Tag Archives: falling stars

3 forms on luck

Posted on April 13, 2021 by whimsygizmo

that copper taste in a disappointed mouth (a shadorma) the stench of burnt birthday candle and lost wish,burned-out star that crashes before it’s caught. fireflies dead in jars. falling stars (a triolet) do they count themselves lucky, tooas they fall like fire from the sky? with their … Continue reading →

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Andromeda

Posted on January 22, 2019 by whimsygizmo

She sheds her sky -skin to begin, and reassembles herself …………………………………sane. . She gives the moon a shattered star -smooch, with lips of wax ………………………….and wane. .. Prompted by Lil’s Poetics over at dVerse, and todays twiglet. … Continue reading →

Posted in dVerse poems, moon poems, twiglets | Tagged Andromeda, constellations, crazy for the moon, falling stars, kissing the moon, moon, moon swoons, star gazing, stars | 20 Comments

I Am a Star of Dubious Shine

Posted on September 6, 2017 by whimsygizmo

… A poem of question -able alignment. I am bic ker(n)ing with my own skin, beginning to find my self fallen. I am 5am and light not yet shed and salt stirring sans sea. I am three sheets ………(of paper) … Continue reading →

Posted in moon poems, poetic asides poems | Tagged bend of sky, broken stars, broken wind, falling stars, I am 5am, kerning, poeming, Poetic Asides, sky songs, star gazing, stars, syllable stutter, wishing on broken stars, wooing the moon, writing about writing | 4 Comments

1993

Posted on September 6, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… We’re lying on our backs again, staring up at shards of sky. We know the names…Andromeda…Cassiopeia…the Ursas…but we have no idea what or who is where. I think I have found Draco, but then, I am always seeing dragons, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged constellations, dVerse, falling stars, haibun monday, haiku, past life poems, stars | 12 Comments

The Inevitable Pull of Coinless Fountains

Posted on September 6, 2016 by whimsygizmo

If I’m made in Your image, why is it I see so little of You, and so much of me? – Question from the Girl in the Mirror, De Jackson 2010 .. As if hope were an echo or … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged broken and beautiful, broken hallelujah, coins, dandelion poems, dVerse poems, falling stars, hope, Poetics, sunrise, wishes | 18 Comments

I was just making a wish. I swear.

Posted on May 24, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… Have I somehow stunned …f a r e w e l l into this sky with stars? You’ve waved, as though this breeze might carry you away. If I simply spill … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accidental goodbye, dVerse, falling stars, farewell, Poetics, stars, wishes | 16 Comments

full dance cards

Posted on May 3, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… the stars are falling, calling us out onto this ebony silk sway floor, lulling us to melt our way to shimmered sky. let’s skip rope on Orion’s belt, twist again and crescent moon grin, cloud bubble our troubles and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged dance poems, dVerse, falling stars, moon dance, orion's belt, Q44, Quadrille, sky songs, spilled stars | 7 Comments

{Sevenling: I have wished}

Posted on April 7, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. I have wished upon broken shoelaces, falling coins, fading stars. The world is braiding itself back to primary: red, yellow…blue. Maybe it’s time to color outside the lines. .. I’m hosting Meeting the Bar later today over at … Continue reading →