Evening Gentle Storm birds fly between fat rain dropsleaves twist, belly up to take the wind and my body turns twelve-year-old nostalgicyearning for a jogging suit, cheese doritos Flowers in the Attic, and D’s tongue in mymouth. also breasts, blood and the boldness to tell the evil stepdad to fuc* off. it allcomes in time.… Continue reading POEM A DAY – July 10
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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
POEM A DAY – May 23
Rainy Days at the Cottage are as important as the sunnypetrichor wafting the space like a blues songtwo-stepping with must and skin-soaked sunscreen deciding on which dvd, or if you’re cottage is blessedwith nostalgic bliss, which vhs movie to watch:Ghost, The Parent Trap, The Lost Boys, Jaws playing Crazy Eights with cards so old they’re… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 23
VANESSA SHIELDS 