Love Poem for the Husband Away standing in the bathroom this morninga knowing towels over my naked body:he is coming home it is the only way my body movesthrough the doings without his body in reachhe is coming home I exhale the violent worries of his demisethe thoughts that keep my guts toiledhe is coming… Continue reading POEM A DAY – March 17
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POEM A DAY – January 31
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
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
VANESSA SHIELDS 