Fall Night for Monti the scent of orangedeep like changeburnt & crispylike summer’s skinpeeling to coolits tender bones the darkness darkerlayered like secretseigengrau & onyxlike shadow’s shadowripening to burstits widening playground these fall nights turn like pages in season’s grimoire –leaf’s veins weeping the last of warmth’s wishesstaining sidewalks in goodbye graffiti
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Poem #257 – Spreadsheet
Spreadsheet pretzel cpretzel vcut & pastemake plain textpretzel atext size 12 font arialborders blacktext blackwrap text repeat repeat repeat chug coffee rub eyescould be an importcould watch a videohow to…but….arduous feels goodrepetition is poetrydry eyes bring the sandman quicker
Poem 252 – Contemplations on Morning Choices
Contemplations on Morning Choices What makes a morning bodyWant tea instead of coffee?Oatmeal instead of eggs?Sleep instead of exercise? These questions as I sip teaEat oatmeal while yesterday’sCoffee and eggs hold protestSigns in my thighs:COFFEE IS BEST!EGG-XELLENT CHOICE! Exercise is rare in the morningPoor choice is huddled out frontBehind the giant mapleAnd sleep Sleep is… Continue reading Poem 252 – Contemplations on Morning Choices
Poem 251 – Hiding in the Closet of his Room
Hiding in the Closet of his Room … his bedroom on the third floor ofthe house she longed to run throughsmell the spaces touch everything especiallythe staircase winding into the ceiling skyso high when she looked down she feltthe rush of dizzy panic coupled with theprospect of jumping and making a horrorscene in his perfect… Continue reading Poem 251 – Hiding in the Closet of his Room
VANESSA SHIELDS 