Anisoptera from Greek - uneven wing Clothes on the line catching wind in lieuof the broken dryerthe dragonfly lands on my grey tank topgripping the neckline like a prehistoric necklace charm The kids marvelmy mom asserts it’s Nonnacome to visitI feel a tug in my chest in thatdeep place that reminds meI’m an alien –… Continue reading Poem 105 – Anisoptera & Event tonight!
Tag: National Poetry Month
Poem 104 – Grand disaster & Thimbles Updates
Grand disaster learning how to fold into thespaces between words isthe deconstruction of ego I put on my pretty yellow dresswith the white stripes & spaghetti strapsready for the heat of undoingthese shoulders hold heaps of thoughtsas constant as the sun I want to eat the darkness between the rays where I’m going it’s all… Continue reading Poem 104 – Grand disaster & Thimbles Updates
Poem 99 – 4AM Dream & Resilience Poems
4 AM dreams I hang upside downan unseen monsterclaw-gripping my anklesI silent scream until I can’t breathemy voice dies first I witness a man hurtle his childpummel his wifeevery phone I use to call the police does not workI don’t know how to help It’s 4:54am when I look at the clockon my cell the white-light… Continue reading Poem 99 – 4AM Dream & Resilience Poems
Poem 97 – We are
We are Changes comes in swift punches & the kids, well, the kids are still learning how to swivel & duck & exhale. I heard ‘We are the world’ on the radio this morning & I remembered watching the crowd of singers wailing it live in an effort to raise money for starving kids in… Continue reading Poem 97 – We are
VANESSA SHIELDS 