The way she looked at me For N. into me, the way she read the words out loud, a few at a time, held them in her mouth, tastebuds shocking, savouring then swallowing the meanings, her blue aventurine eyes pushing brilliance, bridging us in a spectral hue of heaving hearts…I mean, my heart was heaving,… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 5
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Poem 253 – In the Park
In the park The smiling stroll upThe join meThe this is a lovely surprise!The two-sentence catch-upThe seeds of loaded questionsThe forest of answersThe skin raised in connectionThe golden silenceThe eyes welled with tearsThe raw emotionThe divine understandingThe gift givingThe energy exchangeThe truth in see you again
Poem 248 – Write a poem about friendship, she says
Write a poem about friendship, she says I kiss her forehead then her cheekHer skin is so soft my lips confuse it with heavenHer eyelids hold the red of recent tears Friendship brings waters of one-ness to tsunamiIt is a wild natural phenomenon that hurtsproportionately to its healing It is a labyrinth of discoverytwisted with… Continue reading Poem 248 – Write a poem about friendship, she says
VANESSA SHIELDS 