Hun Usage when she calls me hunit’s with a years-of-dedicated-cigarettes-and-booze raspthat lands on me like an oversized hoodie but when she calls me hunmy bones curl and my brows fidgether voice is three rooms full of itself huns feel okayhuns feel not okayhuns from a peer feel weird, sometimes the full honey, however, gets its… Continue reading Poem 275 – Hun Usage & Culture Day Fun
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Poe 274 – List of Things Needed for (Writing) Jury Duty
List of Things Needed for (Writing) Jury Duty PenGlassesYogurtFruit (chopped)Coffee (then tea)Comfortable clothingComfortable furniture (but not too comfortable)Time (if only in spurts but lengths are better)Quiet The mind open with a direct line to the heart
Poem 273 – untitled
untitled I am sorry, she said & she listened to the past thrumon her palm & she heardthe present weepon the chin of a mighty wind & she observedthe dust of soulscollect & riseuniting into an extraordinary sunrise Observation: the active acquisition of information from a primary source. In living beings, observation employs the senses. Listen, learn, reflect,… Continue reading Poem 273 – untitled
Poem 272 – Dress
Dress I fall asleep thinking about what to wearconsider the weather the hair on my legsthe size of my belly the polish on my toes – peeling In my dreams I’m in space with Jake Gyllenhaal& none of these things matter when our spacecar explodes I wake by the phone clock chime – startledachy a… Continue reading Poem 272 – Dress
VANESSA SHIELDS 