With thanks to Cassie, Mariette, Erika, Marie and Jen for the inspiration. Let Yourself Be Seen In A Way That Feels UnfamiliarFrom https://gettherapybirmingham.com/what-is-the-golden-shadow-in-jungian-psychology/ On the aching hip of this summer-blush morning I contemplate my disowned potential. I wear a long yellow shirt the colour of everyone else’s light. My white-hair bangs refuse to curl in… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 27
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POEM A DAY – May 24
this piece a low piece of me roams the kerry highlandsshe’s barefoot, but sweateredswatted by wind and witchcraft she’s dogeared, dragging skirt-edsearching the silences that teachthe kind of resistance her stories groan to generate – agency in assonanceactivism in abstraction, action inanaphora: mystery mouthing as she knees the base of a yew, worshippingthe yawp of… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 24
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 