Tag Archives: Poetic Asides

slightly used

Posted on June 2, 2021 by whimsygizmo

a bit abused,but still in working order. beats fine. runs sometimes, but only races the breeze. resuscitated in ’96, now clicks and ticks to the rhythm of true. slightly ask-ew about the world, and words. often absurd in both size and scope. a little tender, thin-skinned. inquire … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Pond Life

Posted on April 3, 2019 by whimsygizmo

(for Basho) .. I know nothing of frogs and their plop-and-splashing, translations with exclamation points, and those without. But I have met cutting words in darkness, echoed again against the shattered sunspill silence of my lily pad heart.   .. … Continue reading →

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a muse, me

Posted on February 27, 2019 by whimsygizmo

, colossal in the awakening of my own un -flat skin, husk ……………………-y voice of silence. these schemes of vein and sinew sky sting a phrase to page, ……………………a transferred why.   .. Prompted by Poetic Asides.        … Continue reading →

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DragonSong

Posted on February 15, 2019 by whimsygizmo

They speak in fiery tongues and burning Braille breath, the taloned syllables of sky. Sanskrit scales and trails of scarlet smoke. We listen with our outstretched hands, our hearts, our will and whim and why, and wonder how long be … Continue reading →

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Skewing Toward the Sky

Posted on February 6, 2019 by whimsygizmo

This poem is a fair …….(maiden) in a bright tower, sticky with cotton candy clouds and crowds of dark (k)nights in dashing star-spilled skin. She’s in it for the pop -corn, you know, the equality that only comes from tumbled … Continue reading →

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where we left off

Posted on December 6, 2018 by whimsygizmo

.. they scoffed at us for swallowing that sun -flower dream, for holding our breaths in the snow. we’ve gathered so much more than loose-leaf scenes; we know these syllables might just stand on their own. and so we pick … Continue reading →

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Bratty Moon

Posted on October 10, 2018 by whimsygizmo

.. She’s braying and saying that she doesn’t wanna wane today, doesn’t feel like fading away into nothing. She’s crying and sighing and holding nothing back at bay, causing a tempest -tantrum of whine and ocean waves. She’s taxing and … Continue reading →

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’Dis Obedient Poem

Posted on October 10, 2018 by whimsygizmo

… ’Dis poem ain’t in line or just in time. She’s got one black eye and bruised feet and a pen -chant for running out in the street before she’s fully dressed. She don’t listen, or glisten, or wrap a … Continue reading →

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The Tragedy of Toes

Posted on October 3, 2018 by whimsygizmo

.. They’re stubbed and snubbed and scuffed and stuffed into those cute heel-strappies. (Misery might love company, but all of ’em ain’t happy.) They’re cramped and tramped and clamped and damped in puddles, ponds and lakes. (You’d think that we … Continue reading →

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