Watching The Family Stone Each Holiday Season The ceremonial necessities are as follows:Polka-dot pajamasFuzzy slippersHot popcornSteaming teaTissue The candles must be lit & flames at attentionThe others must be asleep & stepping into dreamlandThe dogs must be snuggled on the sofa, bum-to-bum Starting the film opens the gatesI am the kitchen the food the clothing… Continue reading Poem 350 – Watching The Family Stone Each Holiday Season
Poem 349 – #everyonecanpoem & YIN writing link
everyonecanpoem #everyonecanpoem For Natalie Gather all ye literary citizens!Take up your pens & slice intothe grace of glorious ambiguity With a bit of death clinging toour skins the poem livesto genuflect before us or toggleoff our backs or lick our lipsor yell vagina from mountainswe write into Being – preciouswith our being All hail the… Continue reading Poem 349 – #everyonecanpoem & YIN writing link
Poem 348 – Moonbeam & Link to Zoom
Moonbeam “…how do you hold a moonbeam in your hand…” How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria, The Sound of Music film, 1965 oh! it is here surprising in its sob-studded presence! the hole I’ve been so strongly filling in with the Everythings of Liferevealed like ten dervishes whirling it open – the space… Continue reading Poem 348 – Moonbeam & Link to Zoom
Poem 347 – Haiku for Wrapping & Reading on Wed!
Haiku for gift wrapping folding over loveinto your heart for tearingperfect like birth light Zoom Reading w/ Natalie Meisner this Wednesday! Do join myself and playwright, poet, mega-writer Natalie Meisner as we're welcomed into the By the River Reading Series 2021! This Windsor-based reading series is the only of its kind in our humble rose… Continue reading Poem 347 – Haiku for Wrapping & Reading on Wed!
VANESSA SHIELDS 