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Giving Ourselves a Host of Titles, Each in Turn a Song 

Posted on November 28, 2022 by whimsygizmo

We are ancient trees of longingsaplings scrabbling skybark holding breath for morning limbs reaching for wayward starsroots thirsty for darker water.  We are head-down growingfull crunch hollow halfmoons turned to stonealone in our soil-sigh wanting.  Jinx us with juniper branchessmall black curses of … Continue reading →

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suspended moment

Posted on March 16, 2017 by whimsygizmo

(a leaky bit of moonlight)   under a dark-haired driven threadbare quilted sky, driven bursts of clawing breath and the muted cry of unglazed small -boned crows dreaming murder, death – muffled blooms and fretful sleep.   .. Cool visual … Continue reading →

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Night Music

Posted on November 22, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… There’s a tang -led web of logic (a particular lyrical sway) to the way the cloud pack stacks the deck toward jazz -mine moon. There’s a fin -ality to the way the sea (her siren song strong) froths long … Continue reading →

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