Monthly Archives: February 2017

Hidden Hearts

Posted on February 15, 2017 by whimsygizmo

.. Hear the breeze? She articulates her whim. Her will’s another story altogether. Hear the beat? The art we are (our center) doesn’t have a color, ……..creed, …………….or size. Oh, we’ve had it. We’re going out to make some (progress) … Continue reading →

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Duncan Imperial Dawn

Posted on February 15, 2017 by whimsygizmo

.. here’s the thing: time’s nothing but a spinning kite-top blur, with (out) a string.     .. prompted by twiglets number 11. come play! 

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Princess Waiting

Posted on February 15, 2017 by whimsygizmo

.. She’s finally let down her hair, bit both bullet and apple, grappled with gadgets and gizmos and thingamabobs galore, tamed beasts. The least he could do is show up. On time. With a little glint of hope. ………..Nope.   … Continue reading →

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Specter Moon

Posted on February 14, 2017 by whimsygizmo

(an Aubade)   .. Dawn breaks us open, unspoken and changed, rearranged. We say our goodbyes, our last gull cries, our vast pulled tides and ardent waves. Sun rises; moon falls, a balance like breathing. She’s nothing but a ghost … Continue reading →

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Crum, Bling

Posted on February 9, 2017 by whimsygizmo

Give us cookies, shiny things. That we might leave a trail, might find our way back home. Give us stones unstacked and thrown only into sea, river rock turning water to power. Give us hours and stories. Smiles. A way … Continue reading →

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After All Those Evers

Posted on February 9, 2017 by whimsygizmo

  .. She sleeps , and her spun-gold tresses spindle down these cobbled castle walls. The feeling of gossamer against her skin, and a gentle mourning for fragile footwear. A half -bitten apple. A fading rose. A watchtower, the call … Continue reading →

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all the space that remains

Posted on February 8, 2017 by whimsygizmo

.. : …..a silver moonsmile; ……………….the stubble of stars.   ..   .. Prompted by Poets United. Come play!       

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This Poem Can’t Be Much

Posted on February 8, 2017 by whimsygizmo

.. This poem is a soft-shelled crab, the drab and unadorned way the world sighs just before a storm. It can’t be dry -cleaned, or steamed or hung on a line. It won’t be patient with your heart, or your … Continue reading →

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more dark matters of distinction

Posted on February 7, 2017 by whimsygizmo

  .. Her un -detectable mathematical curiosity is ex -ponentially dampened by the fun -dementally incorrect facts of frozen stars.     ..Another wordlist from my Shawna. 

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Three Sheets. Winter. Wind.

Posted on February 7, 2017 by whimsygizmo

.. The sky’s all tipsy-spritzered with rain, and I’ve got something to say and only these three snowy pages and a leaky cobalt pen. Is my two cents worth anything these days? We go (lightning) rounds, thunderclap trapped in ink … Continue reading →

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