Like, if me then youFor C, from No, Thank You when I was little, like, four, I heardyou can be whatever you like and I believed it. but, like, when I wasnine, I knew I wouldn’t be a broadway child starthat my sun would come out tomorrow shining onthe sliver-giving picnic table (my stage) in… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 21 & FORUM UPDATE
Category: On Writing
POEM A DAY – February 20
Honey a man stands in front of the shelveslined with nut spreads and honeysis short beard is honey-blondtattoos art his forearmshe doesn’t see me behind himI eye the honeys, waithe caresses a bottle, tilts his headhis contemplation is deep, thick honeyhe reaches for a top-shelf glass bottlegolden honey hued red from the tinted glasshe reads… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 20
POEM A DAY – February 19
I give you permission. This permission is repeatable for eternity. You're welcome. Use This Poem When Every Answer to Everything Everywhere Is: No, thank you.
POEM A DAY – February 18
Two Nights in Ottawa 1.I went alone to an old film theatre.It was on a slight hill, marquis shininglike a goddess. I can’t remember whatfilm I watched, but I remember feelingthe post-movie joyful bloat in my belly:popcorn, soda, sugar zinging in waves,the knowing of loving art deeply. I hadto walk back to my sister’s apartment.I… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 18
VANESSA SHIELDS 