This Kind of Love loving my children is an internal violence.a persistent, profound murderingof all that is not soul-light.my blood moves in sacrificial screamsreleasing the worsts of my fears into thenavy-night skies that yearn for mymy obsessive worry-pain. the stars arethirsty for the slick wound that is forevermourning the loss of these lives from my… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 26
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POEM A DAY – June 25
Dear Marys Nonna’s been in her heaven for six years.Have you met her? She too is a Mary…Maria. Has she sewn you a dress or poured you a glassof dry red wine? Has she cooked you rabbit stew and polenta—spread the golden meal on a thickwooden board like art? Have you tasted her sugo? Has… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 25
POEM A DAY – June 15 (third time’s a charm?!)
I don't know what was happening with the other posts! The image of the poem with the photo keeps cutting out. Last try. I promise! Grad Days On the bed, I gather my daughter under my armI open to the journal entry I wrote about finishing high schoolShe reads it out loud, stumbling on my… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 15 (third time’s a charm?!)
VANESSA SHIELDS 