Monthly Archives: May 2016

Silver Linings. Play. Book.

Posted on May 31, 2016 by whimsygizmo

Made a mistake. Kissed a snake. ……………………………………………-‘Cinderella’ jump rope rhyme Married him, too. Said I do. And did. (He didn’t.) Goodbye. Good riddance. Sometimes knowing what’s best is helped along by living the worst. Be -hold: my broken. Unfold: His … Continue reading →

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summer stone song

Posted on May 30, 2016 by whimsygizmo

Another offering for the Quadrille over at dVerse. Play magnetic poetry here. 

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Gourmet Cheeses

Posted on May 30, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. I bought two brie-ses and a havarti ready to party. You brought some cheddar (not just gouda, better). We (stopped the world and) melted them together and I gotta say I am fondue you. But the odiferous aftermath breeze? … Continue reading →

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Living Suddenly Without Thinking

Posted on May 30, 2016 by whimsygizmo

  … Did we dance? I only remember the lull of that bone bubble moon, the grin-glimmer of her melting into shimmer sea. Did we twist the truth? There’s no proof to the contrary on God’s green earth, just the … Continue reading →

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That morning steeped in scent of sea

Posted on May 30, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… Blame it on the breeze. The way the trees whispered us a sorrowsong. The way the sky cracked open as if we’d both gone mad. The moment when I sneezed and you breathed God bless you and for once … Continue reading →

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A little giddy gets hungry.

Posted on May 29, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. Poverty turned pink in the beds of strangers, arranged to meet several someones for drinks, with earnest. Oh! what a nice long (slightly soft) chat, that afternoon pass -port into the surf. Foreign service notwithstanding, she’s left in a … Continue reading →

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This poem might never have been written

Posted on May 29, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… , were it not for a message from a distant friend: Hey! Thought of you! Check it out! (insert link to poetry challenge here.) Sure, she’d dabbled. Had inky fingers all her life. Seasons of indigo flow. Teenaged angst, … Continue reading →

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Shades

Posted on May 29, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. pull them closed. how else do you suppose we’ll hide these faded grays, the ways the days fray around the edges when no one’s looking?   .. Prompted by Toads.         

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Clue

Posted on May 29, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… It’s all in the way her eyelashes fall over emerald green, the slant of her smile. He knows. She winks, thinks nothing of scar -let swirled halls, white sheets; dreams of peacock feathers, plums, and candlesticks lit just right … Continue reading →

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Aubade with a Broken Song

Posted on May 26, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… The day’s got yolk on her face again, all orange yellow sun-splotched and watched by gossipy doves, first loves who wish they’d slipped away while the sky was still a scrim. There’s a slim chance she’ll voice herself in … Continue reading →

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