Tag Archives: ocean

Ext: Seaside (Scene 1)

Posted on April 14, 2022 by whimsygizmo

We fade in on a girl, illuminated onlyby a broken-open moon. She sits alone on a beach with her fingers wrapped around a pen, her toes in sand. The ocean is our only sound-track. She leans her head back and lets … Continue reading →

Posted in NaPoWriMo | Tagged and scene, broken moon, illuminated only by moon, moon, movie scenes, ocean, screenwriting poems, soundtrack | 4 Comments

Dry Spell

Posted on October 9, 2019 by whimsygizmo

The moon’s got a river of promise running through her milky skin, a vein of waning soul. I’ve got a fallen-scar wish that says she’s willing to die for that ocean. And really, aren’t we all just bodies of water … Continue reading →

Posted in moon poems, poetic asides poems, twiglets | Tagged bodies of water, bone moon, moon poems, moon stones, ocean, Poetic Asides, river | 4 Comments

Oregon Origami

Posted on April 14, 2019 by whimsygizmo

… Please, fold me over into the map, and take me to the sea. .. This one snuck out, too.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #aprpad, #inparilwepoem, dreaming of the sea, folding the map, ocean, Oregon coast, tiny poems | 1 Comment

Quickly. Quickly now.

Posted on September 17, 2018 by whimsygizmo

.. Tell the sky she’s bold and beautiful and vast and strong. Tell the ocean she’s got someplace else to go. Tell the world we’ve got a song to sing to all these spaces, broken places stitched together with ash … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Miz Quickly, ocean, Quickly, sky, song, thrum, thunder, tryna write every day for Shawna, two words, two worlds | 7 Comments

Dissatisfied with underwater life

Posted on April 16, 2018 by whimsygizmo

.. , she leans on the in -accurate knowledge of kelp, the forbidden deep of un -certain wayward crustacean foes who always find a way to pinch her toes. she’s in the throes of long lost vows, the way she … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ariel, little mermaid, ocean, shawna word lists | 4 Comments

last sip of tangerine bliss

Posted on April 23, 2017 by whimsygizmo

:: the sun slips low past ocean tongue, and the crimson-stung sea swallows deep. :: .. PAD, day 23.

Posted in poetic asides poems | Tagged American sentence poems, April PAD 2017, ocean, sunset, tangerine sky | 1 Comment

ferocious blush

Posted on February 6, 2017 by whimsygizmo

play magnetic poetry here.

Posted in magnetic poetry | Tagged magnetic poetry, ocean, poetical magnetism, waking wild, words haunt | 2 Comments

Mermaids Don’t Wear Pants

Posted on September 21, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… If (perchance) you see her just out and about flouting the fin -ality of all, the spin and swim of be -ginnings and blendings, do not be amazed dis/Mayed or chaos-crazed by her bare and intricate deep, the quiet … Continue reading →

Posted in mermaid poems | Tagged Blue, breathing in blue, fins, mermaids, moon, ocean | 2 Comments

Mother, May I?

Posted on April 22, 2016 by whimsygizmo

“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of each.” — Henry David Thoreau .. We wish for truth in shades of black and white. It comes … Continue reading →