Even though I've been getting up by six each morning this week, this morning I had to get up at the same time so I could drive my Zia to an appointment at the hospital for seven. This commitment changed everything. I've written this poem in the form a haibun. Er, a sleepy, sloppy haibun.… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 9
Tag: sleep
Poem 233 – *Very Long Title
What a poem becomes when you wait all day to write it & your skills at the written word have already fallen asleep ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Poem 12 – Tuesday AM (plus a bonus)
Tuesday AM This morning is carnelian and coffeeNavy tights and burgundy leg warmers It is vintage Santas waving at grey cloudsTypewriters holding worlds of stories in their keys In the photo on the corner of my deskNonna’s gentle blue-green eyes are singing To The Poems I Start When I’m Falling Asleep My apologies!You are important.… Continue reading Poem 12 – Tuesday AM (plus a bonus)
Sleep
I have slept so much over this break. So very much. This morning I woke up around 8:30am - naturally, without an alarm except the alarm that is my bladder telling me I had to pee. Then I went back to sleep and didn't get out of bed until 9:45am. It feels like my body… Continue reading Sleep
VANESSA SHIELDS 