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POEM A DAY – April 29

Vanessa Shields

Everyday, The Leavings

I watch my boys
leave

take care of each other
I bellow and
below my heart
in the thrumming shadows
a feather of sorrow
loosens lifts leaps
off my tongue out my mouth
into the biting spring wind

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Published by Vanessa Shields

Writer. Mother. Lover.

3 thoughts on “POEM A DAY – April 29”

  3. Grace! So great to hear from you, my friend! And thank you!! 🙂 Did you know my word for this year is: GRACE! Woot!

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