In a word… MysticalOverturesThreaded throughHearts: Mother as maestraExhilaratingly profound Resplendent
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POEM A DAY – April 16
Before I Write This Poem I push downmy cuticles.The strikingpain waxesmy fingernail moons. I thinkof the plumptoad in the backyard.He’s staringat you, my sister-in-lawsays. Mymother callsme her witchydaughter.
POEM A DAY – February 3
Asia One time, the cat had fleas.She wasn’t ‘our’ cat but a catmy mom said she’d watchwhen her best friend movedto Japan (husband was inThe US Navy). The cat wasfat, fluffy, black and whiteand she didn’t like people.There was no petting her.If she had a kind momentit was to throw a smug glareas she sauntered… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 3
VANESSA SHIELDS 