Salutation Awake! Body bendTouch toes – exhaleThank you for my toesThank you for my anklesSwoop arms up – inhaleThank you for my hipsThank you for my ribsPalms together over heartThank you for my heartThank you for my voiceInhale ExhaleThank you for my earsThank you for my brain salute the morningdrink one full body of moonpack… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 2
Author: Vanessa Shields
Writer. Mother. Lover.
POEM A DAY – February 1
Tending I’ve spent the morning with BrigidGoddess of creativity, poetry, healingand the life-giving force of the flame.We slow-burned under the heat ofthis tremendous sun, scream-shiningon the back of my neck like a kissfrom Nonna, who I can feel crossingthe veil at this midpoint betweenWinter and Spring. It’s tending time.The weight of January is complete.The drudgery… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 1
POEM A DAY – January 31
I had a vivid dream...and it slathered me in melancholy...tried to release it into a poem. I think it was motivated by all the erotic writing I've been reading as we prep for our upcoming writing retreat...I am alchemically affected by all the...tension and mystery and mischief and pleasure. And the thrill of the haibun… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 31
POEM A DAY – January 30
I had a whole other poem nearly ready to go...then I googled something and realized the thing I was writing about already existed...and so the poem didn't really work anymore. C'est la vie! I switched paths and wrote another haibun (!)! This time, the haiku is spread out within the stanzas. Current Events Managing ice… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 30
VANESSA SHIELDS 