Even the Trees Lean Away across the street the jack hammer growl the front loader murmurthe cement saw scream from soggy soft menbreaking a driveway makes my rage engagebuild a sound-proof cage around my body somy mind can flay and my heart can staychambered delicately inside the poems I mourn the calm-quiet of the six-o-clock dawnthe living… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 18
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POEM A DAY – February 23
Confessional Oscillation I felt jealous three times in two days.I swore at my laptop.I didn’t recycle a take-out container.I cursed winter.I gave a dirty look to a womanwho wouldn’t stop talking during a funeral eulogy.I didn’t put the spoon in the dishwasher.The woman in the drive-through was rudeand it pissed me off. Meeting myself in… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 23
VANESSA SHIELDS 