Tag Archives: Poetry

blue stone bee

Posted on January 30, 2020 by whimsygizmo

magnetic poetry

Posted in magnetic poetry | Tagged bee, Blue, moon, Poetry, stone, writing on writing | 4 Comments

be:c(l)ause

Posted on May 7, 2018 by whimsygizmo

.. this wor(l)d wants to be a thou -sand poems. ..

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Poetry, sand poems, word poems | 3 Comments

An Unsuitable Sky for Anger

Posted on December 29, 2016 by whimsygizmo

It’s indigo deep with crimson edged promise, dusked edges steeped in longing, belonging to no distant star. I ask questions of wayward clouds; they know essential {breathing} things but do not share. I stare at a fat moon rising, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged indigo sky, Poetic Asides prompts, Poetry, scars, sky songs, the fault in our scars, Wednesday prompts, Writing | 4 Comments

Cue Cards for a Wayward Sky

Posted on November 7, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. Dance, we scribe; try to spark and lull the clouds to play their bubblegrins across our open-shadow song. Twist, we sing. Skip and dream of green breezes spilled through rose jars, melted shimmer-snow. Breathe. Right on cue, when journey … Continue reading →

Posted in Quadrille | Tagged cue, dVerse, poeming, poems, Poetry, Q44, Quadrille, sky songs, the one where she uses all the words | 12 Comments

Outside the Box

Posted on November 4, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. It’s a castle. A cottage in the woods. A cozy split-level for four in a friendly suburb. See the white ……………………(graffiti) picket fence? It’s a cabin in a dense forest. A humble condo at the lake. Hear the …………….(traffic) … Continue reading →

Posted in NaPoWriMo, Poetic Asides Chapbook Challenge 2016 | Tagged cardboard box, crazy November, home is where the heart is, homelessness, homes, imagination, living on the street, November Chapbook Challenge, November poeming, November writing, Poetic Asides, Poetry | 4 Comments

If I’d Only Remembered {Not} to Listen

Posted on November 3, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. The world’s got a funny way of saying I love you, a sunny way of flaying my skin wide open and ………….{still} asking me to shine. .. poetic asides november chapbook challenge, day 3.

Posted in NaPoWriMo, Poetic Asides Chapbook Challenge 2016 | Tagged crazy November, crazy world, NaPoWriMo, NaPoWriMo 2016, November, poeming, Poetic Asides, Poetry, shine, spin, world view | 4 Comments

totem

Posted on November 2, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. don’t poke the head. she’ll snail back in, and sail along her sea of goo. don’t steal her heart. she hasn’t sparked it in awhile, and time’s a wastin’. heart of dragon, head of snail? confusing, yes. and it … Continue reading →

Posted in dragon poems, Poetic Asides Chapbook Challenge 2016 | Tagged crazy November, dragon songs, November Chapbook Challenge, poeming, Poetic Asides, Poetry, snails, spark | Leave a comment

still standing here, with her cheek pressed against the door

Posted on November 1, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. , she is listening to the way the room breathes. the way he leaves without warning. the mourning of the walls and their sorrow-scattered beat. the peeling-paint pant of want, and wander. she has squandered herself for a single … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Asides Chapbook Challenge 2016 | Tagged November Chapbook Challenge, poeming, Poetic Asides, Poetry | 6 Comments

Luna, Landing

Posted on November 1, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. We have made much of this wily moon, her rebel comings and her goings, her invisible tide sky-strings, the quiet way she ducks and dives and dis -appears. Hold her milky skin within your own; set your beat to … Continue reading →