Watching My True Love Living His Dream Heat reds my cheeks as I stand off-side, hiding behind a fence of men in black t-shirts awaiting the director’s attention. The director. The man I love. The man I’ve loved for lifetimes. He sits, relaxed, in a wooden chair at a table in the cafe set like… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 17
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POEM A DAY – August 16
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
POEM A DAY – August 11
inside my solitude an aspen forestleaves shimmeringin a wise wind. alake, clear, crispwater that delightsmy skin to gratitude.cicada’s songsweaving the tapestryof a new dream thatdoesn’t fear time orloss or pain. a pinkball sun. a cloud-clothed moon. mytrue love. our children.our dogs. our eternity. inside my solitude:haloed hope.
VANESSA SHIELDS 