Memories of a Summer Garden The summer garden Was ablaze with shapes and hues, Bursts, swirls and patches, A feast of flaming colour Fresh from an artist’s palette © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.thetimes.co.uk Claude Monet in his garden at Giverny. Photo by Getty Images
Tag: Tanka
A tanka after a short break
Norfolk Flatland Flatland is broken By churches, the odd windmill And broken-backed trees Horizon dipping away Under an expansive sky © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Red Lipstick
A tanka for Tuesday – my response to Sacha Black’s #WRITESPIRATION 74 THE RED LIPSTICK Carmine caresses Of creamy lipstick painted Perfectly – blotted With the passion of kisses Tracing their hungry path © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Birth of a Galaxy
This tanka was prompted by something I read yesterday. Force of gravity draws galaxies together a slow collision of flames a chaotic space marriage birth of a new galaxy © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.esa.int
The Saddest of Seasons
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie and Wordle #92 Arrhythmic swallows Swoop and dive in punitive Pulchritude of sky A tepid aquamarine In the saddest of seasons Arrhythmic swallows Leave messages in cursive On calendar sky Seasonal affirmation Reminder of tomorrow © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Fireworks and Wishes
My response to Carpe Diem Special #190 A trip along memory lane 1st CD Imagination Meteor shower Shooting stars light up the night Blaze across the sky A comet’s dusty debris Of fireworks and wishes © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Credits: Shooting Stars
Early Catkins
My response to the secret keeper’s Weekly Writing Prompt #18 Nature could not wait To meet the early catkins To tear winter’s shroud Cease its chill lamentations Accept spring’s burst of blossom © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.dailymail.co.uk
Hint of Spring
Another response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s #889: desire for spring: Sun scatters through drops of rain upon the window a momentary hint of spring before the storm recommences hammering © Kim M. Russell, 2016
First post of 2016
Expectation On the first morning of the new year the garden is inanimate everything holding its breath in awkward expectation © Kim M. Russell, 2016
A bad start to the day
It seems that my desktop PC, the one I do all my writing on, is kaputt again! It’s doing the same thing as it did about a month or so ago, when the fan just whirrs louder and louder and nothing else happens. Although I back up to a portable drive, I can’t retrieve what […]
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