long to paddle […]
Tag: Sea
Sea and Flowers
coming to sea cliffs the off-shore breeze raises a flower fragrance Jane Reichhold seasoned with salt and sunshine a single parasol blooms Kim M. Russell, 28th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1668 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (15): flower […]
Sea Shadows
The sea is a shadow washing the shoreline, filling in dents and scavenging sand, drowning dunes in beach foam and brine. The sea is a shadow chasing along the strand, shattering shells and scattering stones, casting its treasures on the bleak hinterland. The sea is a shadow of clamours and moans, a sobbing soliloquy borne […]
Smiling at the Sea
We stand waist-high In marram grass, Smiling at the sea, Shading our eyes Against spangles of sun To discern a distant boat Sunk in parallels of green And purple marsh, cream Sand of a windswept coast Silvered by ice blue surf, Tasting the zest Of salt and mud- It’s in our blood. © Kim […]
Lost to the Sea
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Friday Night Music Prompt # 56: The Mary Ellen Carter by Stan Rogers It was once a flourishing coastal resort Mentioned in the Domesday survey, With a toll on every fishing boat That washed its nets within the village boundary. Never a stranger to North Sea outrages, The village crept […]
Impression of the Sea
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille July 27th 2016 “one with nature” In this episode of Heeding Haiku With … Chèvrefeuille has challenged us to create a haiku while going out into nature, becoming ‘one with nature’ and capturing that moment in ‘an impression in the form of a haiku’, using all of our […]
Sea Change
My response to the secret keeper’s Weekly Writing Prompt #46 Squally day hurries threat of rain, gone blurry out to sea: she’s pretending not to care as it tugs her hair. Left behind in the damp, dun sand, his footprints, just a hint, residue of times they shared, wedding vows declared. The tracks […]
Breeze Blessing
My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #105 “coming to sea cliffs” by Jane Reichhold coming to sea cliffs the off-shore breeze raises a flower fragrance © Jane Reichhold blessing ancient crumbling rocks with ocean’s salty essence © Kim M. Russell
The Calm Before the Storm
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #107 A fickle mistress is the sea Sailors know her intimately One day a tranquil incandescence The next a crashing effervescence Throwing wrecks up on the shore Love-struck sailors crave for more Guided by stars and constellations Seduced by their night-time scintillations And by the magnificence of […]
Sea Sounds by Night
My response to Carpe Diem #944 willow – the technique of literary reference A poet whose writing I really admire is Seamus Heaney and one of my favourite poems by him is ‘Storm on the Island’, which I have used as my literary reference. Wind roars in marram Raising a tragic chorus Whistling in […]
