Happy Friday! 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 plays paintingsin the lush language… Continue reading Poem 11 – We the Mourners
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Poem 10 – We the Mourners
Ten, ten, scoot to the end...for the newest stanza! 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… Continue reading Poem 10 – We the Mourners
Poem 365 – The Last Poem of the Year
The Last Poem of the Year three hundred & sixty-five of thema thriving vineyard of poemstwisting around my ribsmy stomach swollen witha pregnant ball of discipline& devotion – a bacchanaliaof bliss hanging off my penin clumps of stanzaripe to burstingthis is a weight thatcurls & cracks over timereaping yields of high hope& if the final… Continue reading Poem 365 – The Last Poem of the Year
Poem 364 – Yes
Yes “…if you say something and really mean it – that is poetry…” adapted quote by Brenda Ueland, If You Want to Write Yes to intention!Yes to profoundly feeling!Yes to the wild-ocean deepness of paying attention! To grabbing hold to shaking stirring breaking!To scavenging the darkness!To picking up the sharpest pieces of Living &holding each… Continue reading Poem 364 – Yes
VANESSA SHIELDS 