Oh, but the voice! “I said it out loud again, and even though it disappeared, I knew what I said had become a sound in the world.” pg. 104, Edge of the World, from How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa the bodya shape held in a shade of skinthings soft & hardmoving & still… Continue reading Poem 84 – Oh, but the voice!
Author: Vanessa Shields
Writer. Mother. Lover.
Poem 83 – Mirror
mirror this is your facethe mirror said these are your eyesit’s really nice to see you seeing you
Poem 82 – Nervous
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
VANESSA SHIELDS 