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mercies new

Posted on April 2, 2022 by whimsygizmo

we can rue this day all we want, rant its shortcomings and moan its faults,  but there’s always another one another run another sun  waiting in the wings.  :: In April, we poem.

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Phoenix Rising 

Posted on April 2, 2022 by whimsygizmo

Surprising, really how fast she finds her wings, cobbles broken things back together  and sets her self (less shattered) back to sun.  She molds a smile from emberedash and tears,  mosaics splintered years into a dragon-armored kite and calls herself wild, child of moon and other borrowed … Continue reading →

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Crum, Bling

Posted on February 9, 2017 by whimsygizmo

Give us cookies, shiny things. That we might leave a trail, might find our way back home. Give us stones unstacked and thrown only into sea, river rock turning water to power. Give us hours and stories. Smiles. A way … Continue reading →

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Silver Linings. Play. Book.

Posted on May 31, 2016 by whimsygizmo

Made a mistake. Kissed a snake. ……………………………………………-‘Cinderella’ jump rope rhyme Married him, too. Said I do. And did. (He didn’t.) Goodbye. Good riddance. Sometimes knowing what’s best is helped along by living the worst. Be -hold: my broken. Unfold: His … Continue reading →

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{Dear Future Husband}

Posted on October 19, 2015 by whimsygizmo

… Dear Kevin Q, thanks for the Valentine’s candy in the 1st grade. Sweet. Dear Jimmy M, that first French kiss was kind of, um…juicy. Yuck. Dear Kevin A, you broke my heart and my Swatch. Thanks. Dear Robert B, … Continue reading →

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Grace, Escaped

Posted on May 15, 2013 by whimsygizmo

…. Let’s loose it to the lost, lose our inhibitions and the cost of deeming ourselves un -worthy of making change. Let’s paint it on the sky, spread forgiveness wings and fly, sing free of second chances and how far … Continue reading →

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