The way she looked at me For N. into me, the way she read the words out loud, a few at a time, held them in her mouth, tastebuds shocking, savouring then swallowing the meanings, her blue aventurine eyes pushing brilliance, bridging us in a spectral hue of heaving hearts…I mean, my heart was heaving,… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 5
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POEM A DAY – May 4
Last night we watched the film Blue Moon starring Ethan Hawke, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Scott and Margret Qually, directed by Richard Linklater, written by Robert Kaplow based on letters between Lorenza Hart and Elizabeth Weiland. Today's poem is inspired by the film! Also, *there's blue moon this month*! That means, it's the second full moon… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 4
POEM A DAY – May 2
The Morel of the Story the black morel foraging trifecta:moisturetemperaturetrees & I reckon a spring-sproutingdouse of luck is necessary too& keeping your eyes ground-ward& your hope skyward your brain will feel awkwardwhen it registers the fungiclearly a very long lost cousinof its gooey-folded form C tells me you have to cleanthem well, they’re filled withbugs:… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 2
VANESSA SHIELDS 