Last nights of summer last weekend of summer calls for late night windsor pizzamaking traditions in chewy dough & melted Galatistuffing mouths with sweet & salty filling bellies before bedas the last Saturday of summer vacation slips intothe tomorrow of a new yearthat begins in the sultry monthof September – Crayola marker stripesvibrant, promising, not… Continue reading Poem 247 – Last nights of summer
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Poem 63 – Ode To My Summer Dress
Ode To My Summer Dress white dressflowing gently around my calveslacey love hem &pretty eyelet cleavage cover you make me feel likeI’m a Whitman poemdrifting in & out of grass & selfearthing my naked toesin the lumpy lush landoh, white dressoffering my shouldersto the sun’s tender kissesyou call shivers of delightto scurry up my spine this day… Continue reading Poem 63 – Ode To My Summer Dress
Summah-time…Notes from Summer House Shields
July has cometh! Currently, I'm engaged in a common summertime Shields' family past time - the kids, the dog and I are in my bed each on our own devices (yikes). We are pyjama-clad and snoozy...the kids watching movies while I write on my laptop. I can smell the wet grass and soggy soil on… Continue reading Summah-time…Notes from Summer House Shields
Summer Vacation Soliloquy
SUMMER VACATION HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN! Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 2:35pm was the official start of our family's summer vacation. A bunch of us, parents and kids, hung around in the school yard after the bell rang to talk summer vacation plans and say farewell until September. I had a giddiness in my tummy that's… Continue reading Summer Vacation Soliloquy
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 