Good dirt under my fingernails like waxing-moon eyeliner, in my nose like pepper flakes noir, between my breasts like pesto on plump bread, on my skin caught in sweaty sunscreen like bedazzle…this summer day in the yard yanking and raking and pulling and pushing and mowing and picking and scrubbing and hanging…and now there is… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 30
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Poem 234 – Bred Bounty
Bred bounty when the bounty comes from the earthyou plant it in, you can taste the difference the slick of salt slipped off your browelevates the lettuce leaf the oil on your palm rubbed on the unripe tomato hippushes it to blush red the green pepper cucumberstrawberry & onion can feel your tender gaze &… Continue reading Poem 234 – Bred Bounty
VANESSA SHIELDS 