My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #45: Summer storm, also linked to dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night #178 – Saving Grace photo ©Fir0002 No place to hide On a path overhung with trees: No place to hide, Escape the thrumming of sulphide, Imminent lightning on the breeze, An undercurrent of unease: No place to hide […]
Tag: Storm
Before the Storm Breaks
Ghostly smoke of mayflies Drifts over The river In an ephemeral dance Augmenting Intensifying Below a sky of thunderous Cumulonimbus A ricocheting courtship Of passionate aerobatics Before the storm breaks As spiralling spinners dive The lazy river comes alive. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Mayflies Dancing over a River – (Davida De La Harpe) found […]
End of the Storm
My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #25: Cinquain Lightning Flickers, buzzes Like a fly zig-zagging Across the sky – thunder rumbles Softly. © Kim M. Russell, 2016
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 […]
Last Night’s Storm
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #10 – was it a coincidence that there was a rocking storm in the early hours of this morning? Last night’s chrysalism Gave way to rock and roll hypnotism of thunderous heavy metal in the sky magnetic seduction from dreams to the reality of a panel of glass the […]
Storm Watching
The gale came howling Battering the coast with waves An untamed wildness Erupting in salty foam From the rumbling heaving sea © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Roots and Anchors
Trees anchored by roots Bend against the winter storm Boats held by anchors Resisting the strength of ropes One is made of the other © Kim M. Russell, 2015 Painting by John Barrell · At Tate Britain · LRB 18 December 2014 http://www.lrb.co.uk
Storm
Lash of the gale’s tail Whips willows into frenzy Tinged with winter chill © Kim M. Russell, 2015 I thought I’d get this haiku on before the high winds bring down the power.
Impending Storm
Impending Storm Above the bell tower Rain clouds glower A demonic layer A collision of air Charged with electricity A heavenly complicity In an October sky Backdrop to solitude And reverent quietude A crowd of mottled stones Marking ancient bones An open door to welcome Anyone who comes Seeking sanctuary from the storm
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