Last night, we started the first of our six-week poetry feedback class. Clearly our sharing infiltrated my dreams...with thanks to Erika, Krithica, Mariette, Robyn, Janet and Cassie. After Poetry Class, Last Night’s Dream iridescent-skinned bugs with wings and pinchersbite my calf, distracting me from Tom Cruise’s lips. the tight pain cue me to more danger:… Continue reading POEM A DAY – March 6
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POEM A DAY – February 21 & FORUM UPDATE
Like, if me then youFor C, from No, Thank You when I was little, like, four, I heardyou can be whatever you like and I believed it. but, like, when I wasnine, I knew I wouldn’t be a broadway child starthat my sun would come out tomorrow shining onthe sliver-giving picnic table (my stage) in… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 21 & FORUM UPDATE
POEM A DAY- February 7
Today's poem was inspired by poets.org poem-a-day poem, In Exile by Bryher as well as Shawna Lemay's Transactions with Beauty post, Participating Joyfully in the Sorrows of the World. Please consider subscribing to both amazing offerings. They're free, and will soften your suffering. After ‘In Exile’ by Bryher and what of the painter who puts… Continue reading POEM A DAY- February 7
POEM A DAY – February 5
Our Task Today, At Least Once For M, with peaceful praise to Bhikkhu Paññakāra At least once, put your hand on your heart, and your other hand over that so both hands feel the pounding of life within you. At least once, stop time by joining it in the sacred thumps of the powerful, peaceful… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 5
VANESSA SHIELDS 