Tag Archives: poems for my Shawna

wild girls breathe like origami dragons 

Posted on April 10, 2022 by whimsygizmo

we are spun -sugar star sisters perched on delicate tongues,  violet ones savored in tang of rain. we swallow scribble. we dribble-drizzle rasp -berry paint over syllable and stanza, stained. we’ve got ink between our teeth and hiccup’d giggle-hopeinside our veins. our pen-chants for fancy are … Continue reading →

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the wisteria treehouse palaces of tiny dragons

Posted on March 4, 2020 by whimsygizmo

they are masters of mopetry and muppetry and the wispiest whispers and whims of clouds. they chalk out loud in the brightest colors and sing their scales in sorrowed sway. they carve their names in bark, not bite, and right … Continue reading →

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lights

Posted on December 1, 2019 by whimsygizmo

  ..  fireflies dancing on fir branches; a fairy gala of stars.   .. Me n my Shawna are penning tiny poems all december long. Wanna play?     

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(S)Lumber Parties for Dizzy-Daisy Princesses

Posted on April 23, 2018 by whimsygizmo

See, here’s the thing:  the men -folk are all off engaging in the hum -drum dumb of war and snoozing laws. We prefer a (rebel-with-a-cause) preponderance of paws, and whip -cream shapes and declarations that go a-May-ing: National Peanut Butter … Continue reading →

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little blanket fort

Posted on January 17, 2018 by whimsygizmo

.. don’t bother us. we are covered in chat and chalk. we’re not hiding. we’re abiding here in all this fluff and pillowed talk and downy den. it’s too really loud out there. we want only slow moon and these … Continue reading →

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Ghost Sky Dragon Swirl Girl

Posted on December 10, 2017 by whimsygizmo

… She’s all fire and ice cream cone luscious, rosemary and peppermint wings swinging toward a lollipop sun. We’ve only just begun; she and me, we’re gonna chalk our way someday to clouds and the significant (s)way of roadtrip tunes … Continue reading →

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16 ounces of cheap, convenient wine

Posted on April 25, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. nine healthy male cyclists once told her the red had heart-healing properties. she makes an exception on tuesdays, when the rum’s served cold. and sundays are for melted chocolate served over vanilla heaven. (good for the soul.) the rest … Continue reading →

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Hey.

Posted on February 17, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. Let’s write our arses off, thumb our noses at the day, scoff and play around with sounds and hyp -hens {cluck} and click and clack our indigo black into a waiting sun. Let’s cockadoodle-do something a whole lot more … Continue reading →

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