How in the fresh hell is it JUNE FIRST?! Well, it is. Shall we take it with a grin? Just might… this morning at threeoutside with the dog to pee(the dog peed out there, not me) the immaculate blue moon when I looked up, made me swoonher bright made my skin prune bathed in her glorious… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 1
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POEM A DAY – May 30
Good dirt under my fingernails like waxing-moon eyeliner, in my nose like pepper flakes noir, between my breasts like pesto on plump bread, on my skin caught in sweaty sunscreen like bedazzle…this summer day in the yard yanking and raking and pulling and pushing and mowing and picking and scrubbing and hanging…and now there is… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 30
POEM A DAY – May 29
Orchid Haibun I was gifted a giant 8 flower (plus 3 buds)double-stem 5 leafphalaenopsis orchidand when I put it on thedining room table the three other orchidswere like: come on!these orchids haven’tflowered in yearsthey’re floppy-leavedsingle stem-ed, rootslike a crone’s knobbyknuckled fingersknocked over at leastonce a week by errantelbows or puppy-bumpson the table legsne’er a melted ice cubein… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 29
VANESSA SHIELDS 