Tag Archives: shine

Not Quite Hanging Stars

Posted on November 21, 2022 by whimsygizmo

Remember how only the Bumble could reach the top of the Christmas tree to put up the star?  This is like that, except I’m not tall and I don’t hang stars or (come to think of it) light anything at all.  And I could let … Continue reading →

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Be Right Bach

Posted on December 11, 2019 by whimsygizmo

  … the stars are calling, a sonata -storm of sharp and shifting sky, and I am all fugue and fear. But there’s a cantata playing in the next universe, my dear, and we’re invited.   ..   Written for Poetic … Continue reading →

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Dragon Slayer

Posted on November 7, 2018 by whimsygizmo

.. She’s handed a sword, told it’s the only way. She begs to differ, spangles the creatures in glorious array. They have longed to be exquisite in their own skins for years, tired of regret and tiers of scales that … Continue reading →

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The {Un}Tragedy of Shine

Posted on November 11, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. You’ve been given the light you’ve been given; the life you’ve been livin’ wherever it may be. They’ll give you a bushel to hide under, a gray sky for muffling your song. They’ll give you a reason to run, … Continue reading →

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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. 

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Footloose&Fancy {Free}

Posted on October 4, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. Oh, she is barefoot again – all twinkle turquoise toes and sparkle-skin. Give her a sandy stage, the pull and rage of razzle-berry moon, the swoon of lullaby sea. She’s determined to shine, to daze-dazzle this day, seize-sequins the … Continue reading →

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