Sunday Morning back at the dining room tablecooling coffeecoffee breath thickfour pensthree journalstwo markershand-written poemson pretty pink paperthe tops ragged fromtearing them off the padoverflowing bread basketrecycled paper napkinstoo many to fit in the holderso they topple under thelaptop cord & virtual schoolprint-outs the napkin holderholding up Miller’s cell phonethe Mega To Do Listthis poem… Continue reading Poem 115 – Sunday Morning
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Poem 110 – Daisy Duplex
Daisy DuplexA poem about the daisy for Miller Bellis perennis daes eageDay’s eye daisy dawn’s blinking blossom Daisy dawn’s blossom blinksPlinked from the field for fortune Fortune’s field her petals pulledBy fingers in need of divinity Fingers need divine guidanceLove or not love petals proclaim Proclamations of love torturousDeath to the daisy that divines The… Continue reading Poem 110 – Daisy Duplex
Poem 81 – That Feeling When You Did It
That feeling when YOU.DID.IT! when the notes in your blood sing a symphony of synergywhen the muscles in your heart tighten & expand jello-ingthe walls of the chambers of your love & you shudder & crybut you’ve never felt more alivewhen your voice is a forest of redwood conviction & confidenceeven as doubt & worry… Continue reading Poem 81 – That Feeling When You Did It
Poem 79 – Equinox Scream & Book Launches
Equinox Scream a pair of Canada geeserush on the supple wind their wings in unisonsoar them forward strong black necks likeexclamation marks over an azure page –a day in the mighty book of living today’s language is flightconfidently destined to lift the frosted veil of winter in beaks and claws place it gently lovinglyon shoulders jagged… Continue reading Poem 79 – Equinox Scream & Book Launches
VANESSA SHIELDS 