Kempe: Creature She names herselfCreature: this creature thisthis creature thatand the Lord visited this creatureand this creature keenly weptand this creature extravagantly sobbed* These are this creature’s words in the bestway she can offer them as this creatureis a woman forbidden to read and writein her time She names herselfCreature: What’s in a name?a world… Continue reading Poem 243 – Kempe: Creature
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Poem 204 – What She’s Doing To Me
What She's Doing To Me “I know the days are offering me only murder for my future.” pg. 5, By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart She comes at me in a flurry of assaulting adjectivesShe whips adverbs like wet switches on the shadows of my skinthe tender spots that… Continue reading Poem 204 – What She’s Doing To Me
Poem 110 – Daisy Duplex
Daisy DuplexA poem about the daisy for Miller Bellis perennis daes eageDay’s eye daisy dawn’s blinking blossom Daisy dawn’s blossom blinksPlinked from the field for fortune Fortune’s field her petals pulledBy fingers in need of divinity Fingers need divine guidanceLove or not love petals proclaim Proclamations of love torturousDeath to the daisy that divines The… Continue reading Poem 110 – Daisy Duplex
Let’s Start With the Good
Good beautiful sunset evening, friends. I've got tears crawling up my throat, so I'm gonna start with some things that are motivating the happy tears... An Interview With Me from my good friends at Black Moss Press! It's #NationalPoetryMonth and so many folks are doing incredible things with poetry - from live-streaming poems on demand… Continue reading Let’s Start With the Good
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 