Heart to heart best friendson a quiltin a graveyardtaking out their heartshanding them overbeautifully bleeding the flush of expositiondreams secrets fearsbundled in laughter souls of the deadperched on tree brancheslistening to love DATE CHANGE* - Method Writing - Poetry on Demand Please note the DATE CHANGE for my upcoming event with Marshall James Kavanaugh -… Continue reading Poem 142 – Heart to Heart & Date Change
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Poem 141 – In it & more
In it in the smell of Spring’s breezy exhalation:my anxious youth track meets where I hid under the bleachers and criedclassrooms wet with stifled heat and math I didn’t understandteachers who understood my passion for wordsthe wobbly possibility of a lunch-hour romancethe first time I shaved my legs brown hairs curling down the tub drain… Continue reading Poem 141 – In it & more
Poem 138 – Dog Days & The Joy of Editing
Dog daysdies caniculares the dog days are comingcan you feel the howl of starpower shifting in the galaxy? ready your skin!gather your shade!hide your secrets in tender petalssoon to wilt in adoration ofthe Great Dog whether we follow the stars or notthey follow us – gain & catch uptake nibbles of our heelsremind us where… Continue reading Poem 138 – Dog Days & The Joy of Editing
Poem 124 – Muskoka & May Event Round-Up & WEreads!
Muskoka muskoka calls me like a secret loverher yearnings gripping the edges of busty winds& jumping into the soft spot under my earlobes – patient in the tender shadows we had a love affair for three summers…maybe twothe memories are lake blurry – does it matter? time lived differentlyshouldered against tall trees: pine spruce fir hemlock… Continue reading Poem 124 – Muskoka & May Event Round-Up & WEreads!
VANESSA SHIELDS 