The Weight On My Heart Today four years ago todayI was poem-high, love-beathaving spent the day (andthe day before) writingpoetry on demand atart in the park. it wasone of the best days.one of my best days.I was filled with exultationlaughter, awe at thesize of it all: the peoplethe sales, the volunteersthe smiles, the magic inthe… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 7
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POEM A DAY – May 31
Blue Moon witches are everywhere:smokin’ smart in the inky pages of the books I’m readingthe woman who saved a wounded crow who keeps receiving gifts from other birdsneruda and his everlasting love poemsC listens with her stomachM mails epistolary boundaries the second full moon on this, my birth month, and the word-earth witch zinging in… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 31
POEM A DAY – May 30
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
VANESSA SHIELDS 