Ghazal on Isolation“…continue the shine in vivid isolation…” Agha Shahid Ali another dawn tugs on my skinbegging me awake in birdsong my cold shoulder longsfor the tongue of yesterday’s chorus – the extended version of a ballad I didn’t know could endghostly alive in such vivid isolation my mind is a silk slip on a… Continue reading Poem 126 – Ghazal on Isolation
Poem 125 – Go At It Gannet
Go At It Gannet “…I found my book White Magic in the cadavers of abandoned drafts, and I resurrected them…” from ‘The Craft of Writing’ by Elissa Washuta, LitHub, May 4, 2021 I must go at it gannet: increase my courage force exponentiallyrage lovingly at the white-sea page before diving into itsubjecting myself to the enormous… Continue reading Poem 125 – Go At It Gannet
Poem 124 – Muskoka & May Event Round-Up & WEreads!
Muskoka muskoka calls me like a secret loverher yearnings gripping the edges of busty winds& jumping into the soft spot under my earlobes – patient in the tender shadows we had a love affair for three summers…maybe twothe memories are lake blurry – does it matter? time lived differentlyshouldered against tall trees: pine spruce fir hemlock… Continue reading Poem 124 – Muskoka & May Event Round-Up & WEreads!
Poem 123 – Gravity & CBC & WPL, Oh My!
Gravity Let us honour our loquacious tendencies,for they exercise the muscles of mouth & mind. Let us also fold into provocative percipience,for it is through vigorous listening that the soul expands dynamic. Do more than wear her shoes!Intoxicate your senses with the spectrum of her voice’s gravity. This is how we bring ourselves together.The weight… Continue reading Poem 123 – Gravity & CBC & WPL, Oh My!
VANESSA SHIELDS 