Christmas Candles Christmas candles burn Aroma of cinnamon Orange and ginger An album of memories In citrus and spice © Kim M. Russell, 2015 Image found on www.lily-flame.co.uk
Tag: Tanka
Writing Poetry in the Night Sky
An enormous sky Perfect for writing poems Haikus and tankas Punctuated with bright stars The moon a big fat full stop © Kim M. Russell, 2015
Ormesby Broad at the End of November
Numb November sky Anchored to the slate-grey broad By tangles of trees Shore-bound silent silhouettes And an empty patch of grass ©Kim M. Russell, 2015
Pine Knot
Under fingertips The rough planed woodiness dips Into a smooth knot A dark brown ring in blond pine A perfect imperfection © Kim M. Russell, 2015
Turning of the Tide
A tanka for the last Friday of this November Turning of the tide Shifts shape and mood of seascape Small boats creak and groan In watercolour rainbows And a gush of salty foam © Kim M. Russell, 2015
Sunset, 25th November 2015
Glowing orange coin Slides into the slot of night A fanfare of light Draws drapes of purple and red Sends majestic sun to bed © Kim M. Russell, 2015 No image required
Disappointment
I entered a short story in the University College Cork competition ‘Carried in Waves’, and a short story and small portfolio of poems in the Manchester Metropolitan University creative writing competition. They had to be unpublished, so they haven’t been shared on the blog. The ‘Carried in Waves’ long list came out yesterday and, once […]
Tuscan Terracotta – a tanka
Red brick in late sun Signals approaching evening A crumbling building On the edge of a city Observing the stream of time
Ghost Train Tanka
My husband and I are going on a ghost train ride. Not one of those funfair rides that last a few minutes. It’s an hour on a steam train on the Poppy Line – a special Halloween ride through the North Norfolk countryside – and I am so looking forward to it. I will try […]
A mid-week tanka
Broken Leaf flapping on twig, Limp as from a broken wrist, Waves a last goodbye To the colours of autumn Before winter’s chilly blast
writing in north norfolk 