the red thing the blue jays are screaming as if they are the voice of the red thing caged inside my ribsthe red thing battling through another rejection the red thingunstoppably impossibly doingthe job of keeping me alivewithout my permission, reallyI didn’t choose this red thingthe way it ambitions the wayit pursues the way it mattersbeyond its prison… Continue reading POEM A DAY – April 14
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POEM A DAY – April 11
Nature’s Morning Lesson With The Dog there’s a hard line in the back yarddefining shadow light the dog has no idea her goldenbody stands in both perfectly equalled
POEM A DAY – April 10
Bench I was in my car waiting in a line of pouting vehicleson Tecumseh Road East. It was hot. My windowswere open. I looked to my right and on a concretebench, the kind with a large ad on the backrest(real estate? a woman’s head, text, a phone number)Two teens, kissing. Like, making out. Mouths open,… Continue reading POEM A DAY – April 10
POEM A DAY – April 2
Today's piece is long....after a long journal about the pink full moon and an oracle card pull and fours hours of sleep in a row (!) and a watching the Artemis II blast off into space. This is all real. Miraculous Medal“Those are the graces for which people forget to ask”…said Mary (Mother of Jesus)… Continue reading POEM A DAY – April 2
VANESSA SHIELDS 