Two Sleeps ‘till Cheesecake the comfort foods brings is realfrom the moment you know it’s coming… warm sourdough bread soaking up warm buttergreen grapes so crunchy your teeth smilehot fudge - the spoonful at the bottom of the bowlmelted ice cream bubbly & thina salty french fry to wipe up the sidescheesecake thick cold so… Continue reading Poem 117 – Two Sleeps ’till Cheesecake
Poem 116 – The Alliance of Broken Parts & Moose Magic
The Alliance of Broken Parts some of the broken partsformed an alliance in aneffort to cause an action this action was rooted ina need for connection thattypically hides in a forest of loss so I climbed up on thealliance of broken parts& looked into the forest I felt a deeper loss &when I saw the… Continue reading Poem 116 – The Alliance of Broken Parts & Moose Magic
Poem 115 – Sunday Morning
Sunday Morning back at the dining room tablecooling coffeecoffee breath thickfour pensthree journalstwo markershand-written poemson pretty pink paperthe tops ragged fromtearing them off the padoverflowing bread basketrecycled paper napkinstoo many to fit in the holderso they topple under thelaptop cord & virtual schoolprint-outs the napkin holderholding up Miller’s cell phonethe Mega To Do Listthis poem… Continue reading Poem 115 – Sunday Morning
Poem 114 – Celebrat’ry Musts & CBC Books
Celebrat'ry Musts in celebration of Earth Day, Shakespeare's birthday & Indie Bookstore Day such celebrat'ry mustsearthshakespeareindie bookst'res such int'rtwin'd charmstar seeds to treesturneth to pap'r holdinginky w'rds writ by lov'rsof life and languagedid press to pagessplay'd on shelvesbooks yond art alive and at which hour did light'racy wanesmoth'r nature spins h'r skirtsand lifts our spirits… Continue reading Poem 114 – Celebrat’ry Musts & CBC Books
VANESSA SHIELDS 