Tag Archives: number poems

13th summer

Posted on April 12, 2021 by whimsygizmo

she rules the world (the sky, the breeze, the trees) from the back of a horse. of course, school starts soon and the boys will come a-wooing and she’ll chew on their flattery (both acrid and sweet),so different from the alfalfa sprigsshe’s used to. she’ll trot to … Continue reading →

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have you met

Posted on April 8, 2021 by whimsygizmo

-a four? the sun’s a butterscotch candy on hungry tongue. those stars are pinpricks; the sky’s a scrim, the moon its door. meant this five? waggling fingers in song, stacking words to walls; palming psalms and silence. her head a cloud, her heart a poem. all that’s … Continue reading →

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Poem #3

Posted on December 19, 2014 by whimsygizmo

.. Bad things come in threes and breeze, trees fallen and gravity’s end -less sway. We pray our thrice-told tales are enough for happy endings, new be -ginnings, and every small thing ……..in ………..between. We stay and pray these three … Continue reading →

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Poem #2

Posted on December 19, 2014 by whimsygizmo

.. It takes it to tango, and swoon, and argue and kiss under a harvest moon. If you don’t be -lieve me, just try ’em alone. I double ….dog ………..dare you. …