Two Book Launches, a class, a workshop and an interview! Hello friends! It's been a few days since my last post...took a little break to rest and reflect and to begin getting back into things that the dragging-on-of-winter was making difficult! But I'm feeling good in body, mind and spirit. The warm temperatures, chatty birds,… Continue reading A Week of Literary Bliss!
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Intimacy #NPM22 & Menard & Carter Part II
#NPM22 Intimacy Poem A Day The Intimacy of Asparagus …the slight bitter of yourgreen tree-trunk body… …soaked in golden butter &nestled among plump riceszechuan brown syrup –the heat of hunger & devouring… …you greet me laterin streams of releasephallic phantompungently preachinga gospel of remembering… Guest Post Interviews - Part II - With Christopher Lawrence Menard… Continue reading Intimacy #NPM22 & Menard & Carter Part II
Poem 264 – The THIS of it
The THIS of It - for Nic the vastnesses of exchangethat ventilate – the sliced open hole in the bleeding trachea of life the THIS beyond the language that gives it life in the deep deepnesses of nowthat suture this love on your everything. THIS. your story shared [THIS] your naked ode [THIS] here in… Continue reading Poem 264 – The THIS of it
Poem 139 – occupation
occupation it is migratorythe curiositytucking under a lymph nodecamping in a shoulder bladeclimbing a femurbut when it unpacksright down to its delicateswrites a rent chequebuys groceriesit removes its skin & shows itstrue self: sadness with bulging eyes for weepinghands oversized like porcelain pasta bowlsfilled with unanswered questionshow did this happen?how long will it last? do you… Continue reading Poem 139 – occupation
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 