Dropping Miracles as waves of purple rivered my mindI discovered that my role in the skywas not to hover nor witness but todrop miracles grasping them from the milky waysevering them from my heart chambers(I also discovered I had a surplus within)drop miracles into bodies below me collected in thehospital, bodies needing a miracle todie,… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 16
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POEM A DAY – August 3
Keeping busyFor M to skirt the mind’s madness, to suit-up against the heart’s desire to think about what’s missing because everywhere you look, it’s possible that all you see is lack, loss, lustre-listless. ennui sounds delightful on the tongue but weighs the muscles like acid, lactic lackadaisical. listen to love songs to lavish the lashes,… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 3
POEM A DAY – July 24
Stir when I was in the pool, breaststroking in circles, i stirred up the algae, lifted the soft green tinge with my arms, my legs, made a clear centre that I saw only when I stopped stirring, got out, looked at the whole of the body… guilt lacks true rootsuses sunlight, oxygenmy heart, to grow
VANESSA SHIELDS 