Haibun for the Eve Before the First Day of School It is the evening before the first day of schoolone of many firsts that will linger in our storybooksand simon & garfunkelserenade the bivouac of butterflies in my bellymigrating the stunning history of music through me – This bridge over troubled water is rickety and… Continue reading Poem 249 – Haibun for the Eve Before the First Day of School
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Poem 214 – Seized, a haibun
Seized, a haibun The used IBM typewriter sat likea black jagged hill of possibilitieson the coffee table My fingertips tingled just being near itthe deep scent of dust & technologyhung around it like a halo I leaned down & gently pressedmy pointer finger onto the ‘I’ Nothing happened exceptimmoveable denial which issomething “It seized,” he… Continue reading Poem 214 – Seized, a haibun
Poem 159 – restructuring haibun
Restructuring haibun this body needs an internal restructuring of language its cacophony of voicesbounces off bonescascades down cellsacts like a bunch of bumptious bratsat a bedtime they deny how proudly pugnaciouseven their malicious ponderingsoh, if only I knew how to sift thempowder them blow them away in oneharrowing howl –worth the affliction of this kind of release… Continue reading Poem 159 – restructuring haibun
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 