Mini-Ode to Finishing Reading an Incredible Book when it happens I call it outto the sofas & the rugto the dust & the dogsto the flowered curtains &the green & yellow plantsto the kids to the husbandto anyone & any thingwith an ability to soak I finished reading my book! reading a book is an… Continue reading Poem 151 – Mini-Ode to Finishing Reading an Incredible Book
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Poem 84 – Oh, but the voice!
Oh, but the voice! “I said it out loud again, and even though it disappeared, I knew what I said had become a sound in the world.” pg. 104, Edge of the World, from How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa the bodya shape held in a shade of skinthings soft & hardmoving & still… Continue reading Poem 84 – Oh, but the voice!
Found Heart Poem, Amazon Poem
While I was labelling all my journals over the holiday, I found something I'd written on the back of a page of stickers. It looks like it might have been the beginning of a song as 'bridge' and 'chorus' are included...And so, today we get a two-for...a two-fer? Two poems for one because I wanted… Continue reading Found Heart Poem, Amazon Poem
VANESSA SHIELDS 