Tag Archives: dVerse poems

purple tigers in curious snow 

Posted on April 19, 2022 by whimsygizmo

it’s only once (maybe twice) in a blue moon that we know what we’re doing. we of the viole(n)t fingers. we of the ivory page. we scrape our inky stripes and cage our own roared voices into petaled phrase in hopes of taming heart. we start withthorn and scratch our … Continue reading →

Posted in dVerse poems | Tagged , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Breaking Point 

Posted on November 29, 2021 by whimsygizmo

They’ve gone wild(these wayward princesses),bored of bibbidi-bobbidi boo,tired of titles and weary of woo.  They’ve decided to break it all down lose the shoes and crack their crowns into a mosaic of glitterglee.  See? The world shines better broken. Spoken. Free. ::It’s Quadrille Monday over at dVerse … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 33 Comments

The Sacred Whims of Wildling Wood 

Posted on November 16, 2021 by whimsygizmo

The forest floor is strewn with high-heeled shoes, for we rebel princesses have shucked our crowns and chucked our corsets and ditched  the bibbidi-bobbidi(boo)ballin favor of gentler things:  mirror ponds (fairest of them all),fiery dragon dances and fairy wings.  :: Linda Lee’s got a fun Quadrille challenge for us … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | 15 Comments

the sky’s a curio cabinet of stars, with her at center

Posted on May 31, 2021 by whimsygizmo

it gets curiouser and curious-er, her fascination with that sky sand dollar,that noble star scholar, mama moon. she swoons at crescent smile, a fine fool for full. you can question her about it some, but she has no words. only hum, and shine.  It’s Quadrille Monday over at … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 45 Comments

seeing red

Posted on April 5, 2021 by whimsygizmo

the anger fades in lurid liquid shades of burgundymerlotsangria ,and the claret-y comes in wine and waves,saves us slowly sip by sip.  we slip our hands together in prayerand painand praise of slight squashed dreams and mangled grapes.  Linda’s got a great word for us over at dVerse … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | 46 Comments

This is not a ceiling.

Posted on January 12, 2021 by whimsygizmo

It’s a shadowstage holding up the outside-sky,a trampoline bouncing laughter light, conversation dust.  It’s a blank sheet waiting for my words, a sunshine-slatted hope.  This smallbox universe of our own bright building, where I am both fan and sometimes-star.  Mish has us writing object poems over at … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 23 Comments

velveteen rabid

Posted on November 6, 2020 by whimsygizmo

  and if I crush this blue against my skin, it is silk and satin and gravel graze -and-etching Braille against these shards of silver. black’s a bruise, abused darkness waiting, ragged edge anticipating the scrape of sky. hold that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 18 Comments

pursuits

Posted on November 5, 2020 by whimsygizmo

she shoots for the moon when it comes to some things, wishing stars, truth, trees that sing. life.  laughter, the kind that ringsthrough the house like music.  she’s happiest             (of happenstance                     of happy chance) near water, but you’ll find her here, dancing.  Lill’s got us happy-ing over the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments

true north waiting

Posted on October 19, 2020 by whimsygizmo

she is particle dust parched on desert floor, thrust far from the magnet Blue of true.  point her upand just let go; you know she’ll make her way back someday when she’s had her fill of still cobalt.  today, the sky will do.    …       … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 31 Comments

Borrowed Light

Posted on September 21, 2020 by whimsygizmo

Even  After All this time The Sun never says to the Earth, “You owe me.” Look What happens With a love like that, It lights the whole sky. ― Hafiz  .. … We wonder if we’ll ever get the hang of … Continue reading →

Posted in Quadrille | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 52 Comments