Night Settles In my bra is offmy belly is freethe tick on the clock is a foreign languagethe bed has been serenading me since I got homekicked off my boots & got licked by the dogs the entire time I was picking up dog poopall I thought about was picking up dog poop(three bags full)(three… Continue reading Poem 309 – Night Settles In
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Poem 308 – Space
Space How do you want to fill the space?Can you see how it changes?Do you feel how it desires to pull you into it beside iteven to just be knowing it exists? It believes it is youbut respects the boundaries you createso you can breathe How do you want to fill a space that changes… Continue reading Poem 308 – Space
Poem 307 – Four Nights in a Row & Yin Writing Link
Four Nights in a Row the face – precise in its emotional arrangementsthe voice – magician’s daggers aimed at my weaknesssuch vivid torments alive with bloated scenarios that weightmy ankles like chained cement though not to drown but to chokeon the poison of unanswered whys – one never really leaves when blood is involved YIN… Continue reading Poem 307 – Four Nights in a Row & Yin Writing Link
Poem 306 – Monostich/Monoku – for dorothy
monostich/monoku - for dorothy Meanings in pencil can’t be erased My spine curves toward your wounds Your ideas bend my soul to new light In your laughter, a garden of joy seeds You’ve taken it without permission – give me my breath back "A lot has been said, and will continue to be said about… Continue reading Poem 306 – Monostich/Monoku – for dorothy
VANESSA SHIELDS 