Good dirt under my fingernails like waxing-moon eyeliner, in my nose like pepper flakes noir, between my breasts like pesto on plump bread, on my skin caught in sweaty sunscreen like bedazzle…this summer day in the yard yanking and raking and pulling and pushing and mowing and picking and scrubbing and hanging…and now there is… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 30
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POEM A DAY – May 29
Orchid Haibun I was gifted a giant 8 flower (plus 3 buds)double-stem 5 leafphalaenopsis orchidand when I put it on thedining room table the three other orchidswere like: come on!these orchids haven’tflowered in yearsthey’re floppy-leavedsingle stem-ed, rootslike a crone’s knobbyknuckled fingersknocked over at leastonce a week by errantelbows or puppy-bumpson the table legsne’er a melted ice cubein… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 29
POEM A DAY – May 28
Today Is My 48th Birthday & Instead of Writing A Poem I Lived It
VANESSA SHIELDS 