Category Archives: moon poems

medium moon 

Posted on May 24, 2023 by whimsygizmo

she’s channeling the dead                 (stars) again, a largess undertaking since they rarely shine back.  And no matter how full       (fool) she gets, half-baked sugar cookie or ivory  ring shine, she’s living l  a  r  g  eand feelin’ just fine.  :: Written for Poetic Asides.

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moonshadow (a shadorma) 

Posted on April 11, 2023 by whimsygizmo

we ask her why she waxes, waneshowls herself (wolf) insane(snow, buck, pink, blue, hunter, cold).we’re fools, told she’s full.  ::In April, she poems. Sometimes in form.

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aubade (in the key of d)

Posted on November 4, 2022 by whimsygizmo

(minor) morning breaks her open, flames too soon. she’s  already mourningdarkness, stars and a sinking treble-trembled moon. 

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the way the moon slanted her smile at me last time 

Posted on May 5, 2022 by whimsygizmo

, and we’re out there standing on the beach and my toes know sand is fairy dust, and I trust my heart to this evening breeze and she’s teasing me with this closed paren -thesis of gold and so i’ve gone and told the earth … Continue reading →

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Eve’s Dropping

Posted on September 8, 2020 by whimsygizmo

And that full fierce moon is rising again, untying again, setting herself loose, a balloon unstringed. She’s got a whole new helium-heck of hallowed …………………..(waning) reasons why , and those trees are setting their limbs for (l)eavesdropping, finding new space … Continue reading →

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the last of it

Posted on April 16, 2020 by whimsygizmo

there’s a crescent of hope in the sky that says we are for each other, even as we crumble. even as we fall. even as we leave ……..pieces of ourselves behind. still, …..small, we shine. the ……{not quite gibbous} gist … Continue reading →

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sweet spirit shine

Posted on January 6, 2020 by whimsygizmo

magnetic poetry   

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bee moon

Posted on January 3, 2020 by whimsygizmo

  magnetic poetry

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when the wind whispers to the moon

Posted on November 26, 2019 by whimsygizmo

, he says there’s a storm on the way. buckle down, get strong. she says i’m already strong. unties her belt and begins to dance.     . In November, we poem. 

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Mr. Midnight and Mrs. Moon

Posted on November 22, 2019 by whimsygizmo

.. He’s got her swooning again, dipping her toes in horizon dark, slow disappearing and playing her part in this star-stung waltz. He’s got her waning again, making less of her -self by degrees, crescent -cutting tangled trees and startled … Continue reading →

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