Dear Marys Nonna’s been in her heaven for six years.Have you met her? She too is a Mary…Maria. Has she sewn you a dress or poured you a glassof dry red wine? Has she cooked you rabbit stew and polenta—spread the golden meal on a thickwooden board like art? Have you tasted her sugo? Has… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 25
POEM A DAY – June 24
Today I Wear A Neon Yellow Shirt …because I like the brilliance it emits because it’s inspiration for my thoughts because when I washed my hands in the Burger King bathroom the soap smelled like the daycare I attended when I was two and three and I closed my eyes an inhaled deeply nostalgia tugging… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 24
POEM A DAY – June 23
End of the day Haiku for my Lover wrinkles in the timeof your face: feed you sweetsswallow your joy
VANESSA SHIELDS 