Ode the Strapless Dress Every woman should own a strapless dressHer shoulders deserve, what with the weightOf the world on them, don’t you think they Would enjoy a naked day? Every woman should feel the wind on herNaked skin, her hair moving like soft kissesOn her spine, chills flexing, ecstatic. Don’t You think your clavicle would love… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 4
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POEM A DAY – April 3
wearing a dress on a spring morning green with white flowersballoon sleevesleft slit thigh-high calves and toeswinter hairywedding bandsmagnet ringbeaded necklacefeather earringsfrom auntie M wind whips close eyeshead backarms wideheart open secure themessagein skin here nowgust-ed and these...everywhere. Beauty, beauty, beauty!
Poem 272 – Dress
Dress I fall asleep thinking about what to wearconsider the weather the hair on my legsthe size of my belly the polish on my toes – peeling In my dreams I’m in space with Jake Gyllenhaal& none of these things matter when our spacecar explodes I wake by the phone clock chime – startledachy a… Continue reading Poem 272 – Dress
VANESSA SHIELDS 