Food, before bed – a question If you could eat anything in the world right now, what would it be?We ask each other this as our bodies warm under the dog-haired duvetSomehow envisioning our desired food before bed helps the sheep come quickerOh, such comfort brings food…even when it’s imagined Tonight, it’d be a hot… Continue reading Poem 297 – Food, before bed – a question
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Poem 296 – Flow & Ebb
Flow & Ebb when the words don’t flow together let them stay separated when the belly inhales & holds the breath& keeps holdingit will eventually exhale the itch in my left forearm is deepa trench of fire tunnelling toward my fingertipsmuscles make music in their own sounds they’re confusing – all the feelingsthe sifting through… Continue reading Poem 296 – Flow & Ebb
Poem 295 – Friday Haiku
Friday Haiku fat moon in blue skyshows day a different lighttwo powers sharing
Poem 294 – Ghosts Among Us
Ghosts Among Usafter 'Ghost Cat' by Molly Peacock Ghosts among us will show themselvesbulge a curtaindrop a tea cupbang a portrait to the floor Turn a blue sky to maddening grey –why wouldn’t they? Gift glimpses to remind us of our mortalityto shake the space between the living and the deadthe silky divider of here… Continue reading Poem 294 – Ghosts Among Us
VANESSA SHIELDS 