Perfect Sun The sun is a perfect circle of glowing orange.I look into her, my eyes shivering at her circumference.She’s perched behind a cluster of maple brancheslike all the potential of today in one stunning ball of magic light. When I blink, she puts her face on myeyelids, a flash of golden mirrored from the skyover… Continue reading Poem 200 – Perfect Sun & First Impressions w/ Alexei Ungurenasu
Poem 199 – Dermaptera (Earwig)
Dermaptera (Earwig)(From Greek; derma - skin, ptera - wings) Those old wives, whoever they are, tolda tale that cursed the pincer bug into now:said insects crawled into ears & laid eggs in the brain.A silly story for a shy critter whose nocturnal tendenciesfeed its shyness. The earwig wants a cozy, moist, darkplace to eat &… Continue reading Poem 199 – Dermaptera (Earwig)
Poem 198 – This Other Resistance
This Other Resistance one thingthat takes a lot of time & energythat moves in like a hungry lionthough I’ve fought the lionI’ve tamed the lionI’ve rocked the lion to sleepit still roars mountains of resistancesucks the air from my lung like a punch to the guttricks me into believing I can’t do itthough I’ve done… Continue reading Poem 198 – This Other Resistance
Poem 197 – High Intensity Resistance Writing
High Intensity Resistance WritingFor Paul Resistance is a fierce ability every writer cultivatesIt is a practice for flexing creative muscles that shouldbe honed every day for at least twenty minutes The higher the intensity resistancethe higher the creative outputWriters need six-to-eight cups of curiosity a dayto keep confidence hydrated Stretching fingers and forearmstwisting spines and… Continue reading Poem 197 – High Intensity Resistance Writing
VANESSA SHIELDS 