seeing before my mother named the diseaseit appeared in thick black letters betweenmy skull bone & my forehead skin there like a stamp revealedthere between my two eyes –another seeing I felt frightened but also surequietly sure then in the car a light caught my eyeit was the fat moon watching mea smirk lifting her… Continue reading Poem 325 – seeing
Poem 324 – Hair
Hair why am I letting it grow?watching in frustrated disdain as it pushesslower than a wounded snail out my pink scalpa mash of greys whites blackslike salt & pepper got in a fight & then gave upwalked away – tired & bored why am I letting it grow?a test of patience & will& that amazing… Continue reading Poem 324 – Hair
Poem 322 – Ocean, for Lisa
Ocean, For Lisa words float between usbecause we are an ocean of listening between us an ocean openswe float on the words love & kindness because they are rafts of sanctuarywhen the ocean swells like our eyes with tears & we frighten a bit when the lid on the sugar bowlshifts – the listening touches… Continue reading Poem 322 – Ocean, for Lisa
Poem 322 – Three Sakes
Three Sakes 1I could take you to the very place but I won’tit is thick here, heavy-curtained by blush insulationI pull my palms down them, needing the sensationof shard sharpness to burrow into my palmsprickling pain keeping me in my body 2This person – a veilthin, mildly see-throughw/ short skinny limbs like half-breathed thoughtsdishevelled hair… Continue reading Poem 322 – Three Sakes
VANESSA SHIELDS 