Boomerang This particular fearis a boomerang I’ve thrown herwith all my might bid her good riddancewilled her to Mars yet she persistspropulsions a return so graceful & spectacularlystunning I mistake her for awe welcome herin an embrace when she settlesI feel her grip & understand my faultmy power shrinks This particular fearis a boomerang will… Continue reading Poem 130 – Boomerang & This Week’s Virtual Tour Events
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Poem 128 – Booty Elegy & Thimbles Book Tour Events
Booty Elegy Since birth round & plumpProud skin hills for shakingHands did cup said rump& squeezed in ecstasy’s quaking Weight loss gradually strainsOf the padonkadonk storyOnly the padonk remainsGoodbye big booty glory New muscles tight & seriousA curious shape holds spacebut(t) still can dance deliriousAny time any… Continue reading Poem 128 – Booty Elegy & Thimbles Book Tour Events
Poem 124 – Muskoka & May Event Round-Up & WEreads!
Muskoka muskoka calls me like a secret loverher yearnings gripping the edges of busty winds& jumping into the soft spot under my earlobes – patient in the tender shadows we had a love affair for three summers…maybe twothe memories are lake blurry – does it matter? time lived differentlyshouldered against tall trees: pine spruce fir hemlock… Continue reading Poem 124 – Muskoka & May Event Round-Up & WEreads!
Poem 120 – Hang Over & GRAND THANKS!
Hang over it all hangs overthe gratefulnessa fresh layer of skinthe elation electric hair-raising constant hum marrow made of joystem cells carryinglove like oxygenthis is a differentdose of alive sugar headachetemples pulsing with the pleasureof purpose ribs like bone clotheslineswith pinned up mouthssmiling & ripecheeks landing padsfor tear stormstouching downinterior quakesperfectly shiftingmy core complete heavinessa community quiltflung… Continue reading Poem 120 – Hang Over & GRAND THANKS!
VANESSA SHIELDS 