Moving “It is dawn and your poemshave moved me to poems.”pg 261, from ‘Variations’, The Collected Poems of Patrick Lane the worry in my guts detanglesas I ask you to trust me to trust yourselfto embrace the painfulprocess of conversationsabout change we’re in this togetherlike night & day like reading poems& writing poems like the… Continue reading Poem 232 – Moving
Poem 231 – Swell Haiku & Guest Poem by Mark Bradley
Swell Haiku The full moon is nearI arch into its full swellLick the dark it moves Today is the 79th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid. In 1942, almost 5,000 Canadian soldiers, alongside British and American allies, landed on the shores around the towns of Dieppe, Puys and Pourville in occupied France. Local artist, activist and… Continue reading Poem 231 – Swell Haiku & Guest Poem by Mark Bradley
Poem 230 – Algae
Algae underwaterI brush the algae off the lining it pulses into clouds of gorgeous greensurrounds me like a mermaid’s echo calling me home
Poem 229 – Marrow
Marrow Pain passes membranesslyly smilesteeth blackened, daggeredbite through timespit-splatter into lifetimesbeyond bodies Karmic lessons danglelike keys fromsoul locksif I listen I canhear them clang It’s the decipheringthat’s difficultthe surround-soundof trauma is deafening So I look for the mouths nowon pain’s shifting facesstick out my armlet them clamp down When bone breaksI know I have the… Continue reading Poem 229 – Marrow
VANESSA SHIELDS 