Storm many changes took place todaynot the least of which was beinghome alone during a tornadowarning. I was afraid. my familysplit like a tree trunk, spread outacross the city, minutes or hoursaway. I took the dogs to thebasement, long-lasting candlesa flashlight, a book, a laptopa journal, a pen. the powerstayed on. the storm bruisedover us.… Continue reading POEM A DAY – September 3
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POEM A DAY – August 20
she tells me to say out loud: I’m not enough, and I don’t want to say it, but I do and then… Energy for self-loveNegotiations isOngoing. This perplexity ofUndulating fearGeneration can stop now.How about that?
POEM A DAY – AUGUST 7
Maps II here’s how I map my relationship with fear:relax my bones, let them float like lily pads in the ponds of my passionbe still so I can feel the zing, the subsequent spasm of bowel believingit needs to panic, because every part of my body is alive with a desireto believe, because every location… Continue reading POEM A DAY – AUGUST 7
VANESSA SHIELDS 