My Little Pony Lunchbox We walked seven blocks to and from the saint schoola ragtag bunch of kids with shoelaces around our scrawny neckskeys to adulthood cold-metalled over our banging hearts.On the walk home we were leisurely, the only thingwaiting for us in our rentals was a ghost-note overTupperwared meals from a single-parent or maybea… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 22
POEM A DAY – January 21
On the Path of Whimsy and GraceFor M M hiked the path of whimsywell, her tongue didplosiving and fricativing and gliding(the statement was heartfelt and wildwoman)her mouth opened wide enough to fit a foot then someone called her weirdoanother tongue, but lashingM semi-deflated like a cornered-balloonforgotten in a dining roombut M, o M, spit out… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 21
POEM A DAY – January 20
Language Arts IV: How Do You Say Poem? How Do You Say Poem? K says poem like po-yemI’ve heard poem like foam or home or loamSometimes it’s slam like jam or ma’amIt could be limerick or keen(ah) or lamentE says it slant I say poem like here or soul or thisLike fear or joy or… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 20
VANESSA SHIELDS 