Tag Archives: PAD

Imagine the Frog’s Dismay

Posted on May 12, 2021 by whimsygizmo

at never being kissedat being dissed at having missed out on kingdom things.  or perhaps he hops                   (happily) wild in the woodssheds all those shouldsand at nightfall, he sings.  :: It’s Wednesday. We poem.

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Objects in the Rearview Mirror are Farther Than they Appear.

Posted on November 1, 2017 by whimsygizmo

.. This poem is a brand new day, the quiet silver buttoning of my lips. It’s the scribbling of my heart. The starting of something startling, the plowing of inky crow through fresh fallen paper snow. This poem knows her … Continue reading →

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Putting on a Bright New Dress, in Darkness

Posted on November 1, 2017 by whimsygizmo

And you ask me what I want this year and I try to make this kind and clear, just the chance that maybe we’ll find better days.   ……………………………………………..  – GooGoo Dolls .. Today, I wanted something more than all … Continue reading →

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Distant Stars

Posted on October 25, 2017 by whimsygizmo

…   Struck, we recruit that most madly moon ….(magnetic in her cloudy sway) to deem us worthy of our carbon, our base, our centers, our side -real longings. She’s a powdered compact, a mask we choose to pull from … Continue reading →

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sleeping in syllables

Posted on January 11, 2017 by whimsygizmo

    she dreams in couplets, breathes in metered feet. she snores to the beat of words that treat themselves to feathered phrase and counting sheep.     Prompted by Poetic Asides.       

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moon voyage

Posted on November 27, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. we long to press our footprints in -to her milky skin, see once and for all if she truly is made of stone, reflecting light that’s not her own. we long to build ourselves a tiny cottage there, a … Continue reading →

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measuring the moon

Posted on November 25, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. we never did learn the metric (solar) system, so for us it’s always been a game of inches. she swells, she sways, she goes away. put the measuring tape (the scotch tape, the duct tape, the betamax tape) away; … Continue reading →

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Love Squared, Shared

Posted on November 22, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. We go (forth), we multiply, by our selves. We embrace love and trace our selves in papered skin. We grin. We lend a hand. We stand for what is right and fight when needed, on our knees. We are … Continue reading →

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play my name

Posted on November 16, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… across this whispered breeze treble-trembled soft, and spit-shined fine. form my syllables from songs of sky and moon and sea; see how they define me.     …

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contrary concrete

Posted on November 15, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. there’s art on her way into the city. also, an ex -pletive or two. she likes to count the letter Zs. see how many she can catch before the buildings scrape the sky. there’s a guy on the last … Continue reading →

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