The Almost Guest I dream I’m the guest on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. A tall twenty-something with a headset & desperate eyes rushes me to a messy backstage then commotion & denial. Sorry, you’ve been bumped, from a different twenty-something – this one holding a clipboard & a cell phone. She doesn’t let… Continue reading Poem 88 – The Almost Guest
Tag: Maya Angelou
Poem 36 – Displacement
Displacement “…displace a moment’s hate with organizedLove…” from ‘Faces’, Poems by Maya Angelou every prejudice pausedis a lightning bolt liftedfrom a constantly trembling earth like gods we can bewith our choices to strike or be a lightelectrifying change every prejudice pausedis a displacement of hate organize your hateinto thundering pausesthen free them intothe great canyon of equality… Continue reading Poem 36 – Displacement
Why Poetry – Now More Than Ever #NPM2016
Why Poetry – Now More Than Ever? It’s National Poetry Month…for a few more days anyway! For poets like me, it’s always national poetry month…week, day…year! I always think about poetry and how it fits into my life, how I hope it fits into yours, dear readers. The truth is that it took me quite… Continue reading Why Poetry – Now More Than Ever #NPM2016
VANESSA SHIELDS 