Daily Archives: April 22, 2019

post-it notes to my sometimes selves

Posted on April 22, 2019 by whimsygizmo

“She wanted so to be tranquil, to be someone who took walks in the late-afternoon sun, listening to the birds and crickets and feeling the whole world breathe. Instead, she lived in her head like a madwoman locked in a … Continue reading →

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scribbling on the moon

Posted on April 22, 2019 by whimsygizmo

.. we’ve borrowed Orion’s belt -sander, Icarus’ wax and wane, the silver-tipped nibs of these immediate stars. it’s quite a stretch, this lunar etch-a-sketch , but we hope you’ll read it, …………soon. .. In April, we poem.     

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letters to smallish dragons

Posted on April 22, 2019 by whimsygizmo

  we scribble tiny syllables and tuck them between these bright petaled teeth, unsheath our quill-swords and pen the truth in praise and song. they long to be spangled in our word-skins, I think, saturated satiated in wee-stemmed ………………..ink.   … Continue reading →

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Poem for a grackle {left on an olive leaf}

Posted on April 22, 2019 by whimsygizmo

.. What a relief for you to caw me your truth, written in -visible ink on this ridiculous sky.   .. In April, we poem.     

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Bare Bones

Posted on April 22, 2019 by whimsygizmo

  .. This poem is drawn ……(and quartered) in charcoal smudge and the sludge of lily pad glee. Stretch her in pencil-thin lines, out-of-time strings, the long lost things at the bottom of your artcase. Place her cloud-shy in a … Continue reading →

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Litebrite

Posted on April 22, 2019 by whimsygizmo

   .. We never knew what we were looking at until the colors filled in, neon bright against all that black. Rooster, rainbow, turtle, clown, king – the only thing we knew was these tiny spiky sparks could create a … Continue reading →

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De-linquent

Posted on April 22, 2019 by whimsygizmo

.. This poem has lost her license to drive to thrive to kill to spill – ink or ocean or sky or sea. to fish to wish to kiss and tell. She’s got no ID and no pass -port for … Continue reading →

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