Today I Wear A Neon Yellow Shirt …because I like the brilliance it emits because it’s inspiration for my thoughts because when I washed my hands in the Burger King bathroom the soap smelled like the daycare I attended when I was two and three and I closed my eyes an inhaled deeply nostalgia tugging… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 24
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POEM A DAY – June 7
The Weight On My Heart Today four years ago todayI was poem-high, love-beathaving spent the day (andthe day before) writingpoetry on demand atart in the park. it wasone of the best days.one of my best days.I was filled with exultationlaughter, awe at thesize of it all: the peoplethe sales, the volunteersthe smiles, the magic inthe… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 7
POEM A DAY – January 22
My Little Pony Lunchbox We walked seven blocks to and from the saint schoola ragtag bunch of kids with shoelaces around our scrawny neckskeys to adulthood cold-metalled over our banging hearts.On the walk home we were leisurely, the only thingwaiting for us in our rentals was a ghost-note overTupperwared meals from a single-parent or maybea… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 22
VANESSA SHIELDS 