Monthly Archives: April 2019

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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little word freaks

Posted on April 18, 2019 by whimsygizmo

.. we squeaks in syllables, speaks in rhythm and rhyme. we knows how to blows a phrase about in breeze. we sees ourselves as scribblers, ink-dribblers of divine. we frees the words from white, and writes our wrongs. we sirens … Continue reading →

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Because the sky was such a sinister shade of blue

Posted on April 18, 2019 by whimsygizmo

.. That was the day you told me this could be e  v  e  r  y t  h  i  n  g and I knew it was true. That was also the day you broke my soul …………………….in two.     .. … Continue reading →

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how to woo a gypsy heart

Posted on April 16, 2019 by whimsygizmo

  .. catch me if you can (but not too soon). own me for awhile …………………and then release me to the moon.   .. In April, we poem.     

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Nostradamus Sneezed

Posted on April 15, 2019 by whimsygizmo

, and the world was pleased to be ending in a ball of fire, a slash of apocalyptic rain, be -ginning again. There was a holy -cost, atomic bomb, earthquake, ground shake; men would fall. And he …….(in apothecary glee) … Continue reading →

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Oregon Origami

Posted on April 14, 2019 by whimsygizmo

… Please, fold me over into the map, and take me to the sea.   .. This one snuck out, too.       

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