September 6 Closure Freedom … during the interviewas the wordsflew out of mymouth likestarling miraclesthat waning shadowof self-doubt liftedits veil beauty insky sanctuary salvationand my heartfluttered anewexpanding beyondthe necessary traumadarkness arts proclaim September 7 to my mother on her 70th birthday I will hold your hand on the crone pathhold your heart into love’s extraordinary… Continue reading POEM A DAY – Sept. 6 & 7
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POEM A DAY – Sept. 4 & 5 & Interview Event Tomorrow!
September 4 Reading Instead of WritingAfter Doris Lessing’s The Summer Before The Dark the woman in the book galavants in Spain with her lovershe ponders the seascapedrinks bitter coffee touches her manicuredfingertips to her bottom lip everything is sensationalyet inside, she tumultsher son’s voice, wickedslithers the snake of darknessher mother-skin half-shedshe dreams of a lost seal the… Continue reading POEM A DAY – Sept. 4 & 5 & Interview Event Tomorrow!
POEM A DAY – August 17
Watching My True Love Living His Dream Heat reds my cheeks as I stand off-side, hiding behind a fence of men in black t-shirts awaiting the director’s attention. The director. The man I love. The man I’ve loved for lifetimes. He sits, relaxed, in a wooden chair at a table in the cafe set like… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 17
VANESSA SHIELDS 