Chicane charlemagne (nope)pontchartrain (nope)chilblain (nope) all day I’ve beensearching for theword–slippery serpentinebrain-barrierzooming pastmy mouth likea ferrari…eventhough it’s supposedto force a slow-down it’s like chagrin:Cha- as in chargeCHA-grin (like smilenot- grinelike serpentine) orSha- as in shareSHA-grin (like smile)I’ve heard it both waysthese words are sillymake my barin mushy (did you see whathappened up there?I’m leaving it.)(much… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 6
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Poem 228 – Spool
Spool cursive sentencesconnected by sighswhen pulled & stretchedcould roll into the world’slargest spool –worry-wood wrappedin the thread of my living I miss her such a collision of soundsthese letters of undoingspell my story of stitcheshemming edges thatdesire an end beyondthis body
Poem 186 – How it happens
How it happens Words wing.Soar in my mind on gusts of worry or joy,swoop like precision kestrels into the shadowy depths of my knowingyet even with my intuition firmly in flight, I slip into a sliver of eyeinside the tornado of love & I fall – The yang of departure like clear blue sky, comforting… Continue reading Poem 186 – How it happens
VANESSA SHIELDS 