Monthly Archives: January 2016

Refrigerator Door

Posted on January 28, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. Just red, cold crimson steel – the color of disappointment. PS: ……We’re out …….of plums. .. (Read this.) A second tongue-in-cheek offering for dVerse. With gratitude to William Carlos Williams. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged crimson, dVerse, plums, Red Wheelbarrow, refrigerator door sticky notes, William Carlos Williams | 23 Comments

Just this:

Posted on January 28, 2016 by whimsygizmo

Golden moon spooned over tree skeleton shadows, spotlighting the ebony flutter of one small …….. crow. For Victoria’s awesome Imagism prompt over at dVerse. Come play!

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged dVerse, Imagism, moonstones, poeming, Poetry, William Carlos Willams | 27 Comments

Marked

Posted on January 28, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. Give her a different gospel, some matte hue to hide her, slight and small, un …………………………..-stained. Give her a lukewarm puddle, a jaundiced muddle, a pristine place to fall, un …………………….-tamed. ..

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bible references, John, Luke, Mark, Matthew, Poetic Asides prompts, Shawna will like (and fully GET) this poem, stained poems, the Gospels | 2 Comments

why she spills

Posted on January 28, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… her dna is ink, ………..I think, some splat ….-tered stain ….in violent strain. ..

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged inky girl, micropoetry, penning tiny poems in the margins of life, poeming, Poetry, spilling poems, tiny poems | 1 Comment

this poem is a smallish smudge

Posted on January 27, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. that just won’t budge, or swim, or take a decent bath. it’s stained in both strained peas and song, the quiet longing of a scrib -bled cloud. it leaks out loud, of ink and salt and ‘not my fault’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bruises, jars of clay, moonspill, poeming, Poetic Asides prompts, Poetry, scars, stained glass, this poem poems, wine | 4 Comments

Sleepwalking through Slivers

Posted on January 27, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. Caught in his claws, she can’t get (Out,) free, can’t see the light beyond the bars. Out (damn’d spot, I say!) of her mind, she counts (one; two:) her blessings, few, her sorrows full. He has tainted her with … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged caged bird, Lady MacBeth, out damned spot, Poetic Asides, smudge, stained glass, stained poems | 1 Comment

Mother

Posted on January 26, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. Does she long to shed her weary skin, sink within the caverned veins of silence? Does our violence make her sigh, pine to gather her pleated skirt hills and walk out on us? Can we heal her, feel her … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged dVerse, ecopoetry, Mother Earth, poeming, Poetry, question poems, sigh | 16 Comments

of Limbs, and Liquid Skin

Posted on January 26, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. O, Tree. I know the quiet ache of leavings, shedding selves. I, too, have felt bruised, used. O, Ocean. I feel your heartbeat under my own skin, the ebb and flow of spring. The scorch of sun. The pull … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged dVerse, ecopoetry, for Earth, nature poems, ocean, Poetry, sky, Tao of trees, trees | 26 Comments

Spam from a Dead Friend

Posted on January 26, 2016 by whimsygizmo

(for Clarence) .. How strange to see your name in my inbox, after nearly a year. I know it’s not really you, but I can’t help but wish it so. Shall we adventure today? Play with words, laugh, feast, … Continue reading →