Tag Archives: wildlings

how to tame your dragon

Posted on April 10, 2023 by whimsygizmo

start with your own fiery heart, the way it stops and starts. these ember’d -breath deaths are rare, and far between. they’re mostly looking for some -place to call home, some sky to call their own (and aren’t we all?) name her softly, with a hum of … Continue reading →

Posted in April PAD 2023, dragon poems | Tagged dragons, here there be dragons, leave her wild, naming the dragon, spangling the dragon, wildlings | 2 Comments

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

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

Everything, Everything

Posted on April 13, 2022 by whimsygizmo

Wild. See? See how the sun edges up again and the dandelions claim sidewalk cracks as stages. See the pages of the sky, churning clouds of dragon puff, enough to assure us everything is wild. And well. Moon casts her spell at dusk, and we … Continue reading →

Posted in NaPoWriMo | Tagged every little thing's gonna be alright, everything, everything is going to be amazing, everything's eventual, inspired by other poets, Lauren Zuniga, NaPoWriMo, wild, wild poems, wildlings | 11 Comments

Shades

Posted on November 19, 2021 by whimsygizmo

Sometimes it’s all they wear, these wayward princesses basking in the sun; not the Risky Business “future’s so bright” kind, but the way the tree slants just right kind, for leafy shadow tattoos. They choose the warmest part of day and make their me-andered way to forest floor … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged fixing the endings, fractured fairy tails, November Chapbook Challenge 2021, wayward princesses, wildling wood, wildlings | 2 Comments

Thirsty Thursdays

Posted on November 18, 2021 by whimsygizmo

They drink from stream and lake and oak-leaf dewand brew their tea from waterfall fountain. There’s a banquet of snacksand a welcome knack for napping and every hour’s happy now because their feet are bare and there’s no one to stare and the chores are shared and nobody’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bar poems, fixing the endings, fractured fairy tales, November Chapbook Challenge 2021, Thursdays, wayward princesses, wildling wood, wildlings | 1 Comment

Wildling Wood

Posted on November 6, 2021 by whimsygizmo

The princesses are at it again with their grins and their gin and their tutu spin. They’ve all been given second chances and seconds of cake. They’ve long shed their corsets and their crowns and their pumps and their frowns and the promises of being “saved” and decided to gambol with … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged fractured fairy tales, November Chapbook Challenge 2021, poems of place, wayward princesses, wildling wood, wildlings | 3 Comments

All Those Wayward Ever Afters

Posted on May 5, 2021 by whimsygizmo

There is laughter when they think of all they were supposed to be, all corseted and silver-spoon fed with feet crammed into ridiculous shoes. Here, even the steeds are unshod and trail-trod, mudlucious in their gorgeous freedom. This forest is flush with both silence and song. Here, they choose. … Continue reading →