Stark winter branches relinquish their last few strips of faded foliage. They twirl, fall and slip between misty mornings and afternoons, land in muddy folds of rotten detritus and sodden grass, where a ragged dandelion beams among the grey and green. Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Writing Exercise […]
Tag: Sunshine
Dandelion Sunshine
My response to Carpe Diem #1012 Sunshine “Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” Hans Christian Andersen a dandelion has freedom to take sunshine wherever it grows © Kim M. Russell, 2016
California Sunshine
My response to MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge # 97 Poppy by Liz West CC BY 2.0 I’ve never been to California Probably never will Never seen a California poppy Or touched its orange silk But I can imagine a sea Of California sunshine Bright enough to warm me Make me smile In a small […]
Making Your Own Sunshine
Perfect happiness is an illusion You can’t switch it on Sadness and depression Lurk around every corner Make your own sunshine Through unhistoric acts Share other people’s worlds With quiet kindness Taking joy in birdsong Or the tallness Of trees Singing along To a favourite song Standing back And watching Other people having Fun Grabbing […]
Another poem inspired by a quote
The Stuff of Smiles “A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance.’ Victor Hugo from Les Miserables Your face is worn with winter woes, Its contours bleak and bitter. Your eyes are grey, with flecks of ice, A vaguely perceptible glitter. But when you smile the sun breaks out […]
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