Maps II here’s how I map my relationship with fear:relax my bones, let them float like lily pads in the ponds of my passionbe still so I can feel the zing, the subsequent spasm of bowel believingit needs to panic, because every part of my body is alive with a desireto believe, because every location… Continue reading POEM A DAY – AUGUST 7
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POEM A DAY – August 2
as I lifted my nose into a gust of wind I was thinkingthat if we couldjust lift the thing just lift if abovethe bodylet it hover show its flightshow its fightshow its might that we’d alljust be nakedand wouldn’t that be okay?for like, a briefmoment? if we could just bebags of boneswith a luscious brain,… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 2
POEM A DAY – July 30
this sacred unmaking knowing that there are limited moons left to pass through my womb, knowing there are limited lives gripping my ovaries, knowing there are limited deep-dark streaks on my underpants, knowing there are limited cottons to soak my mean reds, knowing that the sacred unmaking of this body from maker to mother to… Continue reading POEM A DAY – July 30
VANESSA SHIELDS 