Morning Swim, Nakedafter "I was thinking how it all hits different now, but also how lucky I am that I’ve lived so long…" from Transactions with Beauty by Shawna Lemay, ‘I’m Just A Soul’, post July 12 I give in easilyafter hauling the garbage bins back to the side of the houseswatting flies and smelling… Continue reading POEM A DAY – July 14 & FIRST HEART TOUR STOP IN SARNIA!
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POEM A DAY – June 27
Insatiable I’m am albatross wingsenergy-harnessing in the kitchenextracting thousands of calories for my upcoming blood-lettingmy hunger insatiable, my tongueoscillating between bites: pasta avocado, apple, chips, cheesesugar starch protein—the gangsare snapping and strutting in cupboards and on stovetopsI can’t stop eating and it’s notfor boredom or even craving it’s for my ravenous desire to soarto fill… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 27
Poem 60 – Residue
Residue Oscar barkedand barked and barkedso that at 2:22amI was up cursing as Ilet him outside The night was sliced I curled up bed waitingfor him to summon me againhe did I let him in thenknelt before himhis mid-night servantcleaning his pawsdirty with the sandystardust in the yard Back in bed slightly deliriousgrit between my… Continue reading Poem 60 – Residue
VANESSA SHIELDS 