Tag Archives: shawna poems

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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I’m ’Bout to Build a TreeHouse

Posted on May 4, 2018 by whimsygizmo

… ’Cuz we need a place to be(e), a place for tree- age and sigh -lence. We’ll lace a ladder of purple fuzz and buzz, and the blizzard force of backward breeze. We’ll hiccup ………….(and down) and sneeze, and talk … Continue reading →

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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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{Crayon Pirate Voyage #64)

Posted on April 7, 2017 by whimsygizmo

.. Ahoy, mateys! Today, we sail the seven seas: Cerulean, Violet, Periwinkle, Apricot, Sky, Sepia, Silver. I’ve got parch -ment for colors, and a slanted eye patch smile. Together, we’ll etch a thousand miles across the globe. Now, swab those … Continue reading →

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more dark matters of distinction

Posted on February 7, 2017 by whimsygizmo

  .. Her un -detectable mathematical curiosity is ex -ponentially dampened by the fun -dementally incorrect facts of frozen stars.     ..Another wordlist from my Shawna. 

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Hiccups&Headaches

Posted on October 12, 2016 by whimsygizmo

{(in)voluntary associations of her own anarchy}     .. Call her every man (whoa). Call her reject. Empty. Curled tail meant to wag its own healing. Never correct. A pyramid amid the firm -ament. A collapse -able asseveration of her … Continue reading →

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A Chair, a Stair and a Half-Eaten Éclair

Posted on September 26, 2016 by whimsygizmo

  .. The preacher’s got another story for us, girl. One where the truth is un -leashed, creased down the middle and unfolded on a (four-and-twenty blackbird) golden throne. Rapunzel’s there, and she’s unlocked, brushing up on her blond phonics … Continue reading →

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Porcupine Phonics in Peri{wink}le Paisley

Posted on September 26, 2016 by whimsygizmo

Oh, Miss Daisy. Have we got a new leash on life for you. We’re drivin’ these creatures crazy with our fien(d) -ish ways, our his tree (pH)onics and the glazed-crease smile we gave those last suckers. How many licks (kicks) … Continue reading →

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angel dance

Posted on April 1, 2016 by whimsygizmo

    It’s National Poetry Month. 🙂 If you’re stuck, magnetic poetry is a great place to start. Just click, poem, and screenshot.

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Franklin, m’Dear,

Posted on February 23, 2016 by whimsygizmo

He gave a damn about a lot of things: Physics, the key to electricity, lightning rods, the balancing act of bifocals, illegitimate sons. Betcha $100 (or a half) that a whole lot of the ama -zing things he said were … Continue reading →

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