Tag Archives: smallish dragons

the secret lives of smallish dragons 

Posted on April 20, 2023 by whimsygizmo

they whisper with paperwings unfolded, all inky smudge and embered song.   ::In April, she poems.

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the intricate stories of smallish dragons 

Posted on April 7, 2023 by whimsygizmo

:: you can only hear them if you breathe the breeze.  :: In April, she poems.

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smallish dragon sneezes 

Posted on April 7, 2023 by whimsygizmo

if it pleases (the court, the bees, the day),  we shall hold our breaths and say godblessyou to the sky.  :: In April, she poems.

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smallish dragon smudge 

Posted on April 7, 2023 by whimsygizmo

:: one landed right here, see? left a wee ink stain sting and a sequin’d bling of sky. :: In April, she poems.

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we are simple smallish dragons 

Posted on April 7, 2023 by whimsygizmo

wayward songs,tiny poems waiting to be caught {fought, taught}by the tail,flailed in storms. ::In April, she poems.

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Pockets

Posted on November 23, 2022 by whimsygizmo

My daughter (grown, not yet flown) asks me why I need so many and I try to explain that I am still carrying my childhood phone number, six jingles from the 80s, a tiny sprinkle of Tahoe sand,and a look she gave mewhen she was 15. And … Continue reading →

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we wee dragons 

Posted on April 18, 2022 by whimsygizmo

we are the smallish ones, of tiny scales and silver tails sealedin scarlet slip of sky.  we drink from butter-cups and saucer moonto soothe our embered tongues. we sing in hum -mingbird thrum. we wee beasties swallow fallen stars to stoke our shine. and we find  … Continue reading →

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smallish dragon visits the library 

Posted on April 5, 2022 by whimsygizmo

fantasy’s not really his thing, but he gets fired up by the true crime. all evidence suggests he’s been here before, as some pageshave gone slightly charred, and others are just missing (sometimes he gets hungry be-fore the thing is solved.)  he’s resolved himself to … Continue reading →

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smallish dragons in disguise

Posted on April 20, 2021 by whimsygizmo

they pass themselves off as flies, having given their fire to the lightning bugs and shrugged their scales for gossamer wings.  but we recognize the spangled colors of their skin, the way sea and river call to them. they dip and sway and pass the day in bedazzled … Continue reading →

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the secret shenanigans of smallish dragons

Posted on April 12, 2021 by whimsygizmo

they race, their faces turned to saffron -seasoned sun, their embered voices raging ona play of roar and soar and con-viction of great rising moon.  :: PAD Challenge, day 12.

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