Haiku for a busy day From breath to breath foldInto moment’s precious notesChoose Now’s melody
Poem 173 – The Tower, Her Insistence
The Tower, Her Insistence When I was stepping inside the skeleton spineof the Eiffel Tower, I was avoiding touchingthe sturdy metal railings, avoiding inhalingthe musk of the man ahead of me, avoidinglooking down as my thrumming legs liftedme closer to the sky. I felt in a cage. Completely embraced bya structure that could never know… Continue reading Poem 173 – The Tower, Her Insistence
Poem 172 – Lightning Queen & Poetry Event!
Lightning Queen solstice song vibrates my bonesthere’s a hum in my left eara deep-throated ode to seeds that storm – She really gave it to usslapped awake my reverencelike a rug being beatenI am the rugHer power beats me cleanof any nonsense beyond the fact that She is the lightning queen I should never fear Her… Continue reading Poem 172 – Lightning Queen & Poetry Event!
Poem 171 – Father
Father Celestial snowball orbiting the sunlove-heated, glow-bursting for millions of milesmy soul’s lightbulb, everlasting universal phenomenonhis dust in my blood paternal platelets Though his body is back in the skyI feel his pull, the tug of his place in the formationof the solar system we call family – ours with many sunshis brilliance coverage for… Continue reading Poem 171 – Father
VANESSA SHIELDS 