Monthly Archives: September 2016

A Tangle of Grace

Posted on September 21, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… The day wakes up all grumpy and torn and the world’s at war with itself again and we’re smear-smash-spreading hate and debate and we wear our nationality over (above) our human skin. But there’s a fine cool kick in … Continue reading →

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Fledgling Thoughts, Caught

Posted on September 20, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. They are the stuff of fluff, and float. Of pillows and bed and quiet nesting. Of arrow quest and scritching quill. Of flutter. Of hollow bones and hope and reasons to fly. We collect them in jars and quivers, … Continue reading →

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Mujo (WabiSabi Spill)

Posted on September 19, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. Summer Fall Winter Spring. We watch them pass in the slightly seasonless tones of desert life, watch these kids grow from tiny tyrants into baby mooses, all legs and attitude. We try to give them roots and wings. We … Continue reading →

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good words & color breath

Posted on September 18, 2016 by whimsygizmo

  play magnetic poetry here.   

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A (Very) Few Words for Mr. Edmund Clerihew Bentley

Posted on September 16, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… Oh, Mr. Edmund Clerihew B., this witty-verse hue just ain’t for me. As a teen, you invented some poeming fun. But you see, my poems are more…undone.   … A bit of tongue-in-cheekiness for the dVerse prompt, where Gayle … Continue reading →

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Tug-of-Words

Posted on September 14, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. This poem is a struggle, a red hot mess. It needs a life vest, a straight jacket, a kick in the pants and a hat to hang homeward. This poem needs a snuggle. A hug. Some small shrug to … Continue reading →

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Lake of the Sky

Posted on September 13, 2016 by whimsygizmo

Step in and begin to know Blue. A healing hue infused with wave and breeze and pine. Stay awhile and maybe she’ll don her crimson dress, put on her sunset best for your evening pleasure. Bring your wine to the … Continue reading →

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skip to my lu{na}

Posted on September 12, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. she’s a sky dance, a bubble door lull -abied to silence. a silver-shimmer melted to a green twist-grin. a cheap thrill breeze, a milk spill frozen and rose high. a slivered journey, a gurney for a broken star. a … Continue reading →

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For Want of Wings

Posted on September 12, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. The walls get taller, taller taller taller, still. We thrash and splash our treading-water will along shores still broken. We store up all the wrong things, the burned-out-battered suns, toss the ones that truly matter. Until, He comes; builds … Continue reading →

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Sesame Sky

Posted on September 12, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… Oh, it says: keep your eyes open and your words crossed and your heart tossed onto indigo inkspill scrim. No, it says: not like that. No wielded fiery dragon skin, no withered place within or lost land waiting. Just … Continue reading →

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