Yes, it is trueInspired by Doris Lessing’s The Summer Before the Dark that as the woman stood in her kitchentossing roasted nuts in twos into her mouthchewing, tasting, hungry for meatshe regarded the treetops in the neighbour’syard and discovered that part of her was therehovering a few inches above a ground shecouldn’t see, feeling differently… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 14
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POEM A DAY – June 5
dear future I’m glad we are friends.I understand your desireto lure me closer, to devour my attention, to mischief-winkat my foolish belief that one daywe could actually touch. It’s okay. There are other ways to share intimacy, like when I write a commitment, in pen on the pages of my date book.I feel you then, tugging at… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 5
POEM A DAY – May 16
Future Poem (Or How I’ll Feel When I Get To The Beach) I’m on the beachLake Huron before me– a home for my dangerous thoughtsmy mermaid tendencies& my dreams that need privacy
VANESSA SHIELDS 