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
Poem 203 – To Trains & First Impressions Event Tonight
To trains to trainsto moving mysteries that roamwhilst roamingto blurry scenery & the romanceof not knowing the nexttongue you’ll tasteto old fantasies that fattenlike scar tissueto blank pages & pink inkblending into poetryto the country of skyyou hold up each dayto evening thunderstormsthat surprise & scare to breaking & breathingto sobbing & sleepingto wild nights… Continue reading Poem 203 – To Trains & First Impressions Event Tonight
VANESSA SHIELDS 