Stir when I was in the pool, breaststroking in circles, i stirred up the algae, lifted the soft green tinge with my arms, my legs, made a clear centre that I saw only when I stopped stirring, got out, looked at the whole of the body… guilt lacks true rootsuses sunlight, oxygenmy heart, to grow
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POEM A DAY – July 9
Schedule the Rest Day I’ve done it!I do declarethat this Sundayis a rest day! I will readI will sleepI will slackI will snack float undera sky of pink fluffmimosa flower dreamslather in the perfume of full day do-nothingsbecause sweet goddessI want a not-bummer summerand the book I’m reading is so good and my bikinifits just… Continue reading POEM A DAY – July 9
POEM A DAY – July 6
Art Makes You Happy That’s what it says on the mugcold coffee half-full, oat milkin pretty swirls on the surfacelike cloud cover, and the skyis cloudy again today, but atleast it’s not raining. The pooloverflowed and the mosquitoesin attack-mode took aim at mycheeks when I trimmed themimosa tree. Mimosa, isn’t thata lovely word? The tree… Continue reading POEM A DAY – July 6
VANESSA SHIELDS 