Monthly Archives: July 2019

By strange and varying degrees

Posted on July 30, 2019 by whimsygizmo

Tempt us not, for we are waiting for the hot hot breath of dragon summer breeze, the way the trees can sway a soul. The balmy blame of sea. Thread us not through flotsam fleet nor pirate plea for … Continue reading →

Posted in dVerse poems | Tagged degrees, flotsam, here there be pirates, moon stones, temperature, temptation | 11 Comments

long gray braids and fading footprints

Posted on July 30, 2019 by whimsygizmo

.. you look older now whispers that naughty moon, my wanderlust gypsy soul sister. i silence her in sea -glass, sand and salt, true-north pebbled ………………..stones, as the stars lie in wait for me. .. twiglet #137 … Continue reading →

Posted in twiglets | Tagged aging, getting older, gypsy heart, gypsy poet, lying stars, moon poems, moon stones, not all who wander are lost, someday i shall have gray braids and sandy toes, throwing stones, twiglets, twigs, wanderlust, writing in twigs | 2 Comments

In Answer to a Startled Sun

Posted on July 29, 2019 by whimsygizmo

We rise, apprised of nothing. We sip sink thirst think, and sigh at clouds. We carve our secret names out loud on caves and canvas, steep our skin in freckled fret. Then that big hope-balloon-moon breaches the horizon, reminding … Continue reading →

Posted in moon poems, Quadrille | Tagged freckle poems, freckles, moon poems, moon stones, Q44, Quadrille Monday | 18 Comments

Silver Surf(er)

Posted on July 25, 2019 by whimsygizmo

There’s a wonder to the places where water folds into land, where the taste of salt on lips is magic. Dig your toes in deep and steep your heart in Blue. Watch the moon plop in, full and fat … Continue reading →