Tag Archives: star poems

April and Everything After 

Posted on April 3, 2023 by whimsygizmo

Orion is teasing us with that belt again, all three sisters showing off their bling.  See, here’s the thing: the sky’s a thick black soup of shardsand our wishes are lost somewhere in all that ebony spill.  We sit quite still and connect the dots.  :: In April, she … Continue reading →

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Another Pin-Pricked Sigh Sky 

Posted on May 17, 2022 by whimsygizmo

I can’t think of a better medicine than stars for a ceiling. – Yellowstone  :: Now I lay me down                  (to sleep) my fears my tears the tired trappings of my heart.  A quieting restart,this midnight sky.  My wayward soul to keep,counting         (blessings) clouds as sheep.  Standing still, I … Continue reading →

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When You Are Finished With Your Own Scar-Gazing

Posted on April 23, 2018 by whimsygizmo

, gather me a sinew-sky full of fireflies with intricate wings, no-more-questions; a place to hold my broken wishes, my brightest hope. A stone for keeping, knowing, throwing at my fears; a few years to breathe, be -lieve in my … Continue reading →

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seven ways to wish upon a star

Posted on February 24, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. tremble the sky loose with your own salt, fill your hands with indigo and ebony. ask orion a rhetorical quest -ion or two {in pig latin, or martian, or sioux.} welcome broken. speak only when spoken to, by breeze. … Continue reading →

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wishing well

Posted on November 29, 2015 by whimsygizmo

…   two stars granted, i wanted more for you than this fading trail; perhaps a Halley’s comet to lead you home.   .. dandelion fluff enchanted, i wished for another tiny spindled thing to make the day sing; realized … Continue reading →

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Twinkle

Posted on November 5, 2015 by whimsygizmo

.. the sky’s a Christmas tree tonight, and I am still, below just waiting for you to come and unribbon me.   ..

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Star Wars

Posted on October 21, 2015 by whimsygizmo

and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart – E.E. Cummings   ..  If the stars aren’t speaking to each other again, there’s a good chance it’s my fault. I’ve tucked your heart (carried in mine) too deep … Continue reading →

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indigo sky, infinite stars

Posted on July 16, 2015 by whimsygizmo

the milky way meanders just right from behind us forever to beyond all this deep dark blue. stars spill themselves in stories. i am listening.   ..

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Serendipity Song

Posted on June 1, 2015 by whimsygizmo

The moon of a poet is an always-roaming thing. – Pink Girl Ink, Stacy Lynn Mar . Most days, I am full to bursting, words spilling out like milk and song. Even when it’s all but a tiny fingernail crease … Continue reading →

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beg and bartered glow

Posted on May 30, 2015 by whimsygizmo

open sesame that moon, she’s posing as a bowl of milk, the open -ing rind of a sweet can’t -aloupe, arresting of tongue but stilted and squat in its own lack of light. familiar, this. mercy flowing, served up among … Continue reading →

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