Tag Archives: moon stones

last call for a wayward moon

Posted on November 1, 2022 by whimsygizmo

Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start…– The Sound of Music Closing time, every new beginningcomes from some other beginning’s end.– Semisonic :: she orders a whiskey, neat(there’s enough that’s on the rocks)and floats alone … Continue reading →

Posted in November Chapbook 2022 | Tagged last call, moon poems, moon stones, night sky, November Chapbook 2022, Orion, stars, too much is broken | 6 Comments

night shift

Posted on September 6, 2022 by whimsygizmo

the stars are clocking inagain, twinkled noses setto grindstones. wishingmoments. filing awaythe hours. bathed in shine,we praise the darknessfull of shadowedsecretsand other unquietmatters of the heart. that swollen misfit moon,a work of art. ::I’m late to the party for this … Continue reading →

Posted in Quadrille | Tagged moon poems, moon stones, night shift, Q44, Quadrille, stars | 10 Comments

Ink Queries

Posted on April 16, 2022 by whimsygizmo

(a Curtal Sonnet) :: If we ask our questions of the sky will it answer with its fallen stars and Orion’s belt playing in tune? When we raise our palms and wonder why fireflies won’t stay in gathered jars, how then … Continue reading →

Posted in NaPoWriMo | Tagged asking questions, Curtal Sonnet, moon, moon stones, orion's belt, seeds, sky questions, sonnets, wildflowers, worrystone | 5 Comments

With Ardent Affection for an Indifferent Moon

Posted on April 10, 2022 by whimsygizmo

They say we’re out of ways to woo you. But I, heart tied to sky,shall try to fool you into loving me back. See, the clacking of all this black is really just a churning starless seabrought to you on bended knee. Are you the … Continue reading →

Posted in NaPoWriMo | Tagged crazy for the moon, love poems, love poems for the moon, moon poems, moon stones, moon swoons, mooning away, most mad and moonly, never not writing about the moon, plum poems, William Carlos Willams, yet another moon poem | 30 Comments

fables

Posted on April 1, 2022 by whimsygizmo

the lion and the owl and the hound and the fox and the grasshopper and the ants and the tortoise and the hare and the many many mice and the golden-egged goose have all gonehome , and all that’s left is that stone -soup moon. and I, (alone)am still not … Continue reading →

Posted in April PAD 2022 | Tagged April PAD 2022, fables, golden egg, moon poems, moon stones, stone soup | 4 Comments

yet another poem for that fat golden girl

Posted on May 1, 2021 by whimsygizmo

the other one tends to get all the attention (all that tangerine morning shine) , but she (more sinister sister, dark side tried and true light thief) still knows how to own a sky. we stop and watch her balloon-float gloat her way up, a full hot cup of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged May Day! May Day!, moon poems, moon stones, most mad and moonly, twiglets | 5 Comments

luna, see?

Posted on April 9, 2021 by whimsygizmo

call me half -crazy, some crescent-style smile, but sometimes that’s all of me i let you see. i’ve got a darker side. howl away. but call me full, and i’ll show you, fool: whether i’m giving you the cold shoulder, out for bloodor feeling blue, i’m always waxingwaning crazy like … Continue reading →