Tomorrow Is Prom Haiku innocent shoulders caressed by the sun, bare witnesstears blur acceptance (yes, I meant to write 'bare' not 'bear'. :))
Tag: Poetry
POEM A DAY – June 11
Mourning in the MorningInspired by Paula McLain’s Skylark, pgs 116-118 I mourn for the woman birthing a breech baby in the cellar as war-sirens scream under her. A woman birthing makes sounds only a birthing woman makes, and in a cellar as war-sirens scream, the echoes of these sounds braid like new friends in a… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 11
POEM A DAY – June 10
I Know I Will Die, But Not Today at my end, when this body is levitating ash I hope what remains of my remains is the origami heart-stirthe bone-softening laughter the throat-nuzzle voice liftand the tear-river rush of my love for you Friends, I know my poems have been...deeper...maybe darker than usual. I'm okay. Attempting to gracefully… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 10
VANESSA SHIELDS 