Four Nights in a Row the face – precise in its emotional arrangementsthe voice – magician’s daggers aimed at my weaknesssuch vivid torments alive with bloated scenarios that weightmy ankles like chained cement though not to drown but to chokeon the poison of unanswered whys – one never really leaves when blood is involved YIN… Continue reading Poem 307 – Four Nights in a Row & Yin Writing Link
Poem 306 – Monostich/Monoku – for dorothy
monostich/monoku - for dorothy Meanings in pencil can’t be erased My spine curves toward your wounds Your ideas bend my soul to new light In your laughter, a garden of joy seeds You’ve taken it without permission – give me my breath back "A lot has been said, and will continue to be said about… Continue reading Poem 306 – Monostich/Monoku – for dorothy
Poem 305 – Veil & NaNoWriMo Starts Today!
VeilOn All Souls Day The veil is thina silk sifter between parallel planesbut I don’t see you I want to, dad, to hold your handlike I never did when your body was near me I want to, Nonna, to walk beside you on the mountain toplike I never did when your body was near me… Continue reading Poem 305 – Veil & NaNoWriMo Starts Today!
Poem 304 – Ghosts
Ghosts “Ghosts, to make themselves manifest, require two conditions abhorrent to the modern mind: silence and continuity,” Edith Wharton (from her book, Ghosts) Funnily enough, just yesterday I was discussing the necessity of silence – especially in nature. The need to close the human mouth & pause its outflow under a canopy of trees, for… Continue reading Poem 304 – Ghosts
VANESSA SHIELDS 