Monday Couplets last night’s schnitzelis today’s chicken parm the dog toys arescattered on the floor like single sentencesthere are two boxes of three cadburycreme eggs in the cupboard and fourgiant smores cookies on the counterthe marshmallow sticks to the tinfoilmy pants are tight around my waistwhat waist? Ha! I’ll see a doctor soonabout my diseases… Continue reading POEM A DAY – April 6
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POEM A DAY – April 4
How To Be Everywhere stand near a windowexhaleeye the skythe tops of the treeslike pointing fingertipslift memories from theirroots, roots deep in groundsroots, I pushed deeply intosand, soil, concrete – claimingthe places, imprinting them into my cells for the needed occasion, for the alchemy of corridor-ed leading beyond the kitchen close my eyesinhalesplendor my centreopen my ribsconjure the lakeinvite the… Continue reading POEM A DAY – April 4
POEM A DAY – April 3
wearing a dress on a spring morning green with white flowersballoon sleevesleft slit thigh-high calves and toeswinter hairywedding bandsmagnet ringbeaded necklacefeather earringsfrom auntie M wind whips close eyeshead backarms wideheart open secure themessagein skin here nowgust-ed and these...everywhere. Beauty, beauty, beauty!
VANESSA SHIELDS 