maybe as adults we use the same wordswe maybe even feel the same feelingsabout our bodies, about the dis-easesthat challenge our guts and our joints we maybe even pray to the same marysand dance to the same madonna, it’spossible our mother wound is the sameshape… but I’m fairly certain it’s not the same size. I… Continue reading POEM A DAY – July 25
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POEM A DAY – June 18
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
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 