donation as I bathed in treeswatched my friendsmy family work hardlooked at the greyclouds bringing thesky ceiling to whereI could reach up& touch it I did that I touched it& I felt old stormstingling out of myfingertips donatingmy sorrows to thespace betweenthe treetops & thesoaring hawk
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POEM A DAY – May 11
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
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
VANESSA SHIELDS 