Tag Archives: daisy chains

love duet

Posted on April 18, 2023 by whimsygizmo

:: love is  a red balloon loosed to lonely sky.  :: love is also a daisy turning her face  to sun.  ::

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Alice in (Daisy) Chains {Again}

Posted on April 20, 2021 by whimsygizmo

Does the rabbit love her? (The Queen of Hearts does not.)  If she drinks the “drink me” will her heart get caught  up in all this wonder? Will she be late, so late, for a date  with destiny? Will she shrink in her own skin, … Continue reading →

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why and wherefore

Posted on April 13, 2020 by whimsygizmo

  .. this poem has a point, a purpose. she’s poised to change the world, perhaps, with her iambi(c) -tion, her diction or her daisychain dismay – to give it some new sense of ………..(humor, space) sway. or maybe it’s … Continue reading →

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daisy roar

Posted on January 13, 2020 by whimsygizmo

she boasts a mane, after all, the right to call sun to center. white -petalled promises with up -roarious squalls of lovesme, lovesmenot. we’ve got her in our fists, given her too much power. spent hours hoping over flowered phrase, … Continue reading →

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Last Petal

Posted on November 26, 2019 by whimsygizmo

.. This poem has fallen in and out of love with her -selves long before this sixth line. She’s daisy-chain tired and yet tried and true. She’s blue. And a particular shade of gray. She really really ……………….(really) wants to … Continue reading →

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delinquent daisies

Posted on April 9, 2019 by whimsygizmo

    stupid falling petals lie at her feet, tell her she’s unloved.   .. In April, we poem. A lot.     

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Daisies Chalked on Broken Sidewalks

Posted on November 20, 2018 by whimsygizmo

He loves me  ……(loves me not) and I am drawing petal after petal to prove it, remove it from my brain that he might love another. Also, please don’t step on the cracks; I’m afraid he might not come back. … Continue reading →

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daisy chain gang

Posted on November 5, 2018 by whimsygizmo

Thy fingers make early flowers of all things. – E.E. Cummings   .. listen, i’ll tell you a secret: He loves you. there is no knot, no tangled web of stemmed hate nonsense-talk that says we aren’t for each other. … Continue reading →

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still trying to hug that blue-green marbled mess

Posted on November 16, 2017 by whimsygizmo

i think that i have finally be -friended the dragon. she and i, we cool. we drool in fire and sky, and fly in the face of fear. she slays me with her wit, her will, her whim and want. … Continue reading →

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run three, for me

Posted on July 15, 2017 by whimsygizmo

{miles} with a big smile, because Blue is so close you can touch her, breathe her in and be -gin the day knowing you’ve run the (g)race you need. you’ve come to the water and returned whole, filled your lungs … Continue reading →

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