(perimenopausal) summertime sadness it’s not fair because i don’t want to feel sad, to feel my muscles putty and my bones sigh as I trudge through grocery store aisles reeling at outrageous prices and doing bad math in my brain between the chunks of sadness that are sad to be spending money that are sad… Continue reading POEM A DAY – July 13
POEM A DAY – July 12
when poets sing at Ann’s dining room table chakras align electricvoices lift wounds to laughterblack stones dazzle pink
POEM A DAY – JULY 11
fresh peppers & lavender first I pick the peppersbend & snap the greengoblets off the prickly stem the puppy is mouthingthe yellow peppersspicy nibbled danger sticks strewn on the deckI gather a small abundancefor dinner, veggies & dip the lavender beckonstall-ing towers of sprigscent-sations, I tear a few leaves with my fingersthen palm them &… Continue reading POEM A DAY – JULY 11
VANESSA SHIELDS 