Closet The doorless shared bedroom at the evil step-dad’s house had a long, wide closet. I went into it like it was my private apartment. A carpeted, one-room sanctuary, clothes-roofed, shoes pushed aside like bricks. I hauled in chapter books, markers, crayons, stickers, Hilroys in soft hued-yellows, blues. The pillow, heart-cased, from my top-bunk bed,… Continue reading POEM A DAY – July 18
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POEM A DAY – July 14 & FIRST HEART TOUR STOP IN SARNIA!
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!
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
VANESSA SHIELDS 