What Happens When I Buy A Journal For My New Poetry They’re in me nowSmart Kempe Plath EchlinFour storms of weathering behind my kneecaps – shyBut curious, changing my gaitThey do thatExtraordinary womenDive inside meOlympians of wordsI’m a country they take overSoon we will all be biting goldRevelling in each other’s linguistic personal bests
Tag: Poetry
Poem 212 – Tell me
Tell Me everywhere I lookthings I lovesounds of lifeslipping into my ears nestingthis extended arm of homean outdoor sanctuary dottedwith purple-lipped bloomslavender dries to perfectionbits of Paris bend into flower potsbook covers coffee mugssteaming with comfort the maple trees are fat greenheads – leaves luxuriating lengtheninglike covid hair uncut for monthsbeautifully disheveled in the distance… Continue reading Poem 212 – Tell me
Poem 210 – On Beginning
On Beginning how you beginis to begin start the document in wordopen to a fresh page in the journalconnect to the internethighlight the paragraph in the book give the thing a titleeven if the title is ‘Title’swing palms of ideasin the airwelcome them withsong and faitheach contemplation is a prophetthat will change your world accept… Continue reading Poem 210 – On Beginning
Poem 209 – Jingle
Jingle an explosive helicopter crash in a vicious snowstormbrought my waking hours to a thick start – I sat upquickly in bed, rubbed my eyes into morning then it startedoh oh oh ozempic!the commercial jingle for type-2 diabetes medsbanging in my head like a circle of kidsring-around-the-rosey-ing my brainoh oh oh ozempic!oh oh over and… Continue reading Poem 209 – Jingle
VANESSA SHIELDS 