Suburban gulls two gulls wail on afternoon windpulling my eyes & ears to the tender blue skycuriosity moves my mind – why are they here?these parts are roofs & concrete cars & grassfishless water hides under tightly closed tarpsnothing here for a frenzy more screams pierce the calmare they warnings or desperate love songs?perhaps this… Continue reading Poem 101 – Suburban gulls
Poem 100 – Duplex for Childhood
Duplex for Childhood Childhood waits in a long line.The door is mostly closed. The door opens on its own time.A little girl scoots forward. My little girl is eager & afraid. The past is jagged shadows. Her shadows live in the present.I see my hand knock on the door. There was no door in the bathroom.His… Continue reading Poem 100 – Duplex for Childhood
Poem 99 – 4AM Dream & Resilience Poems
4 AM dreams I hang upside downan unseen monsterclaw-gripping my anklesI silent scream until I can’t breathemy voice dies first I witness a man hurtle his childpummel his wifeevery phone I use to call the police does not workI don’t know how to help It’s 4:54am when I look at the clockon my cell the white-light… Continue reading Poem 99 – 4AM Dream & Resilience Poems
Poem 98 – A Spider and I in my Basement
A Spider and I in my Basement A spiderfalls purposefullyfrom the ceilinglegs jazzy with descentits invisible threadof web extendinglike hope I watch because I’m afraidalso open to acceptingthe spider’s place in our homeI don’t want to kill it & thatfeels good in a weird way This spiderlands gracefully on the floorits invisible web still invisiblehope… Continue reading Poem 98 – A Spider and I in my Basement
VANESSA SHIELDS 