Today's poem is in the form of a duplex. I am inspired by Jericho Brown's poem: A poem is a gesture toward home. In a nutshell, a duplex is meant to fuse and disrupt different forms of poetry...with a loosely established form of its own. 14 lines in 7 couplets. The first line echoes in… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 2
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POEM A DAY – January 1
Here we go! I'll be writing one poem every day this year. I'll do my best to post it at the beginning of the day...but that may not be consistent. Each poem I write is new, hand-written first (usually!), typed into a Canva image, posted here and posted on my instagram. If the poem is… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 1
Poem 30 – We the Mourners
We made it to the end of April! Thank you for 'mourning' with me...Here is the poem in its entirety, including not one but six new stanzas for the final day of April! I couldn't help myself! It was a great pleasure and practice writing poetry and sharing it with you for the National Poetry… Continue reading Poem 30 – We the Mourners
Poem 29 – We the Mourners
Thanks for joining me all this way....! We the Mourners We the mournersroam the landa planet-sized graveyardwitnessing the body as tombstoneinclined toward the sharp knife ofLove’s lapidarian urgesetching Time woundsinto our skin –urging the most tears We the mournersswallow the sour spacesbetween right & wrongholding the knowledgeof their folly – fools aliveenough to write songspoems… Continue reading Poem 29 – We the Mourners
VANESSA SHIELDS 