On the Path of Whimsy and GraceFor M M hiked the path of whimsywell, her tongue didplosiving and fricativing and gliding(the statement was heartfelt and wildwoman)her mouth opened wide enough to fit a foot then someone called her weirdoanother tongue, but lashingM semi-deflated like a cornered-balloonforgotten in a dining roombut M, o M, spit out… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 21
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Poem 223 – Remember What You Did
Remember What You Did Remember when you did that? When you bought a one-way ticketto fly out west by yourself?Remember stuffing your green backpack so full the seams whimpered?Remember all the aloneness? How youleaned into it? How it lifted the weightof the planet off your shoulders as theplane soared over the rockies? Remember how you needed to golike… Continue reading Poem 223 – Remember What You Did
VANESSA SHIELDS 