Nervous There are leaping lemurs in my bellypushing off branches of worry & snappingthem against the bottom of my rib cagemy stomach a cage of sorts…a jungle of anxieties I can’t nameit’s a right undiscoverable terrain in therethat my logic can’t discern This type of steadfast flustering arrivesunannounced & somehow knows theentrance password…breathing helps &soft… Continue reading Poem 82 – Nervous
Month: March 2021
Poem 81 – That Feeling When You Did It
That feeling when YOU.DID.IT! when the notes in your blood sing a symphony of synergywhen the muscles in your heart tighten & expand jello-ingthe walls of the chambers of your love & you shudder & crybut you’ve never felt more alivewhen your voice is a forest of redwood conviction & confidenceeven as doubt & worry… Continue reading Poem 81 – That Feeling When You Did It
Poem 80 – This
this morning breaksorange strands ofgentle announcement hot tea in a mugwhispered prayersgrief’s woundsnesting in heartchambers awakening SNEAK PEEK! Rehearsals in full swing at *top secret* location for *classified* production....
Poem 79 – Equinox Scream & Book Launches
Equinox Scream a pair of Canada geeserush on the supple wind their wings in unisonsoar them forward strong black necks likeexclamation marks over an azure page –a day in the mighty book of living today’s language is flightconfidently destined to lift the frosted veil of winter in beaks and claws place it gently lovinglyon shoulders jagged… Continue reading Poem 79 – Equinox Scream & Book Launches
VANESSA SHIELDS 