Olympics I olympics on the flat screenstay on like the air conditionerwe pretend we are commentatorscurl into giddy laughter at ourstream-of-consciousness comedydiscover we are bad at saying last names I eat cucumbers slathered in hummuswhile teen girls tear across a bouncy floorflip like parlor rollers & single starlings then a 46-year-old woman explodesoff the vault… Continue reading Poem 206 – Olympics I
Poem 205 – Double Haiku for 205 Poems
Double Haiku for 205 Poems Less to write than I’ve already written (10)Some days pulling words out of my mind mouth I wish for gas (14)The laughing kind – kind laughter helps me write (10) HAPPY ANNIVERSARY GERTRUDE'S WRITING ROOM! HAPPY THREE YEAR ANNIVERSARY to Gertrude's Writing Room! To commemorate this most excellent celebration, we… Continue reading Poem 205 – Double Haiku for 205 Poems
Poem 204 – What She’s Doing To Me
What She's Doing To Me “I know the days are offering me only murder for my future.” pg. 5, By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart She comes at me in a flurry of assaulting adjectivesShe whips adverbs like wet switches on the shadows of my skinthe tender spots that… Continue reading Poem 204 – What She’s Doing To Me
VANESSA SHIELDS 