Maps II here’s how I map my relationship with fear:relax my bones, let them float like lily pads in the ponds of my passionbe still so I can feel the zing, the subsequent spasm of bowel believingit needs to panic, because every part of my body is alive with a desireto believe, because every location… Continue reading POEM A DAY – AUGUST 7
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POEM A DAY – August 6 & HEART TOUR IN GODERICH & MORE!
Maps I she says, I love maps!& my body becomes landscapehair follicles rising to mountain rangetufts of hair forest forearms& as she guides me into my gutsI walk them like red caves in sedonamy palm caressing the eroded wallsyears of worry ridging pocketsfear-shucked alcoves bumpyunder my feet, yet I carry atorch. shine light on texturesof… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 6 & HEART TOUR IN GODERICH & MORE!
VANESSA SHIELDS 