I had a vivid dream...and it slathered me in melancholy...tried to release it into a poem. I think it was motivated by all the erotic writing I've been reading as we prep for our upcoming writing retreat...I am alchemically affected by all the...tension and mystery and mischief and pleasure. And the thrill of the haibun… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 31
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POEM A DAY – January 26
Blinds In my dream this morning in the four o’clock stomach: a toddler, blonde haired, blue-eyed, wore a dress with a hem with a frothy white circumference, in a house filled with rooms half-furnished, blinds mostly closed, and the one I tried to open wanted to fight, the pull strings and the long plastic twisty… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 26
Poem 357 – A Love Poem
A Love Poem I wrapped up love in letters, connected into words I could hear in my head as I wrote, the sing-song of greetings on a paper wishwind, the Santa stickers, the address label, the Buffy Sainte-Marie stamp. I wrapped up love in ink-girdled joy, magical & traveling to arrive at your door, to… Continue reading Poem 357 – A Love Poem
Poem 154 – Through This & The Joy of Editing TONIGHT!
Through this my heart is this:tectonic to yoursthe swollen pressureof loving youreturned in this lifetimeoh how ancient our desirehow thorough our devotionthis know: constant storms ofblissful starlight spreading heat on this morning’s tentative turn from the darkI hold you through the shift in timerepeat my promises in whispered hymnsremind us that each time we quake… Continue reading Poem 154 – Through This & The Joy of Editing TONIGHT!
VANESSA SHIELDS 