Insatiable I’m am albatross wingsenergy-harnessing in the kitchenextracting thousands of calories for my upcoming blood-lettingmy hunger insatiable, my tongueoscillating between bites: pasta avocado, apple, chips, cheesesugar starch protein—the gangsare snapping and strutting in cupboards and on stovetopsI can’t stop eating and it’s notfor boredom or even craving it’s for my ravenous desire to soarto fill… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 27
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POEM A DAY – June 26
This Kind of Love loving my children is an internal violence.a persistent, profound murderingof all that is not soul-light.my blood moves in sacrificial screamsreleasing the worsts of my fears into thenavy-night skies that yearn for mymy obsessive worry-pain. the stars arethirsty for the slick wound that is forevermourning the loss of these lives from my… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 26
POEM A DAY – June 25
Dear Marys Nonna’s been in her heaven for six years.Have you met her? She too is a Mary…Maria. Has she sewn you a dress or poured you a glassof dry red wine? Has she cooked you rabbit stew and polenta—spread the golden meal on a thickwooden board like art? Have you tasted her sugo? Has… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 25
VANESSA SHIELDS 