Restructuring haibun
this body needs an internal
restructuring of language
its cacophony of voices
bounces off bones
cascades down cells
acts like a bunch of bumptious brats
at a bedtime they deny
how proudly pugnacious
even their malicious ponderings
oh, if only I knew how to sift them
powder them
blow them away in one
harrowing howl –
worth the affliction of this kind of release
core quest listening
gather ye rose thorns and bleed
honour sounds of joy
Research – Today’s word of the day from Merriam-Webster (I get it in my email every day!) is bumptious: presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive: obtrusive.
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 