Tag Archives: Wilding Wood

Happily, Ever

Posted on April 26, 2022 by whimsygizmo

They are still unshod, by god-mother. (These wayward Wildling rebel-rogue princesses.) Barefoot loose and fancy only in their own daisy-chained glee. Nobody’s waiting to be saved. No-body’s even shaved in weeks and weeks. It’s all grown wild, like weedsand flowers, ivy. Stars. Some days, they … Continue reading →

Posted in April PAD 2022 | Tagged climbing trees, consider the wild, dragons, ever after, faeries, fairy godmother, fixing the endings, gnomes, happily ever after, here there be dragons, losing the shoes, moon, rebel rogue princesses, stars, unshod, wild, wild flowers, Wilding Wood | 4 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

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

The Sacred Whims of Wildling Wood

Posted on November 16, 2021 by whimsygizmo

The forest floor is strewn with high-heeled shoes, for we rebel princesses have shucked our crowns and chucked our corsets and ditched the bibbidi-bobbidi(boo)ballin favor of gentler things: mirror ponds (fairest of them all),fiery dragon dances and fairy wings. :: Linda Lee’s got a fun Quadrille challenge for us … Continue reading →