seeing before my mother named the diseaseit appeared in thick black letters betweenmy skull bone & my forehead skin there like a stamp revealedthere between my two eyes –another seeing I felt frightened but also surequietly sure then in the car a light caught my eyeit was the fat moon watching mea smirk lifting her… Continue reading Poem 325 – seeing
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Poem 295 – Friday Haiku
Friday Haiku fat moon in blue skyshows day a different lighttwo powers sharing
Poem 231 – Swell Haiku & Guest Poem by Mark Bradley
Swell Haiku The full moon is nearI arch into its full swellLick the dark it moves Today is the 79th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid. In 1942, almost 5,000 Canadian soldiers, alongside British and American allies, landed on the shores around the towns of Dieppe, Puys and Pourville in occupied France. Local artist, activist and… Continue reading Poem 231 – Swell Haiku & Guest Poem by Mark Bradley
Poem 224 – Paradox Haiku
Paradox Haiku (for M) Asleep and awakeI’m straddling paradoxReaching for Moon’s smile
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 