Archive - The Whimsical Wood

The Man of Many Masks | Poem

A man of exceptional qualities

20 hrs ago • Tim Forsythe

January 2026

Zero: Chapter 5 - The Graveyard Shift

Zero has a single graveyard where its residents are buried. We called it Zero G. Its full name is St. Anne's Home for the Internment of the Mentally…

Jan 28 • Tim Forsythe

The Universal Firmament | Poem

Wishing my wife a happy anniversary

Jan 26 • Tim Forsythe

I Take Secrets To My Grave | Poem

We all have regrets. Here are some of mine.

Jan 20 • Tim Forsythe

When Lightly Blessed | Poem

Reflections on writing

Jan 10 • Tim Forsythe

My Substack 2025 Year in Review

Likes, comments and shares, ha ha

Jan 1 • Tim Forsythe

December 2025

Endangered Species | Poem

Being a good hero

Dec 31, 2025 • Tim Forsythe

The Shipwrecked Game | Poem

Everybody loves to play the Shipwrecked Game

Dec 24, 2025 • Tim Forsythe

Advice to Young Poets | Poem

Like the title says, here’s some advice for young poets.

Dec 21, 2025 • Tim Forsythe

Zero: Chapter 9 - The Giant of Fallbrook

My high school biology classroom, like many others across the country, had a complete human skeleton propped up in the corner.

Dec 17, 2025 • Tim Forsythe

Artificial Intelligence | Poem

The dismantling of self has only just begun

Dec 12, 2025 • Tim Forsythe

Zero: Chapter 4 - Starlight Heavens

I met a girl. I was fourteen. Her name was Starlight Heavens. Her parents were hippies.

Dec 10, 2025 • Tim Forsythe

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