One year ago as I slept,you slippedyour sun-fire soulinto Dolomite mountainheaven – since thenI’ve been climbing outof loss, my fingers bloodiedwith poetry tethered to the stardust your laughter left behind. You swoop in on the lip-red wings of a cardinal or poke the wind in the miraculous bodyof a dragonfly. Earlier this week,you got tangled in a spider… Continue reading Poem 176 – One Year Ago
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Poem 129 – in every woman, a mother
in every woman, a mother a woman lovesimmaculateher womb holds lifeconceived in the gloriesof generations pastin unity with her ownextraordinary magic beyond the woundsfrom yesterday’s villainsa woman leaps – flailing gracefullyinto the open mouthof labour’s bulging face she chooses birthon the sun-lifted dawnof each fresh daybelly hard withhope or human or both a woman is… Continue reading Poem 129 – in every woman, a mother
Poem 9: Orbit
Orbit for Miller There is noseparationbetweena sun and her rays I orbit the planet familyfour humans two caninesfood shelter waterbooks film art When I wrap myselfaround her shiningtickle her wristsmell her skinI tell herI hope big love greetsyou every morningIt will she says it will In this orbitI am curled indevotedsmallyet each breath inis a… Continue reading Poem 9: Orbit
A Letter To Mitch Albom
Dear Mitch, Did Chika love dogs? I just finished reading ‘Finding Chika’. I’m sitting on my sofa in our living room. The Christmas tree is still up, the lights twinkling. Tears stream down my face. At Lesson Six, one of our dogs, a red golden retriever named Pages, who was laying on the sofa across… Continue reading A Letter To Mitch Albom
VANESSA SHIELDS 