Found another rejected piece...did another little edit. Happy Monday! Call It it’s nearly ten & she’s still working. relativity is pain’s dialect. when resilience slips in, she exhales an eight count & then the dizzying inhalation like a thick black hair on the chin of her day that she can’t feel growing & she knows… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 11
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POEM A DAY – January 19
So, What Do You Do? I put love in the world.It is a full-time job.I put love in the world.It is a full-time commitment.I put love in the world.It is the most valuable work.I put love in the world.It is the highest paid work.I put love in the world.It is based in lived experience.I put… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 19
The Swoop, The Flayer, The Light
And just like that, It swoops in. This...Otherness....This Disconnector. I was having a great day. Spent much of the morning in head-back hysterics, writing with ease, crossing things off the To-Do list like a master. Then...around 1pm...Its entry - chest-hit...oozes into me like the Mind Flayer (Shadow Monster) in Stranger Things (I'm rewatching the show...in… Continue reading The Swoop, The Flayer, The Light
VANESSA SHIELDS 