Tag Archives: river poems

Babble

Posted on March 21, 2017 by whimsygizmo

… Give her a low and guttural flow, the way a small stone fits in her palm, the skip (of heartbeat); the burbled psalm of going somewhere soon. Shiver her the language of moonspill breeze, the sway of treesong and … Continue reading →

Posted in dVerse poems | Tagged dVerse, peace like a river, Poetics, river poems, river stones, song and sigh and silence | 31 Comments

Spillways

Posted on September 3, 2015 by whimsygizmo

.. Take me down to the river, we say and we mean we want to be washed clean, freed from all this pain and salt and shame. Un -stain us from these words we’ve said, these lies we’ve spread, these … Continue reading →

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Aubade from a Glass House

Posted on May 30, 2015 by whimsygizmo

.. The breeze is caught, a distant hymn. The moon she’s got is growing dim. She pulls the shade and so it goes – her heart a glade where river flows. He’s hidden lies under each stone, but her silence … Continue reading →