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.

  • The Train

    (A response to NaNoWriMo prompts: train, reflect, fog, night, incense.) Rumbling and rattling soothing sounds to a train engineer Annoying clatter to the… More.

  • Squirrel

    (In response to Bartholomew Barker’s November Visual Poetry Prompt)By Ami (Gypsie) Offenbacher-Ferris We sat eye to eyeMe, inside my warm, cozy cabinSweet scent… More.

  • Vellichor

    Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt # 233 “VELLICHOR” by Ami (Gypsie) Offenbacher-Ferris The heavy, window paned door slams shut behind me. The tinkling of… More.

  • Bamboozled

    Response to Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS October 30, 2021 “Boo!” Bamboozled by a bamboozler bamboozles me into bamboozlement Bootless bamboozlers are… More.

  • Compassion

    Compassion  Ami (Gypsie) Offenbacher-Ferris Her sanctuary invaded, she greets the new neighbor yet again, as he enters without a welcome. His man body… More.

  • The Couch

    The couch is your home and there you both sit or together you lay here in our small home Once dinner is done… More.

  • Dancing by Myself

    by Ami (Gypsie) Offenbacher-Ferris Shadows thick enough to hold the edges of my gown up and away from uneven cobblestones beneath my feet,… More.

  • Question

    Response to Sammi Cox’s writing prompt #232 By Ami (Gypsie) Offenbacher-Ferris Question politics “Ask naught what can my government do for me but… More.

  • Cancer of Man

    by Ami (Gypsie) Offenbacher-Ferris Cancer of Man by Ami (Gypsie) Offenbacher-Ferris Coral reefs destroyed A world at its end Humans disappearing disintegrating People… More.

  • 13 Days of Samhain Volume II prompts for 2021 A Horror Halloween Writing Challenge

    The Thinning of the Veil Prompt Day 1 – Graveyard Shift by Ami (Gypsie) Offenbacher-Ferris Be they human or be they animal, she… More.