Today marks the fifth anniversary of my Nonna's passing. My tummy has been in knots all day. My guts toiled in memories. Today is the last exam for my daughter; her eleventh grade year concluded. Today my son will attend a funeral for a classmate; a bright, compassionate, kind light of a human who passed… Continue reading Love as Activism
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Poem 239 – The Morning of the Last Day of Vacation
The Morning of the Last Day of Vacation the cicada bounces on the deck in aneruption of fierce ticking & electric expressionthe crow will not stop circling & cawingthe air is slathered with the scent of manurefarmland is near, ripe the knot of worry in my belly has eyesit’s looking up at me waiting for… Continue reading Poem 239 – The Morning of the Last Day of Vacation
VANESSA SHIELDS 