Lightning Queen solstice song vibrates my bonesthere’s a hum in my left eara deep-throated ode to seeds that storm – She really gave it to usslapped awake my reverencelike a rug being beatenI am the rugHer power beats me cleanof any nonsense beyond the fact that She is the lightning queen I should never fear Her… Continue reading Poem 172 – Lightning Queen & Poetry Event!
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Poem 171 – Father
Father Celestial snowball orbiting the sunlove-heated, glow-bursting for millions of milesmy soul’s lightbulb, everlasting universal phenomenonhis dust in my blood paternal platelets Though his body is back in the skyI feel his pull, the tug of his place in the formationof the solar system we call family – ours with many sunshis brilliance coverage for… Continue reading Poem 171 – Father
Poem 170 – laughter
Laughter Awoke with laughter burrowing my breathBody shaking from dreamland touching the morning The aches of mRNA finally dissipatingOpening space in my marrow for an overflow of joy What was so funny?I could barely spit out words Between snivels & snortsA baggy dressA head rest In a theatreOn a ship Oh what dreams do tellThat… Continue reading Poem 170 – laughter
VANESSA SHIELDS 