Asia One time, the cat had fleas.She wasn’t ‘our’ cat but a catmy mom said she’d watchwhen her best friend movedto Japan (husband was inThe US Navy). The cat wasfat, fluffy, black and whiteand she didn’t like people.There was no petting her.If she had a kind momentit was to throw a smug glareas she sauntered… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 3
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POEM A DAY – January 4
This poem is inspired by this photo...an ekphrastic endeavour. Black & White Moment There’s a dog-chewed black and white photo of meTaped to the corner of the desktop computer My Zia’s head is mostly devouredOne eye, a nose, a chin She’s tall, wearing a polyester dressPatterned in floating branch bunches in watercolour swathes A long… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 4
VANESSA SHIELDS 