new book hangover more like hang onI clutched her to my pounding chestmost of the day – placed her gentlyon a counterthe tablealways in eyes’ delight sightin arm’s caress hand’s press nowmy heart is bound paperpoetry in fine linenpages aflutter Yesterday was an incredible day! I met my dear publisher Aimee at Gertrude's Writing Room… Continue reading Poem 94 – New Book Hangover & Book Reveal!
Category: On Writing
Poem 93 – Book In My Hands
Book In My Hands This birthing emotional spectrum from stardust to deep earth to seed to trunk to treethe heavy pressing into pagesoh the holding of Time – inked A book the galaxy of its giving its open-hearted takingthe glorious exchange between writer & readerthe tongue the ear the sounds of life delivered the feasting… Continue reading Poem 93 – Book In My Hands
Poem 91 – A Memory Shows Itself
A Memory Shows Itself it was a saturday & I was home aloneI blared Michael Jackson from the expensive stereosystem I wasn’t supposed to touch I dusted & vacuumed clad only in white underpantsI danced like no one was watching except someone wasa stranger walking by in the alley – stopped to stare through the… Continue reading Poem 91 – A Memory Shows Itself
VANESSA SHIELDS 