Before The Book Is Born - Part I in a straightjacketmy soul treadsback & forthdiagonal & circularpaths eroding thefloor of my Belonging she bangs her headagainst steel wool wallswon’t eatwon’t drink can’t sleepfor the lunatic lyricsmean melodies tothe Songs of Fearceaseless in the spacelike poison I do not belongcarved in a cornerfrom before Love watches waits Linda… Continue reading Poem 16 – Before The Book Is Born Part I
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Poem 15 – Amaryllis II
Amaryllis II I kiss the white waist of her petal closestto my face after I open the curtainsin the living room In response she arches into my cheekwe both smile Then in the kitchenon the crumb-sweateredcutting board – a wishbone in waitdried for weekscrusted in muscle I pick it upconsider the act of a two-persontradition reducedto one Consider the consequence oftesting fortune… Continue reading Poem 15 – Amaryllis II
Poem 13 – A Conversation Piece That Comes to a Head
A Conversation Piece That Comes to a Head*For Charis Off to Denmark we gofor a visit with John Dillermand(aka John Wienerman)A man clad in a red & white striped bathing suit (the tank topshirt & shorts kind)He often sports a purple & yellowtuque atop his head & hisbright blue eyes & bushy blackmustache round out a… Continue reading Poem 13 – A Conversation Piece That Comes to a Head
VANESSA SHIELDS 