Tag Archives: wayward princesses

Here Thar Be Treasure

Posted on November 13, 2022 by whimsygizmo

They’d rather be pirates than princesses; the games just look more fun. They’ll don some swords, learn some salty words and parley silk for sun. They’d rather be pirates than princesses, so they strike out for sea with flags un-furled, these savvy, wily wildling … Continue reading →

Posted in Miz Q Prompts | Tagged banshee, corsets, crowns, here there be pirates, losing the shoes, pirates, princesses, uncorseted, wayward princesses, wildlings | 7 Comments

hair of the dog

Posted on November 4, 2022 by whimsygizmo

welcome to wildling bog, where we are full of beansand chase our november (s)word hangovers with applesauce,daisy chain crowns and trees. we wily wenches climb no stairs (of hair or otherwise) we spin no gold we bear no bling (the corsets were too tight). we swim no … Continue reading →

Posted in Miz Q Prompts | Tagged fractured fairy tails, Miz Q, mud-luscious, the princesses are back and they've got rum, wayward princesses, wildling bog, wildling princesses, word lists | 8 Comments

That Time the Supervillains Stopped by Wilding Wood

Posted on April 24, 2022 by whimsygizmo

So, the Wildlings (those wayward rebel-rogue princesses) thought they’d thought of everything – with tricks and traps and surly dragons to guard against nosey princes and bully kings – until the Supervillain Infiltration of 2022. Those crafty maleficent heels bribed the dragons with shiny things and sang … Continue reading →

Posted in April PAD 2022, dragon poems | Tagged Barefoot Moon Ruckus, fixing the endings, happily ever after, here there be pirates, Marvel, rum, supervillains, wayward princesses, wayward wands, Wilding Wood, wildlings | 1 Comment

We Wildlings

Posted on April 18, 2022 by whimsygizmo

We wander. We whim. We swim in streams and bathe in moon. We swoon over sunrise, or we sometimes we sleep in. We’ve cast our shoes to chasms and collapse in fits and spasm of laughter. We’ve decided happy (ever after) means home among the … Continue reading →

Posted in April PAD 2022 | Tagged bibbidi bobbidi boo, fractured fairy tales, losing the shoes, wayward princesses, wildling wood, wildlings | 4 Comments

Wilding Wood is Not a Waiting Room

Posted on April 15, 2022 by whimsygizmo

For the record, the wildlings (these wayward rebel-rogue princesses) are not ladies in waiting. They are not sitting about biding their time until their princes come or their fathers give permission or their fairy godmothers wave the wand. They’re quite happy here, fond of sun-kissed freckles and filthy feet. They’re … Continue reading →

Posted in April PAD 2022 | Tagged fairy godmother, moonbathing, uncorseted, wands, wayward princesses, wayward wands, Wilding Wood, wildlings | 2 Comments

Cinderella Smells a Rat

Posted on April 3, 2022 by whimsygizmo

So, the clock strikes midnight and that’s the end of it? The mice turn back,a lost shoe? (The damned things were killing her feet, anyway.) Listen, Pumpkin:after all that, if he only recognizes you by size (aching feet or otherwise), maybe it’s time to for you to steal a real horse and shoo,before … Continue reading →

Posted in April PAD 2022 | Tagged bibbidi bobbidi boo, Cinderella, fractured fairy tales, mice, shoes, smell poems, wayward princesses, Wilding Wood | Leave a comment

Happily Ever

Posted on November 30, 2021 by whimsygizmo

After the rain (before the moon), they hum their free-dom tunes to a storied sky. The world whirls by with a royal flair, but they’rejust happy to behere with the trees. ::In November, we poem.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged fixing the endings, fractured fairy tales, happily ever after, November Chapbook Challenge 2021, the end, wayward princesses, wildling wood | Leave a comment

Breaking Point

Posted on November 29, 2021 by whimsygizmo

They’ve gone wild(these wayward princesses),bored of bibbidi-bobbidi boo,tired of titles and weary of woo. They’ve decided to break it all down lose the shoes and crack their crowns into a mosaic of glitterglee. See? The world shines better broken. Spoken. Free. ::It’s Quadrille Monday over at dVerse … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged dVerse poems, fixing the endings, fractured fairy tales, Quadrille, wayward princesses, wildling wood | 33 Comments

Dragon Dance Remix

Posted on November 29, 2021 by whimsygizmo

{Abbreviated version, with happyness hangover} Crown hula hoops spun. Dragon hearts won(wrangled, spangled). Howling’s begunwith freedom sung(bare feet, loose lungs). Sipping happy tea,steeped in glee (whiles, smiles). :: Day 27.

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Next to the Oldest Oak Tree

Posted on November 29, 2021 by whimsygizmo

That’s where they gather the most, the mossand the moments that remind them they’re free. There are three small pines where they’ve cast their shoes. Here they pause to remember their past. And then there’s the moon. Eyes and swords skyward,they whisper thank you to stars, and know … Continue reading →