inside my solitude an aspen forestleaves shimmeringin a wise wind. alake, clear, crispwater that delightsmy skin to gratitude.cicada’s songsweaving the tapestryof a new dream thatdoesn’t fear time orloss or pain. a pinkball sun. a cloud-clothed moon. mytrue love. our children.our dogs. our eternity. inside my solitude:haloed hope.
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POEM A DAY – July 5 & AWARD NEWS!
sunday witness the dogs lay on the hardwood, a blue braided rope toy between them, teeth-pressed, but sharing in a way so gentle, so love-pure that I feel an actual stab of pain in my heart and inside the moment, I feel the span of timelessness that binds us when we let ourselves be wounded… Continue reading POEM A DAY – July 5 & AWARD NEWS!
POEM A DAY – June 5
dear future I’m glad we are friends.I understand your desireto lure me closer, to devour my attention, to mischief-winkat my foolish belief that one daywe could actually touch. It’s okay. There are other ways to share intimacy, like when I write a commitment, in pen on the pages of my date book.I feel you then, tugging at… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 5
VANESSA SHIELDS 