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
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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.
POEM A DAY – August 4
affair the way the air this earlymorning smelled like the sunlifted it off her shoulder& blew me a kiss:night-crushed earthon her tonguelike she nibbleda piece of darknessjust for meI love her& sheknowsit
VANESSA SHIELDS 