Strange Fruit cue hatecue trumpet lickcue Shipp and Smithcue piano poundcue photographcue trembling mouthcue protest poemcue guttural voice cue muse moving in music dripping blood-stained past raging in the now of what will always mattercue reaching for ghosts in the windcue digging in dirt naked hands joined to make a sacred shovelcue poplarcue magnoliacue crowcue… Continue reading Poem 31 – Strange Fruit
Poem 30 – Important Questions I
Important Questions I Can you get me a towel?Where are you going? When will you be back?Can you make dinner?Is there chocolate cake?What is your biggest fear?What are the test results?Do you have any allergies?Is this your first time?What is your name?Do you have a condom?Where did you get your mask?Have you been there before?What time… Continue reading Poem 30 – Important Questions I
Poem 29 – Golden
Golden friday morning s l i d einto the wet mouth of trumpet jazzclose my eyesblow a kiss to the smooth blue skynod to the sun shining her golden best feel my heart D R I Pto my hipfor today’sride
VANESSA SHIELDS 