Tag Archives: syntax

parentheticals 

Posted on April 3, 2022 by whimsygizmo

(a glosa) since feeling is firstwho pays any attentionto the syntax of thingswill never wholly kiss you;– E. E. Cummings  :: we’ve developed a thirst for the ways the world bends, the trends that make and break us, the runways and the head-lines and … Continue reading →

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humanity i hate you

Posted on April 21, 2016 by whimsygizmo

(for Mr. Cummings)   ..   parenthesize death all you want, Sir. put poems in its lap; syntax the crap out of us all in kisses, laughter, flutter, flowers. that casket’s still too small; this day, too soon.   .. … Continue reading →

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Bet her. Late, then never.

Posted on June 9, 2015 by whimsygizmo

the trick of finding what you didn’t lose (existing’s tricky:but to live’s a gift) the teachable imposture of always arriving at the place you never left. -E.E. Cummings   .. She’s all in, ready to be -gin again. She’ll need … Continue reading →

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Bury the Syntax

Posted on April 30, 2015 by whimsygizmo

(an American Sentence poem) . Dig this: the order of the words won’t matter in the end, period. .

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Gerberas

Posted on April 7, 2015 by whimsygizmo

(swearing by all flowers) .. Our syntax falls in petals of a different kind, roses abandoned for their uptight trite fragility. Our best gestures vary, too, by paragraph, parent -hesis, no time for eyelid flutter; but a life whole and … Continue reading →

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