Nature’s Morning Lesson With The Dog there’s a hard line in the back yarddefining shadow light the dog has no idea her goldenbody stands in both perfectly equalled
Tag: Poetry
POEM A DAY – April 9
*CONTENT WARNING! The subject matter of this poem is about tampons.* I Was Never Afraid of the Tampon I remember me and my best girlfriendshuddled in the pink-tiled bathroom the rusting tub as witnesssquat-standing, legs open likeo’s, arm swooped, hand gripping the plastic applicator shiny with vaseline– vagina somewhere in the arch ofshadows between my trembling thighs… Continue reading POEM A DAY – April 9
POEM A DAY – April 6
Monday Couplets last night’s schnitzelis today’s chicken parm the dog toys arescattered on the floor like single sentencesthere are two boxes of three cadburycreme eggs in the cupboard and fourgiant smores cookies on the counterthe marshmallow sticks to the tinfoilmy pants are tight around my waistwhat waist? Ha! I’ll see a doctor soonabout my diseases… Continue reading POEM A DAY – April 6
VANESSA SHIELDS 