Even the Trees Lean Away across the street the jack hammer growl the front loader murmurthe cement saw scream from soggy soft menbreaking a driveway makes my rage engagebuild a sound-proof cage around my body somy mind can flay and my heart can staychambered delicately inside the poems I mourn the calm-quiet of the six-o-clock dawnthe living… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 18
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POEM A DAY – June 17
Putting the Poems Back In My Body the poems came from my body thenmused, marinated, mounted on the page organized, revised, revived and designedcaressed by confidence, pressed, printed the poems immigrated to the bookcontained on silky pages, embraced by glossy covers and now I need them back in my bodythe task is to read, reassure,… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 17
POEM A DAY – June 15 (third time’s a charm?!)
I don't know what was happening with the other posts! The image of the poem with the photo keeps cutting out. Last try. I promise! Grad Days On the bed, I gather my daughter under my armI open to the journal entry I wrote about finishing high schoolShe reads it out loud, stumbling on my… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 15 (third time’s a charm?!)
VANESSA SHIELDS 