Tag Archives: crazy November

Phobia

Posted on November 6, 2016 by whimsygizmo

Phobia When they ask her what exactly she is afraid of, she knows it does not have a name. It cannot be labeled, or catalogued or studied or enclosed within the sharp, exacting edges of one word. When they ask … Continue reading →

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Upon Waking Up a Live Wire

Posted on November 5, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… Ask her if the day has a name, if she’s wearing the same …………shoes …..socks ………………smile as yesterday’s pain.   ..

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Outside the Box

Posted on November 4, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. It’s a castle. A cottage in the woods. A cozy split-level for four in a friendly suburb. See the white ……………………(graffiti) picket fence? It’s a cabin in a dense forest. A humble condo at the lake. Hear the …………….(traffic) … Continue reading →

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if i’d only listened to the hum of my own heart

Posted on November 3, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. , perhaps i might have stopped trying to name my song, before the middle strains were done. perhaps i might have wanted less, and wand -ered more, roamed the floors of my own hope. perhaps i might have stored … Continue reading →

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If I’d Only Remembered {Not} to Listen

Posted on November 3, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. The world’s got a funny way of saying I love you, a sunny way of flaying my skin wide open and ………….{still} asking me to shine. .. poetic asides november chapbook challenge, day 3. 

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totem

Posted on November 2, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. don’t poke the head. she’ll snail back in, and sail along her sea of goo. don’t steal her heart. she hasn’t sparked it in awhile, and time’s a wastin’. heart of dragon, head of snail? confusing, yes. and it … Continue reading →

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Dragon

Posted on November 2, 2016 by whimsygizmo

  .. I am spangled in the sacred skin of wandered sky, the whisperthin wishes of distant stars. I have swallowed moon; mooched her borrowed glow. See my wings? These fallen, fragile things are once again learning how to be. … Continue reading →

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Luna, Landing

Posted on November 1, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. We have made much of this wily moon, her rebel comings and her goings, her invisible tide sky-strings, the quiet way she ducks and dives and dis -appears. Hold her milky skin within your own; set your beat to … Continue reading →

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first things first

Posted on November 2, 2015 by whimsygizmo

.. thought we knew what but then the day cracked wide open, and we chickened out.  .. Quickly in November, day 2.      

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