Tornado Warning that thunder last night.that ceaseless lightening.3 am and the pup and I jolted, held each otherscared. I was scared.fears of my youth risinglike steam under my skin.that grating phone alarm: Warning! Take cover! and the opening scenefrom Twister blowsacross my mind, a fathersucked into the stomachof the spinning beast. I remember being hauledby frazzled teachers down marble… Continue reading POEM A DAY – April 15
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POEM A DAY – March 4
*Gentle Warning:There is an expletive in this poem. Its contents describe a panic attack. panikattack in Ikea. my body undoing in the doing of buying, in the doing of being daughter-side, too many people, too many things, too much ‘this is how to live in spaces with things’, the lights daggering, my eyes double-visioning, lost… Continue reading POEM A DAY – March 4
Poem 97 – We are
We are Changes comes in swift punches & the kids, well, the kids are still learning how to swivel & duck & exhale. I heard ‘We are the world’ on the radio this morning & I remembered watching the crowd of singers wailing it live in an effort to raise money for starving kids in… Continue reading Poem 97 – We are
Oh, the Voices.
I had to (wanted to) write a short review/commentary on a friend's poetry book. This is what happened in my head when I knew it was time to get to writing it. ME I have to write that review, you guys. VOICE 1 Not now. You have to do the dishes, change the laundry, sweep… Continue reading Oh, the Voices.
VANESSA SHIELDS 