Youth in West-End Summer, 1990s I remember summer heat rising like invisible smokelatching on my skin as I walked four blocks to Atkinsonpool for lessons. I remember moisture chaffingmy thighs, wicking in my crotch, blue-one-piece-bathingsuit discomfort, polyester pressure. I remember the concretedeck, rough under my knees as I leaned over a half-nakedboy pretending to be… Continue reading POEM A DAY – July 2 & Launch Gallery
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Poem 223 – Remember What You Did
Remember What You Did Remember when you did that? When you bought a one-way ticketto fly out west by yourself?Remember stuffing your green backpack so full the seams whimpered?Remember all the aloneness? How youleaned into it? How it lifted the weightof the planet off your shoulders as theplane soared over the rockies? Remember how you needed to golike… Continue reading Poem 223 – Remember What You Did
Poem 215 – Questions About Words
Questions about words Sometimes when I say a word out loudover & overit stops making sense at allbecomes a slew of soundsmy tongue litters out & my brainleaves on the ground a verbal garbage Is there a word for this?When a word stops being a word & becomes asoundscape? Certain words just do not stay… Continue reading Poem 215 – Questions About Words
VANESSA SHIELDS 