Tag Archives: dragons

Happily, Ever

Posted on April 26, 2022 by whimsygizmo

They are still unshod, by god-mother. (These wayward Wildling rebel-rogue princesses.) Barefoot loose and fancy only in their own daisy-chained glee. Nobody’s waiting to be saved. No-body’s even shaved in weeks and weeks. It’s all grown wild, like weedsand flowers, ivy. Stars. Some days, they … Continue reading →

Posted in April PAD 2022 | Tagged climbing trees, consider the wild, dragons, ever after, faeries, fairy godmother, fixing the endings, gnomes, happily ever after, here there be dragons, losing the shoes, moon, rebel rogue princesses, stars, unshod, wild, wild flowers, Wilding Wood | 3 Comments

Phoenix Rising

Posted on April 2, 2022 by whimsygizmo

Surprising, really how fast she finds her wings, cobbles broken things back together and sets her self (less shattered) back to sun. She molds a smile from emberedash and tears, mosaics splintered years into a dragon-armored kite and calls herself wild, child of moon and other borrowed … Continue reading →

Posted in April PAD 2022 | Tagged dragons, here there be dragons, phoenix rising, second chances, sun, wings and things | Leave a comment

DragonDance

Posted on November 22, 2021 by whimsygizmo

Every Saturday night, the girls once again don the crowns, but looped round (and round and round) their arms as hula hoopsspun in a whirl of rubysapphirediamondgold. War stories are told and fairytales spun, too, and the rescued dragons know just what to do with the cast-off (ridiculous) high -heeled shoes (they’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged crowns, dragon dance, dragons, fixing the endings, fractured fairy tales, here there be dragons, November Chapbook Challenge 2021, spangling the dragon, thrones, wayward princesses, wildling wood | Leave a comment

Wander World

Posted on April 26, 2021 by whimsygizmo

Here, they’re barefoot and barefaced and the only crowns they wear are daisy-chained. They’re stained in wild berries and luscious mud and maple syrup. They’re warriors of whimsy, wildlings writing their own stories withsticky fingers and hearts finally given a chance. The night sky’s their only gownand they’ve doubled down … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged April PAD 2021, dragons, fixing the endings, fractured fairy tales, here there be dragons, wayward princesses, wildlings | 1 Comment

How Many Princesses Does It Take to Start a Revolution?

Posted on April 24, 2021 by whimsygizmo

Cinder goes by Ella now,and she and Belle agreethat if they can get Snow to show the magic number’s 3. Might a quartet be better? that trio does suppose,so once she’s had a tiny napthey wake up Briar Rose. Why not five? … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged April PAD 2021, Cinderella, dragons, fixing the endings, fractured fairy tales, frogs, Rapunzel revisited, snow white, wayward princesses | 8 Comments

poema exotica

Posted on April 17, 2020 by whimsygizmo

. this poem is a rare bird, plumage primped and pulled to sun. she’s one of those tropical flowers with a thousand smaller blooms at center. she’s a spangled dragon – all sequined fire and iridescent skin. there’s some warpaint … Continue reading →

Posted in dragon poems | Tagged #aprpad, #inaprilwepoem, April PAD 2020, dragons, exotic, exotic birds, exotica, here there be dragons, spangling the dragon | 4 Comments

sequence

Posted on April 15, 2020 by whimsygizmo

.. there are dragons, of course and some of them are wearing tutus and striped socks (because who can control these things?) and one sings acapella showtunes and shrugs feather-boa’d scaled shoulders at the world and you and you and … Continue reading →

Posted in dragon poems | Tagged #aprpad, #inaprilwepoem, Alice in Wonderland, April PAD 2020, bathtub gin, befriending the dragon, dragons, dream poems, dream sequence, drink me, here there be dragons, Oz poems, Wizard of Oz | 2 Comments

hum again

Posted on April 29, 2019 by whimsygizmo

even when the world shouts loud and the heart breaks easy, even when the devil’s in the details and the day’s tales and the dawn, even when your song is silenced. be numb again. then thaw to sunrise, surrender to … Continue reading →

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Dragon Squall

Posted on October 9, 2018 by whimsygizmo

She tumbles until she has nothing left but the rise and fall of sky as breath , and a mouth scarred thick with stories. .. .. twiglets #97.

Posted in dragon poems, twiglets | Tagged corner stories, dragons, here there be dragons, tiny stories in poem pockets, twiglets | 2 Comments

This is one for the loony bin.

Posted on September 25, 2018 by whimsygizmo

Image from Wikipedia. .. This poem is just one or two steps shy of everything I might want to be. I’ve added stars and salt and sea and sigh -lence and the violet violence of one last sunset. Yet, it … Continue reading →