one wing still askew…From After the Chickadee Hits the Window by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer Where are your wings? Around your heart?At the back of your heels?Perhaps on the curve of your hips? Do you manage their strength?Flex them at the gym?Yin yoga stretch them in the morning?Flap them speedily as the geese pass above? Do your… Continue reading POEM A DAY – March 15
POEM A DAY – March 14
I waited for today’s poem and then it came a fallen treeon the walkingpath
POEM A DAY – March 13
Today's poem is in the form a Lupus Teleform. The form parallels an acrostic, but instead of using a word or name in the vertical position, it uses a number; a student number, telephone number, etc..Then, you can either use the number to create a line with that many syllables...or with that many words. For… Continue reading POEM A DAY – March 13
POEM A DAY – March 12
Travel Memory In a minivan on the interstate driving to Maine.My boyfriend drives, my mother sits in the passenger seat.Me and my sister take the middle seats, and the cousin visiting from Italy sits in the back. I was seventeen…eager and horny, angry when my momwouldn’t let me and the boyfriend sleep in the same bed.At… Continue reading POEM A DAY – March 12
VANESSA SHIELDS 