Daily Archives: April 5, 2016

Artichokes and Amaranth

Posted on April 5, 2016 by whimsygizmo

(Seed shopping on a Sunday)   .. There’s an entire alphabet here to be planted, a feast for our palates and our eyes and our ears: ginseng, cinnamon, cloves, currant, apricots, zucchini. We head home with brandywine, plums, glacier, stone. … Continue reading →

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Copper Moon

Posted on April 5, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… Too soon, we find ourselves lost in her sway, the metallic way she shines her own face, swoons her way onto the floor. As moon boys go, we’re slow -er than most, boasting only these few fragments left, swept … Continue reading →

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Rookie Assassin Botches the Job

Posted on April 5, 2016 by whimsygizmo

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Chasing Steam

Posted on April 5, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. Click, clack, the world turns black outside our windows. The lights are elegant neon streamers u   n   r   a   v   e   l   i   n   g behind. Here’s your head on my shoulder, and the sway of the tracks that … Continue reading →

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Saffron Sky Dragon

Posted on April 5, 2016 by whimsygizmo

  .. The sun’s an old soul, really, got a few beams under his fiery breath, knows how to burn the day at both ends. But give him the lullaby of a fading sky, tuck him in with ivory clouds, … Continue reading →

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of hope, and happenstance

Posted on April 5, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. the world’s got a way of turn -turn-turning, churning your gut and handing you nothing but a plate of fear. it doesn’t take an expert to know we’re all here to say our piece, to piece together some semblance … Continue reading →

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String Theory

Posted on April 5, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… If I tied a string between you and me and you pulled and I pulled do you think that we might finally be in the same place (at the same time?) ..

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She can’t seem to stop writing about the sky

Posted on April 5, 2016 by whimsygizmo

…   This time it’s a scrim, and we are shim -mered loose in all this indigo sea. I’ve connected the dots, cast my lots toward wayward stars. Ours, and others. Borrow me something shiny, Love, some slice of moon … Continue reading →

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