Two poems today…but one is super short, so I’m keeping them both on one day. 🙂 Thursday. Let’s go!
Watch An Animal Today
two animals in my inbox this morning
poem-wrapped gifts: an owl, a rabbit, then
walking into the mechanic’s, a low-gliding
crow screaming over me en-route to a
naked maple in the field behind the building.
watch an animal today. look for one or
simply wait and one will come. this is the
guaranteed magical-realm veil-break
we witness when we pay attention. listen
today, to the throaty screech of a baby squirrel
or the activist holler of the blue jay. feel the
warmth of dog’s breath, the vibration of cat
purr. when you are animal engaged, you are
energetically changed.
Poem for the missing vowel on the twelfth line of ‘Still Life’
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VANESSA SHIELDS 