new the dogs chase, trundle, nip and napone is goofy, floppy, eagerthe other is cautious, curious, confused the humans are tired, happy and sickone is loopy, sloppy, eagerthe others are excited, working, awed there is little space in my brain forpoetry – sleep is stuttered even dreams don’t reach my shore but oh, isn’t it something,… Continue reading POEM A DAY – March 30
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POEM A DAY – March 29
An Exhausted One-liner After the First 24 hours of Our New Puppy Living With Us the pup sleeps on my foot Friends...I am soooo exhausted! In a flurry of furry irony...here are pics of Wallace sleeping...and one showing how when he lays down, he crosses his paws. Oof. He's tremendously adorable. Pages is...adapting. She's cautious… Continue reading POEM A DAY – March 29
POEM A DAY – March 20
The Result is a Tired Poem staccato sleepmind frenzied, frazzledawake in the four o’clock hourtrembling HAPPY EQUINOX!!! HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THIS DAY!!!
POEM A DAY – January 9
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
VANESSA SHIELDS 