The Call Sheet Says I’m ‘Head Wrangler’ & it’s more true than any descriptionfor poet I’ve heard in years, especiallywhen this morning I was stationedunder the most whimsical, magicalwillow tree & she wooed me to hertendrils & made me touch one &I literally giggled & my head wrangledall these words into a poem Our whimsical,… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 25
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POEM A DAY – May 4
Last night we watched the film Blue Moon starring Ethan Hawke, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Scott and Margret Qually, directed by Richard Linklater, written by Robert Kaplow based on letters between Lorenza Hart and Elizabeth Weiland. Today's poem is inspired by the film! Also, *there's blue moon this month*! That means, it's the second full moon… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 4
POEM A DAY – February 18
Two Nights in Ottawa 1.I went alone to an old film theatre.It was on a slight hill, marquis shininglike a goddess. I can’t remember whatfilm I watched, but I remember feelingthe post-movie joyful bloat in my belly:popcorn, soda, sugar zinging in waves,the knowing of loving art deeply. I hadto walk back to my sister’s apartment.I… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 18
VANESSA SHIELDS 