Tag Archives: Sylvia Plath

a clean slate, with your own face on

Posted on August 18, 2020 by whimsygizmo

, you find yourself indigo -clad and clapping like thunder, a blur of turquoise tutu and treehouse battle scars. the earth underfoot is a song, a sigh, a silence. the sky’s got both wings and teeth, a dragon -fly in … Continue reading →

Posted in dVerse poems, Uncategorized | Tagged brilliance of fallen, clowns, dreampockets, here there be dragons, send in the clowns, sky songs, Sylvia Plath, titles based on poem lines | 30 Comments

Thrum

Posted on February 6, 2018 by whimsygizmo

I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am. – Sylvia Plath .. I am a flicker of phrase in a curious jar. Firefly waiting. I am quiet lightning, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 28 days, 28 Days of Self-Love, heart, heartbeat, i am, Poe, Sylvia Plath | 3 Comments

It’s Complicated.

Posted on April 9, 2017 by whimsygizmo

.. Once upon an embered morn, while I quoth my nevermore, you came tapping, gently rapping, opening my chamber door. I shut my eyes &felt you kiss me dead, adagio a gallop on my heart. I wish to be a … Continue reading →