Do you know how many socks I walk by? There’s one in the hallwayhalf-full of someone’s ghost footcurled in an awkward twist against the air return grate. Another, thinned from beinggripped and stretched between the dog’s teeth, lays like a jazzsinger over a piano, except the piano in this case is a dog bonepurple and orange, seconded constantly by… Continue reading Do You Know How Many Socks?
An Order of Things
Physical attention – yoga, stretching, cardio.Write one poem a day. Share it on this blog. Breathe. Keep breathing.Surrender. Trust.Let go.Give love. Give so.much.love. January 1, 2021 This new year doesn't feel new. Doesn't feel different than yesterday or the day before. Doesn't feel like a cooper's hawk has taken flight and is pulling away in… Continue reading An Order of Things
Solstice Poem
the constant dazzle of stars reminds us how to honour – the black sky the patient moon the gathering of light so it can restthe day with the shortest light is the day with the thickest hopeas we fold into the knowing of the nightchristmas can be found in every evening's arch toward morning's neck… Continue reading Solstice Poem
VANESSA SHIELDS 