Dizzy

Recollections of spinning season.

High on spun sugar, sit and spin art; merry-go-round the world, all fall down. Ring around the bathtub, spin the top, the wheel, the bottle. Blindfold now, three turns and pin the tail. Ferris wheel, tilt-a-whirl, pinwheel ice cream, to everything, turn, take your turn, it’s coming. Here is the season of the whirligig, kaleidoscopic dreams of the widening gyre, helicopter hats and flying cars, the end of history, where is the falconer now? Find your pillow, watch the spinning fan.

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I don’t know how it got in there, but I woke up with the song “Dizzy” in my head. As a child of the 80’s-90’s, my in-head version is sort of a mash up between the Vic Reeves & The Wonder Stuff take and the original by Tommy Roe. Also on the mind: memories of childhood, and Yeats.

Author: Stacey C. Johnson

I keep watch and listen, mostly in dark places.

7 thoughts on “Dizzy”

  1. Jeff Cann – Jeff Cann lives, works, writes, and runs in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. His essays and stories have appeared in the Good Men Project and Like the Wind magazine, as well as various blog sites dealing with the topics of mental health and running. Jeff is married with two children. When he isn’t working, parenting or writing, he can be found hiking or running the wooded trails surrounding Gettysburg. Jeff’s two books, “Fragments – a memoir” and "BAD ASS--My Quest to Become a Back Woods Trail Runner and other obsessive goals" are both available from Amazon.com. A growing collection of stories can be found on his website at https://jefftcann.com.
    Jeff Cann says:

    On my day off today… your post just sent me off into a 30 minutes YouTube tar pit 🙂 I guess that’s a good use of a day off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxCu5FaLc8A

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    1. Jeff, your reference to the tar pit has me laughing out loud. I will probably start using this one now, as “rabbit hole” has been feeling a bit stale. And now I have a new song stuck in my head : )

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  2. Stacey: Thank you for inserting into my stomach, with great momentum, everything I remember from my fun days with my cousins and sisters — and all free stuff!

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  3. Ellie Carpenter – United Kingdom – Writing my memoirs, musings, a little fiction and a lot of poetry as a way of exploring and making the most of my life ... ... Having had a break from writing my blog for more than three years, I decided to return to write my memoirs, some day-to-day observations, views and feelings. My passion is non-fiction poetry. I have a disability and use an electric powerchair called Alfie and let nothing get in the way of living life to the full. I believe that you can never do a kindness too soon and should give credit where credit is due. A smile or a kind word could make the difference between a good or bad day for a person - we never know what's going on for another soul. Those little things, perhaps, practised daily like a mantra, could mean so much to someone else. Thank you for visiting my blog and reading a little more about me. Please, make yourself at home here. You are very welcome. Ellie x 😊
    Ellie Thompson says:

    I love your creativity and ability to write words from musical prompts, poetry, images etc. You have a perfect way of achieving that, and I am in awe of your talent. I watched the videos – I can’t remember the Tommy Roe one, but I do remember the other – only just though. Complete madness, but I like it. Thanks for sharing the Yeats poem, too, as it also took me to a website called the Poetry Foundation which could be very useful when racking my brains for the author of a poem. Thanks again.

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    1. Thank you, Ellie! I am so glad that you found the Poetry Foundation. They are a wonderful resource. I am loving the musicality of your phrase, “Complete madness, but I like it.” This would make a great t-shirt!

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      1. Ellie Carpenter – United Kingdom – Writing my memoirs, musings, a little fiction and a lot of poetry as a way of exploring and making the most of my life ... ... Having had a break from writing my blog for more than three years, I decided to return to write my memoirs, some day-to-day observations, views and feelings. My passion is non-fiction poetry. I have a disability and use an electric powerchair called Alfie and let nothing get in the way of living life to the full. I believe that you can never do a kindness too soon and should give credit where credit is due. A smile or a kind word could make the difference between a good or bad day for a person - we never know what's going on for another soul. Those little things, perhaps, practised daily like a mantra, could mean so much to someone else. Thank you for visiting my blog and reading a little more about me. Please, make yourself at home here. You are very welcome. Ellie x 😊
        Ellie Thompson says:

        Lol … perhaps, I should have that t-shirt printed. It would suit me very well lol 😀

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