Gypsie’s Wonderful World of Words

Shakespeare published 154 sonnets in his quarto in 1609. While the initial 126 are addressed to a young man, the final 28 are directed toward an enigmatic woman referred to as the dark lady.

  • Anticipation

    Anticipation like a flower grows from long established fertile soil worked well with hands so slow With each rise of that golden sunthe… More.

  • Super-Spy

    Who would suspect who would know that a super-spy traversed the snow Stealthy and oh so sly was hevery long and extra lean… More.

  • The Garden

    He only wanted a smoke, that’s all. Now he lay on top of the garden pebbles with two gun shots embedded in his… More.

  • To the Sea

    She stands and waits toward the sea toward the sea Looking for her true love across the sea across the sea Gone for… More.

  • Fashion Cat

    (another silly one) Fashion Cat full of secrets refrain from letting lose your fire Lest your gift burn into ashesfilling up a box… More.

  • Memories

    Christmas is coming Thanksgiving is goneBoth holidays were spent alone in my home Surrounded by memoriessome old and some older A time before… More.

  • Dear Daughter

    In response to Punam (poetisatinta) @ dVerse Poetics FOR THE LOVE OF LETTERS Dear Daughter, With hand’s shaky and knuckles gnarled with age,I… More.

  • What Thanksgiving Is Not!

    It is not time to attack and berate your mother for perceived slights as you were growing up. The past is past. You… More.

  • Christmas Tale

    In response to bwarren’s Sunday Whirl Wordle #629 Moon beam meandering through the hollow shadow of nightThe Gods plunge down from high above… More.

  • Man In The Moon

    In response to Quadrille #189: Poems Most Mad & Moonly – Prompt Word MOONQuadrille Monday – pen poems of precisely 44 words, including… More.