Monday Morning Dream The puppy lays on my chest, his paws on each side of my neck like trees, his fur forests my throat and I feel safe to fall back asleep and dream. The sun rises, pouring hot strands of light on our slumbering faces. My eyelids, like frosted-glass doors, turn my dreamscape red.… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 8
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POEM A DAY – March 30
new the dogs chase, trundle, nip and napone is goofy, floppy, eagerthe other is cautious, curious, confused the humans are tired, happy and sickone is loopy, sloppy, eagerthe others are excited, working, awed there is little space in my brain forpoetry – sleep is stuttered even dreams don’t reach my shore but oh, isn’t it something,… Continue reading POEM A DAY – March 30
POEM A DAY – March 29
An Exhausted One-liner After the First 24 hours of Our New Puppy Living With Us the pup sleeps on my foot Friends...I am soooo exhausted! In a flurry of furry irony...here are pics of Wallace sleeping...and one showing how when he lays down, he crosses his paws. Oof. He's tremendously adorable. Pages is...adapting. She's cautious… Continue reading POEM A DAY – March 29
VANESSA SHIELDS 