As I mentioned in my last post, on Friday I was at a fundraiser where I offered Poetry on Demand. What is that? It is a fun, poem-making experience I've been doing for years...I have bowls of word cubes that people choose from...up to three words per person. Sometimes they choose randomly. Sometimes they look… Continue reading POEM A DAY – March 22
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POEM A DAY – March 21
one day into spring and i’m floating on a raftof poetry…short, fat chunksof stanzas braided withmermaid hair…and hopethe water (made of tears) isbedazzled by the sun:death keeps scooping people upand I think she’s tired tooof all the heaving last nightthere was so much magicthough, just like…everywhereon everyone…skin so goose-bumped we looked like aliensall that lifting… Continue reading POEM A DAY – March 21
Poem 322 – Ocean, for Lisa
Ocean, For Lisa words float between usbecause we are an ocean of listening between us an ocean openswe float on the words love & kindness because they are rafts of sanctuarywhen the ocean swells like our eyes with tears & we frighten a bit when the lid on the sugar bowlshifts – the listening touches… Continue reading Poem 322 – Ocean, for Lisa
Poem 292 – Three More Words & Poetry at the Manor Tonight!
Three more words for Robin In the eye of her stormsLove Because she is resilientBecause she is fireBecause she is strongBecause she is earthBecause she is capableBecause she is windBecause she is powerfulBecause she is water She is all the weather & the landscape it kissesBecause she knows the wrath of pain & the bodies… Continue reading Poem 292 – Three More Words & Poetry at the Manor Tonight!
VANESSA SHIELDS 