Half in Half out mind constipated with to dosstomach a bushel of hands squeezing tomato-sized worriessoul saddened by the man who flipped me the bird when I was drivingstill….the other birds chirp & knock & tweet & little laughters from the kids in their yards reach for my cheek plant kisseslike… Continue reading Poem 136 – Half in Half Out & AWISC Release!
Poem 153 – ask & tour updates!
ask ask to see my handsto look deeplyunder my fingernails and you will know my day TOMORROW! All Write In Sin City Podcast Premiere! Tomorrow our conversation will be released into the world! Wooohoo! Please visit the All Write In Sin City website HERE to find out more about this incredible trio and what they're… Continue reading Poem 153 – ask & tour updates!
Poem 134 – Dear Hafiz & PEP & AWISC!
Dear Hafiz You make it seem so easy Like the words & nature & your heart & your penare collected & connected in one sustained & precise moment Like flow is inevitable & if you move a sofa or tilt your headyou find poems alive & giddy & open-palmed – daring you to catch them… Continue reading Poem 134 – Dear Hafiz & PEP & AWISC!
Poem 133 – Sapphic Voltas & Spring Launch Tonight!
Sapphic Voltas What if today I give worry a fiddle?Let finishing plunder & instead diddle?Deep laugh at pain & embrace the middle? Release the riddle I got this great book entitled: Poetry 101: A Crash Course in Poetry by Susan Dalzell. Today's poem is written in Sapphic meter. "...attributed to the poet Sappho, this meter… Continue reading Poem 133 – Sapphic Voltas & Spring Launch Tonight!
VANESSA SHIELDS 