Tag Archives: april poems

April Already 

Posted on April 1, 2023 by whimsygizmo

The earth laughs in flowers. – Ralph Waldo Emerson  It’s absurd, really. All this life and death and every breath (howled, held) in between. We’ve seen too much. We know too much. We talk too much and forget to listen.  We take our lumps (benign, and not) we try our … Continue reading →

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rebel breeze

Posted on April 11, 2020 by whimsygizmo

.. don’t stand down -wind of this poem; she’ll blow ……………..(her top) you away with her intricate spin. she’s in -sane, deranged and estranged from her own phrase. she’s lost her power somewhere between the devil and the deep blue … Continue reading →

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poemdemic and other sacred spells

Posted on April 6, 2020 by whimsygizmo

bubble bubble toil and trouble, eye of storm and hint of truth. the world’s gone all (we’re all mad here) multi-colored chaos, and now it’s only in magic swirl of words that we can lead and curl and kern and … Continue reading →

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palms, sunday.

Posted on April 5, 2020 by whimsygizmo

I need a moment to deliberate… -Alanis Morissette, ‘Uninvited’   .. our feet are tired, and so we count these things …………(eenie, meenie) on outstretched hands, hoping the sky might have …(miney, mo) answers we cannot find. all that blue … Continue reading →

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eyelash flutter

Posted on April 4, 2020 by whimsygizmo

we huff and puff and blow dandelion fluff from here to kingdom come. go ahead, rub the genie’s lamp. rub the buddha’s belly. catch that copper penny fountain scent right between your teeth. we are salt-over-shoulder safe, falling for nothing. … Continue reading →

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follow the yellow brick

Posted on April 3, 2020 by whimsygizmo

rode our way south hard and fast and furious as all ………….{get out}, watched the sun dip low and slow like a lemon …….dum-dum lollipop song. clicked our heels and kicked ’em up, headed for AnywhereButHere and OverThere and someplace … Continue reading →

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distancing

Posted on April 2, 2020 by whimsygizmo

.. even the  s t a r s are too far apart tonight and that small-sliver …………………………………moon has placed herself just out of reach.   .. even far apart, we poem.      

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This Tree Says We’re Together, Strong

Posted on April 1, 2020 by whimsygizmo

We are just standing here peeling bark from umber trunk, showing her age and waiting on proof. You tell me this breeze shall pass, this voice unlashed against all this ridiculous blue sky that defies the ragged edges of this … Continue reading →

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blue-green marbled mayhem

Posted on April 1, 2020 by whimsygizmo

.. we’re r   e  e   l   i   n   g. .. she’s ………healing.     .. in april, we poem. no matter what.   

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new world view

Posted on April 1, 2020 by whimsygizmo

… they say the dolphins are back in Venice and all the skies are blue again ……new again, as if earth has heaved a big sigh of relief. we hold our breaths and wait ………….for ours.   .. in april, … Continue reading →

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