Bernard Gieske, US

 

Free Verse   Willie, A Wee Wizard   Willie, a wee wizard, watches the world-wide windows, wonders, and worries. He wonders what the white witches will want. He wants what the witches want. He wonders what the wise wizards want. He wants what wise wizards want. He wonders who will want wooden wagons. Who wants watches, wheat, and wages. What the women want. Which way the wisteria will wind. Where the wolverines will wander in the wilderness Why wimples wilt Why the weeping willow weeps Where the wisest will winter Witch Doctors, witchcraft, wish-bones, wasps, weasels, warthogs worry Willie to weariness. Willie wonders about the warthog with warts the widow wearing white Why the wombat waddles and the washer-woman whittles widgets Why the white whale wallows walloping in the water Which witches are wise and which are wacky Why the world whirls Why the whippoorwill whimpers Watches whirligigs, and whirlpools, whirlwinds, whirlybirds, wheel-work, wheel-men, wheel chairs, Why the wheel whines Why the western winds Who is west-bound Why whale bones wallow in the wishy-washy waters Why white witches weave a web of willows and wisteria. Willie wears whiskers, whispers and wishes there was no w.         childwriter's sketchbook, March / April 30, 2012 ~ Vol. 5, No. 2: Issue 17