The Pause she must rememberto stop forgettingwhat day it is in the grand schemethat is when the blood will flow there is a wreath offorget-me-lots circlingher womb – a halo ofpure blues seeping scentsdrug-like dulling the light that lives in thehearts of her last few eggs no, she is not as ripenor as nimble as heryounger golden garden just… Continue reading Poem 6 – The Pause
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Found Heart Poem, Amazon Poem
While I was labelling all my journals over the holiday, I found something I'd written on the back of a page of stickers. It looks like it might have been the beginning of a song as 'bridge' and 'chorus' are included...And so, today we get a two-for...a two-fer? Two poems for one because I wanted… Continue reading Found Heart Poem, Amazon Poem
Solstice Poem
the constant dazzle of stars reminds us how to honour – the black sky the patient moon the gathering of light so it can restthe day with the shortest light is the day with the thickest hopeas we fold into the knowing of the nightchristmas can be found in every evening's arch toward morning's neck… Continue reading Solstice Poem
VANESSA SHIELDS 