Blue Moon witches are everywhere:smokin’ smart in the inky pages of the books I’m readingthe woman who saved a wounded crow who keeps receiving gifts from other birdsneruda and his everlasting love poemsC listens with her stomachM mails epistolary boundaries the second full moon on this, my birth month, and the word-earth witch zinging in… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 31
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Poem 358 – Mary
Mary I am with Mary tonightby her side as she heavesbetween prayers in a barnwarmed by animal breath& starfire landing inher matted hair I watch as Josef wipessweat from her browrubs her backlets her squeeze hishand to bone-crush The silence in thehay-heavy space is biblicalwe all know who is comingthe mice the sheep the cowthe… Continue reading Poem 358 – Mary
Poem 327 – First Kiss
First kiss it is all frayed nerves & flapping overwhelmit is all electric fear & limb zapsit is all blood & gore & rips & rageit is the thing beyond a labour of utter ugly love it is not snot-heavy on a freezing evening in a dirty alleyit is not horny-hearted on a dance floor… Continue reading Poem 327 – First Kiss
VANESSA SHIELDS 