Yes, it is trueInspired by Doris Lessing’s The Summer Before the Dark that as the woman stood in her kitchentossing roasted nuts in twos into her mouthchewing, tasting, hungry for meatshe regarded the treetops in the neighbour’syard and discovered that part of her was therehovering a few inches above a ground shecouldn’t see, feeling differently… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 14
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POEM A DAY – AUGUST 8
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POEM A DAY – July 30
this sacred unmaking knowing that there are limited moons left to pass through my womb, knowing there are limited lives gripping my ovaries, knowing there are limited deep-dark streaks on my underpants, knowing there are limited cottons to soak my mean reds, knowing that the sacred unmaking of this body from maker to mother to… Continue reading POEM A DAY – July 30
VANESSA SHIELDS 