Tag Archives: tutus

Flibbertigibbet

Posted on April 20, 2022 by whimsygizmo

(another poem gone rogue) It’s not my fault,really. This poem has chosen her own name. Also her own war-drobe, which somewhat explains the periwinkle pointed hat and purple pumps with stripey socks (what is she, a witch?) Hey, at least it’s not her birthday suit, like last … Continue reading →

Posted in April PAD 2022, dragon poems | Tagged giggles, lemur, moon pie, rogue poems, tea, the ones that name themselves, this poem poems, treehouse, tutus, what? | 1 Comment

the unknown tomorrows of smallish dragons

Posted on April 8, 2020 by whimsygizmo

blurrrrsday again, and the be -fuddlement continues. we know not what these hours might hold, nor how we shall knit them together to make a quilt of promise. but still we don our brightest tutus and most audacious ………………..clouds, as … Continue reading →

Posted in dragon poems | Tagged #aprpad, #inaprilwepoem, April PAD 2020, future, here there be dragons, in april we poem, in which she attempts to write during the global pandemic of COVID-19, smallish dragons, tiny poems, tomorrow poems, tutus | 7 Comments

Theory of Nothing Whatsoever

Posted on May 9, 2019 by whimsygizmo

.. We chase the algorithms of the breeze, form a premise for the gibbous moon. Speculate upon her glow. We have formed a hypothesis or two, or three, about these shattered scattered stars. We can wax forth eloquent and strange … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged dance, dVerse, moon, moon poems, much ado about Nothing, Nothing, sunrise, theory, tutus, wearing tutus with Shawna | 16 Comments

tutus in twos

Posted on September 14, 2018 by whimsygizmo

… we shall dawn-don them in turquoise and purple and crinoline glee, bobby socks fort knox blocks trees ready for (s)wings. you hold my kazoo, and i’ll dance for you while we wait on that wily (coyote) ……….moon. .. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged kazoo poems, knox blocks, poems for Shawna, silly for shawna, swings, tree forts, tutus | 3 Comments

I’m ’Bout to Build a TreeHouse

Posted on May 4, 2018 by whimsygizmo

… ’Cuz we need a place to be(e), a place for tree- age and sigh -lence. We’ll lace a ladder of purple fuzz and buzz, and the blizzard force of backward breeze. We’ll hiccup ………….(and down) and sneeze, and talk … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged chalk love, faeries, finger paint, fireflies, poems for Shawna, shawna poems, slumber party poems, Tao of trees, they'll only let us write in chalk someday, treehouse, trees, tutus | 3 Comments

Slumber Party Songs

Posted on April 20, 2018 by whimsygizmo

A cherry is the fruit of many almonds, she says, while ty(p)ing the string with her tongue and teeth. I don’t know what it means but I like the sound and the way we are both December sweet -hearts and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged chalk, poetic pillow fights, shawna word lists, slumber party poems, socks, tutus | 1 Comment

mercury blues (slumber party songs)

Posted on April 17, 2018 by whimsygizmo

.. we are self -session (air)guitarist girls, fusing pillow-songs about stupid boys and long hot Brisbane summers and all that raining-on-Sunday longing for some stripy socks. we’ve got pink and turquoise noise tutus and a pen -chant for playing spin … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged music, pillow fights, pillow talk, poems for Shawna, radio, shawna word lists, slumber parties, socks, they'll only let us write in chalk someday, tutus | 5 Comments

Druthers

Posted on June 8, 2015 by whimsygizmo

sunshine tutu her way through the tulips and barefoot beg this grass to cartwheel us whipfast into a long slow summer of cool nights and fireflies and street -lights as curfew. She wants a periwinkle marker and enough smooth creamy … Continue reading →