Eight Ball on a whimI palm the magiceight ballask: will I everget an agent? the rush of hot hopethe tightening of desperationmakes my torso smaller blue bubbled liquidreveals the whitepyramid of magicin the smallwindow ofthe ball’s belly: FOCUS & ASK AGAIN
Poem 224 – Paradox Haiku
Paradox Haiku (for M) Asleep and awakeI’m straddling paradoxReaching for Moon’s smile
Poem 223 – Remember What You Did
Remember What You Did Remember when you did that? When you bought a one-way ticketto fly out west by yourself?Remember stuffing your green backpack so full the seams whimpered?Remember all the aloneness? How youleaned into it? How it lifted the weightof the planet off your shoulders as theplane soared over the rockies? Remember how you needed to golike… Continue reading Poem 223 – Remember What You Did
VANESSA SHIELDS 