An owl crooned me to sleep From the silver birch At the end of the garden A haunting song No doubt a hunting song That echoed in my dreams Took me flying In the night shadows Through tall willows Skimming the river Where stars shiver Voles and mice scatter And night birds chatter All on […]
Tag: Willow
A response to Carpe Diem #877
Winter Willow Wept Winter willow wept Shedding tears of leaves Not a sound was heard ©Kim M. Russell, 2015
Tidings of Magpies
This week I have been developing some of the scribbles I have posted, using techniques from Helena Nelson’s ’32 ways of reviving a rejected poem’. It has been a very useful exercise and I would like to continue with it. Here is a new version of a poem I posted on 3rd October. Tidings of […]
An image for the last post of the morning
Tosca behind willow branches
A Kyrielle
After reading a Kyrielle on ladyleemanilasphotos blog, I commented to her that I would have a go at one too. So here is my Kyrielle that is based on something that happened in our garden a couple of years ago. The deer under the willow tree A swathe of freshly rain-washed green With sunlight spangles […]
Moon Watching
Late last night I looked out of the small window in our back door and was amazed that the magnificent moon of Thursday and Friday hadn’t waned – it was just mistier. So I wrote the following poem. I’ve included a copy on the page with the poem Once in a Blue Moon. Watching the […]
Willows in the Rain
Buffeted by a bothersome breeze Glossy curls weep Drip Concealing limbs Sinewy Sinuous Bending With the weight of rain Holding up anaemic clouds Above our riotous garden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAMqGga4hGw The rain seems to have taken hold. Some people may be disappointed that the summer has turned wet but I love the smell and the coolness […]
writing in north norfolk 