*Gentle Warning:There is an expletive in this poem. Its contents describe a panic attack. panikattack in Ikea. my body undoing in the doing of buying, in the doing of being daughter-side, too many people, too many things, too much ‘this is how to live in spaces with things’, the lights daggering, my eyes double-visioning, lost… Continue reading POEM A DAY – March 4
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POEM A DAY – March 3
Simple but Huge Thank youbodyfor another dayto love
POEM A DAY – February 28
Happiness Depends Upon Ourselves, says AristotleFor C C sends me ‘quotes of the day’and I get poems, at least three, each morning like kites flying above me I can stare at lovinglyor that give me a childish giggle or that I can pull down and touch, inspect intricacies, keep or releasethis tender morning, Aristotle tells… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 28
POEM A DAY – February 27
Dirt sometimes it surprises me how much dirt gets under my fingernails the deep browns the flat blacks the urgent yells of green grime but I secretly love the two-step process of burrowing a nail under a nail and scraping out the grot then scraping out the grot again – the small collection of yuck… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 27
VANESSA SHIELDS 