Tag Archives: flower poems

letters to smallish dragons

Posted on April 22, 2019 by whimsygizmo

  we scribble tiny syllables and tuck them between these bright petaled teeth, unsheath our quill-swords and pen the truth in praise and song. they long to be spangled in our word-skins, I think, saturated satiated in wee-stemmed ………………..ink.   … Continue reading →

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forget me not

Posted on April 22, 2018 by whimsygizmo

… pluck every petal if you must, and trust them to the breeze. but hold the stem at center near your heart, before you start again.   .. Poetic Asides April PAD Challenge, day 22. 

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Snow Flowers

Posted on January 12, 2016 by whimsygizmo

copyright kanzensakura all rights reserved (used with permission) We weren’t the only lonely ones. The sky, cloaked in a swirling slate of fog. The day, lost in gray haze. And all these tiny blushing blossoms, laughing their way upward on … Continue reading →

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Imperfect for Mass Plantings

Posted on November 12, 2015 by whimsygizmo

…   . We were crocuses in snow, beholding nothing. Quiet feet drowning in puddles. River toes mocking the stones they skipped. Ill-equipped for silence, we scattered clouds and waited for the hard rain; harbingers of less than spring, and … Continue reading →

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flower and fly

Posted on June 5, 2015 by whimsygizmo

“I morphed from a fly to a flower to a butterfly, which is like a combination flower and fly. I thought I was in love, but I was merely asleep.”  – Jarod Kintz, Xazaqazax . these petal -led days are … Continue reading →

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{{blue morning}}

Posted on May 28, 2015 by whimsygizmo

  play magnetic poetry 

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sweet asylum

Posted on May 12, 2015 by whimsygizmo

   .. Read about the flower called sweet alyssum, here.

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night phlox

Posted on May 12, 2015 by whimsygizmo

.. snowflake flowers strangely   f r a g …….-rant at night.     . cool flower names site/word lists from my shawna.

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Because the arrival of your ghost is still pending,

Posted on April 21, 2015 by whimsygizmo

. :: . I am the lost girl standing in a field of poppies, waiting for a storm. ::

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Crimson Hope

Posted on December 22, 2014 by whimsygizmo

.. It’s a flower bo(a)rder built in fairy huts for the coming unsewn of hearts and hope. It’s a main -spring fling of sigh -lence and petals, deep indigo center with tiny purple mini flowers waving. It’s the saving of … Continue reading →

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