Putting the Poems Back In My Body the poems came from my body thenmused, marinated, mounted on the page organized, revised, revived and designedcaressed by confidence, pressed, printed the poems immigrated to the bookcontained on silky pages, embraced by glossy covers and now I need them back in my bodythe task is to read, reassure,… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 17
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POEM A DAY – May 21
Consecration I declare aloud with harried breath & stuttering heart my gratitude forthe angels/spirits/ancestors who protected me home yesterday as I sped on the expressway expressing panic & urine, unable to seeto inhale, to exhale without electric friction, without head-full prayingto arrive alive, the fear was real, I did not want to die & I didn’t. I… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 21
POEM A DAY – March 18
womb thrumming in the darkness of excitementthat dread-heavy tightening between shame and ecstasyfrenetic fertility flight – light lashing waves of affirmative action, the body astral in pleasure’s mouth. A single eggslow, bloated yet bellicose, bellyclose, a final miracle in maybe-ed movement, will drop into oblivion, living lastly in the reds of moonsong, soaked or wiped, flushedaway in gratitude,… Continue reading POEM A DAY – March 18
VANESSA SHIELDS 