The way she looked at me For N. into me, the way she read the words out loud, a few at a time, held them in her mouth, tastebuds shocking, savouring then swallowing the meanings, her blue aventurine eyes pushing brilliance, bridging us in a spectral hue of heaving hearts…I mean, my heart was heaving,… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 5
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POEM A DAY – May 4
Last night we watched the film Blue Moon starring Ethan Hawke, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Scott and Margret Qually, directed by Richard Linklater, written by Robert Kaplow based on letters between Lorenza Hart and Elizabeth Weiland. Today's poem is inspired by the film! Also, *there's blue moon this month*! That means, it's the second full moon… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 4
POEM A DAY – April 30
Today is Poem In Your Pocket Day! Who knew?! Here's a little poem that should fit in any pocket: purse, pants, pyjamas! Witnessing Her defeat lives in the braina logical lineation an A-frame cottageprecise, sharp, protected integrity lives in the hearta confluence of chaosa tumultuous oceanrapid, intuitive, protected out of what will you make your next canoe? what… Continue reading POEM A DAY – April 30
VANESSA SHIELDS 