Tag Archives: inspired by shawna

She has not thought this poem through.

Posted on March 16, 2017 by whimsygizmo

; It has no pondered purpose. No prayer. No be -ginning, midd -led end. But the phrase indoor fins wanted a place to be, so she builds it a word-salted home, a storm drain, a sea. .. The phrase ‘indoor fins’ … Continue reading →

Posted in mermaid poems | Tagged inspired by shawna, this poem poems | 9 Comments

unpocketed wild

Posted on March 16, 2017 by whimsygizmo

child , can’t you see our shackles (these chains, the sky) have fallen? in the swollen swell of silence and your eyelash flutter, I shuttered my indigo fingers, my gills and scales and skin. the sky’s an ocean. these legs … Continue reading →

Posted in mermaid poems | Tagged inspired by shawna, salt, sigh and silence, stars, waking wild, wild days | 6 Comments

a clacking-black hack strikes back

Posted on October 11, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… this poem is an un -formed mass of jum -bled up together unambiguously born yawning words, void of iamb and thigh gap and any snap crackle or pop. it won’t stop its exist -dance until you dip it in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged angry birds, capable skin, hope, hope on a rope, inspired by shawna, muggle, rice crispies {damn i miss sugar}, Shawna lists, sky songs, snap crackle and pop, this poem makes no sense and i don't care | 4 Comments

cinnamon sprite

Posted on September 3, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… she’s pixie -stick quick and ready to play, all freckle-sprinkle fab -you, lust. imp -ossible things will happen when you kiss her spicy lips, her speckled hips and that place on her inner elbow that makes her sigh. aw, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cinnamon, cinnamon lips, fairy dust, fairy poems, for Shawna, inspired by shawna, sprite | 3 Comments

call of the while

Posted on August 15, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. all wit and whim and slim-jim trim stims aside, we abide by exactly 0 of the rules. we choose and snooze and lose ourselves in the (squirrel!) (shiny object!) (hey! my soul!) game of cat and mouse (-keteer). state … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged inspired by shawna, shiny objects, while, whim, whimsy | 4 Comments

pneumatic bounce

Posted on June 19, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. by the alphabet nectar of her own skin, the thunder -pulse of her imposter collarbone, she begins to once again comprehend the sound of rain. the space between stars. the way scars both sting and sing. the untraceable impossible … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged inspired by shawna, wordplay | 3 Comments

Copper Moon

Posted on April 5, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… Too soon, we find ourselves lost in her sway, the metallic way she shines her own face, swoons her way onto the floor. As moon boys go, we’re slow -er than most, boasting only these few fragments left, swept … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged furious brooms, inspired by shawna, lost boys, moon boys, moon stones, something Shawna said | 2 Comments

giddy girl

Posted on February 1, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. she’s all skunk -drunk on poems and the pleasures of syn -tax, flax and sereni -tea. g’day, girl, we say, as we poem away, closer than ever to our less measured, treasured selves. excuse us, please, as we prose … Continue reading →