On the Path of Whimsy and GraceFor M M hiked the path of whimsywell, her tongue didplosiving and fricativing and gliding(the statement was heartfelt and wildwoman)her mouth opened wide enough to fit a foot then someone called her weirdoanother tongue, but lashingM semi-deflated like a cornered-balloonforgotten in a dining roombut M, o M, spit out… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 21
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POEM A DAY – January 10
Yesterday, my daughter and I were talking, and she exclaimed: "Jeez Louise!" It made me laugh...and then curious. What is the genesis of this exclamation? And, that my friends, is proof of poetry alive in the every day...Looks like I'm calling the poems about words/language 'Language Arts'...We'll see how many I can write over the… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 10
POEM A DAY – January 4
This poem is inspired by this photo...an ekphrastic endeavour. Black & White Moment There’s a dog-chewed black and white photo of meTaped to the corner of the desktop computer My Zia’s head is mostly devouredOne eye, a nose, a chin She’s tall, wearing a polyester dressPatterned in floating branch bunches in watercolour swathes A long… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 4
VANESSA SHIELDS 