Tag Archives: garden poems

Silver Bells, Cockle Shells, Pretty Maids

Posted on February 11, 2019 by whimsygizmo

my blood approves and kisses are a better fate than wisdom lady i swear by all flowers. – E.E. Cummings  .. She’s fussing about out there in the garden again, cussing out the flowers. Loves me, loves -me-nots, forget-me-dids. Shattered … Continue reading →

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good glimpses of smallish dragons

Posted on March 2, 2017 by whimsygizmo

.. it’s the wings that give them away, most surprisingly not the hot hot glow of embered breath. the marigold scent of morning and good green earth. they unfold themselves slow, no more than fireflies, or snap -dragons, dragonflies, tiny … Continue reading →

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An Abundance of Artichokes

Posted on January 16, 2017 by whimsygizmo

.. It started with the radishes. Wily little blushing suckers; plop-popping up everywhere, ready to be plucked from the soil and ravenously ravished in spicy bites. We thought briefly of carrots, but thought better. Bitter being better, per -haps. Or … Continue reading →

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garden faeries

Posted on November 15, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… shhhhhh. they’ve got tiny petaled ……..s  e  c  r  e  t  s, and way too many pockets to put them in. .. Kim’s got us doing some gardening over at dVerse Poetics. Come play! 

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Garden, Party of One

Posted on June 6, 2015 by whimsygizmo

.. My sense of a-where-ness comes in small comforts – the shiny snake of a scar where a bad scrape has healed, the twigs braided into my hair after hiding under whispering trees. Come, catch a wayward fairy with me … Continue reading →

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