The Intimacy of My First Live Poetry Reading in Two Years electric yowzawild heart bangingthroat drummingthe words the words parading off the pageinto the air – marchingon shoulders, dancing oncheeks, the eyes hotwith emotionthe words the words rooting out of my bodyanchoring me homein that room, making roomfor language to zingthe words the words purpose… Continue reading #NPM22 – The Intimacy of My First Live Poetry Reading In Two Years & The Intimacy of Picnics
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#NPM22 The Intimacy of Earth
The Intimacy of Earth resides in every heart beatin every rhythm, in the pitch ofdarks, in the painof light shocking a pupil in flower’s humble arch, inthe brutal unknowingof how & why, in thelanguage of time createdto grieve these mysteriesthis planet holds likelaughter in church – spinning & spinningits dervish delightsgoosebumping our skinsinto stardust, infiniteenergy… Continue reading #NPM22 The Intimacy of Earth
#NPM22 – The Intimacy of Smelling Flowers & The Intimacy of the Dog Under the Table
The Intimacy of Smelling Flowers The leaning inface to flowerthe yellow dust of pollenmaybe ants squirmingin bursts of bloomingthe nose contactpetal kissesthe scents openingsenses – the delightof stopping The necessity of connection The Intimacy of the Dog Under the Table For Cyndi I am up before the birdsshe follows, jowls still heavy with sleephips rocking… Continue reading #NPM22 – The Intimacy of Smelling Flowers & The Intimacy of the Dog Under the Table
#NPM22 – The Intimacy of the World Unmasked
The Intimacy of the World Unmasked, a glosaWith inspiration from Franz Kafka, “…The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked. It has no choice. It will roll in ecstasy at your feet…” Gravity holds us to a planetwe hold each other or we don’thold each other & how we got hereremains maskedThe… Continue reading #NPM22 – The Intimacy of the World Unmasked
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 