For Nonna six years agoat six in the morningher soul soared backto the dolomites body bag tombon the yellow stretchercardinal serenade THE COUNTDOWN TO LAUNCH IS ON! ONE WEEK TILL BOOK RELEASE!
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POEM A DAY – February 22
Nonna watches me from the AlpiniBlack and white photo, circa 1953 I colour hearts on the calendar daystime passes in smitten pinklove shapes under moon phasesmimosa yellow, glaucous blueI’ve been waxing for a week now yesterday morning was for poetryD held her gorgeous face in her perfect hands:It’s so hard! It’s so hard to write… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 22
Poem 176 – One Year Ago
One year ago as I slept,you slippedyour sun-fire soulinto Dolomite mountainheaven – since thenI’ve been climbing outof loss, my fingers bloodiedwith poetry tethered to the stardust your laughter left behind. You swoop in on the lip-red wings of a cardinal or poke the wind in the miraculous bodyof a dragonfly. Earlier this week,you got tangled in a spider… Continue reading Poem 176 – One Year Ago
VANESSA SHIELDS 