Mourning in the MorningInspired by Paula McLain’s Skylark, pgs 116-118 I mourn for the woman birthing a breech baby in the cellar as war-sirens scream under her. A woman birthing makes sounds only a birthing woman makes, and in a cellar as war-sirens scream, the echoes of these sounds braid like new friends in a… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 11
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POEM A DAY – June 9
Apology The fly does not know how to leave the bathroom even though the door is open. It flies into the shower, banging against the dirty glass doors, the frosted window, the cluster of hanging eucalyptus. Its buzzing sound makes me flinch and cover my ears, the vibration making my earlobes twinge. I admit to… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 9
POEM A DAY- February 7
Today's poem was inspired by poets.org poem-a-day poem, In Exile by Bryher as well as Shawna Lemay's Transactions with Beauty post, Participating Joyfully in the Sorrows of the World. Please consider subscribing to both amazing offerings. They're free, and will soften your suffering. After ‘In Exile’ by Bryher and what of the painter who puts… Continue reading POEM A DAY- February 7
VANESSA SHIELDS 