Monthly Archives: February 2019

a muse, me

Posted on February 27, 2019 by whimsygizmo

, colossal in the awakening of my own un -flat skin, husk ……………………-y voice of silence. these schemes of vein and sinew sky sting a phrase to page, ……………………a transferred why. .. Prompted by Poetic Asides. … Continue reading →

Posted in poetic asides poems | Tagged a muse me, husk, muse, paper skins, Poetic Asides, skin, sky songs, writing on writing | 4 Comments

sipping sunshine

Posted on February 26, 2019 by whimsygizmo

.. , all that yellow jacket honey -coated daybreak, broken -open dawn. a yawn of moon aiding and a-bedding herself in snowy mountain morning duvet. a fray of sky fabric, billowed soft by breeze. …………………….shaken, …………………….stirred, whirred by one last … Continue reading →

Posted in moon poems, Quadrille | Tagged moon poems, moon stones, Q44, Quadrille, shaken and stirred | 17 Comments

of roads and rage

Posted on February 21, 2019 by whimsygizmo

… hit the road, jack -al, …………scoundrel, …………………….swindling soul. flee this broken place until all that’s left is a speeding car, ………………………..a vanishing of …………………………………….(stars) ……………………………………………..tar. .. twiglet #114.

Posted in twiglets | Tagged a vanishing of stars, hit the road jack, pastlife poems, Road Trips, twiglet, vanished tar, where the road ends, writing in twigs | 2 Comments

Or Nothing

Posted on February 21, 2019 by whimsygizmo

.. We throw down our …………(hearts) cards on the table and place our …………………………..(debts) (forgive us our debtors) bets at center. You make fine origami of both Joker cards … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged all bets are off, bets, double or nothing, Joker, origami poems, Poetic Asides prompts | 1 Comment

DragonSong

Posted on February 15, 2019 by whimsygizmo

They speak in fiery tongues and burning Braille breath, the taloned syllables of sky. Sanskrit scales and trails of scarlet smoke. We listen with our outstretched hands, our hearts, our will and whim and why, and wonder how long be … Continue reading →

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Cauldrons Calling

Posted on February 12, 2019 by whimsygizmo

.. Oh, we’ve got spells. Woo him. Thrill him. Kill him. Spill him to the moon, she’ll hold him fast. Bubble-bubbled, toiled and troubled here in all this midnight mass. You only need bring a broken kite string, your sharpest … Continue reading →

Posted in twiglets | Tagged bubble bubble toil and trouble, casting small spells, cauldrons, kite poems, moon poems, moon stones, spells, twiglets | 7 Comments

Silver Bells, Cockle Shells, Pretty Maids

Posted on February 11, 2019 by whimsygizmo

my blood approves and kisses are a better fate than wisdom lady i swear by all flowers. – E.E. Cummings .. She’s fussing about out there in the garden again, cussing out the flowers. Loves me, loves -me-nots, forget-me-dids. Shattered … Continue reading →

Posted in Quadrille | Tagged garden poems, heart, kiss, loves me loves me not, Q44, Quadrille, Quadrille Monday, the one with lots of the words | 30 Comments

A song of the stairway

Posted on February 8, 2019 by whimsygizmo

(an invisible poem in the key of C) .. This poem cannot be seen, only sounded out one syll a bull at a time, sung in the key of clouds and candy-caress sighs. She’s wise in the ways of spirals, … Continue reading →

Posted in dVerse poems, twiglets | Tagged Braille poems, clouds, dVerse poems, invisible, stars | 5 Comments

Skewing Toward the Sky

Posted on February 6, 2019 by whimsygizmo

This poem is a fair …….(maiden) in a bright tower, sticky with cotton candy clouds and crowds of dark (k)nights in dashing star-spilled skin. She’s in it for the pop -corn, you know, the equality that only comes from tumbled … Continue reading →