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Tag: poem a day

On Writing

Poem 163 – Dear poem

June 13, 2021 Vanessa ShieldsLeave a comment

Dear poem I made a choice to make us wait to roll off the shoulder of the morning stand tall & face with a smilethe heat-heavy centre of noonwave as she passes on the winkof a flirty wind then forward bendinto the belly of the five o’clock hour & gather our wits in the showersteam swirls fattening after thisfull… Continue reading Poem 163 – Dear poem

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Poem 162 – A kind of freedom

June 11, 2021 Vanessa ShieldsLeave a comment

A kind of freedom every day new learningsa fact on my shouldera meaning in my kneecapa flood of sensory skills attacking my nostrilsthis body is a facility for instruction intakethis skin a container for enlightenment I expandexplore the spectrum of my curious auraingest the zest of data’s pulsing wisdomdabble mingle marinatein the unknown so foreign… Continue reading Poem 162 – A kind of freedom

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Poem 161 – Fog

June 10, 2021 Vanessa Shields1 Comment

Fog 8am fog lifts my muscles from malaiseI invite the touched down cloudstheir moody swayinto my heart’s morning murmurs we stretch into each other’s landscapes

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