Tag Archives: onion poems

Smashed Word Broken

Posted on February 7, 2018 by whimsygizmo

let all go – the big small middling tall bigger really the biggest and all things – let all go dear so comes love – E.E. Cummings   .. I am shedding my old skins again. Onion to apple, just … Continue reading →

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luna, landing

Posted on April 20, 2017 by whimsygizmo

.. she unpeels her -selves slowly, layer by layer waning, an onion in parchment skin. she be -g(r)ins in waves, asks much of stars.   .. the prompt over at mindlovemisery today is the moon. how can i resist?     

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the girl hates bios, mirrors. loves the sky.

Posted on April 28, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… she is sans serif 10-point type, often italicized never bold. she is onion paper see-through skin. easily erased, truth untold. she’s scribbled whim and ellipsis salt, ridiculous blessings, cacophonous grace. she’s words in margins, indigo fire. moon swallowed, sunset … Continue reading →

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know your onions

Posted on November 18, 2015 by whimsygizmo

.. mother says pass (they make her eyes run, what with all those layers) but if you can hang in there a many peeling moon or two, there are things held close at center.   .. Prompted by Quickly in … Continue reading →

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So much

Posted on September 2, 2014 by whimsygizmo

…. depends up -on how an on -ion’s cut; the skuttle of the skin down the sink, the brink of the veins a -gainst blade, board, all; the way the tears and layers fall.     …  

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type

Posted on April 7, 2014 by whimsygizmo

… she is sans -serif, stories told, often italicized, ……never bold. she is indigo ink -ling, pressed to onion skin; peel back amper -sand, ellipses, black clacked again. she is letters unkerned and lines leaded long, always shifting control and … Continue reading →

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Onion

Posted on November 22, 2011 by whimsygizmo

                               Peel                          her slowly                    fragile … Continue reading →

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