Thanks to Charis for sharing this delightful story with me...and giving the photo of the sign! If the walls could talk…For C.C. Apparently, some walls can talk.In the case of the home in small townOntario, during minor bathroom renoswhich included peeling back sulliedwallpaper and old panellinga hand-written message in thickblack marker on a white stickerwas… Continue reading POEM A DAY – March 16
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POEM A DAY – March 14
I waited for today’s poem and then it came a fallen treeon the walkingpath
POEM A DAY – March 12
Travel Memory In a minivan on the interstate driving to Maine.My boyfriend drives, my mother sits in the passenger seat.Me and my sister take the middle seats, and the cousin visiting from Italy sits in the back. I was seventeen…eager and horny, angry when my momwouldn’t let me and the boyfriend sleep in the same bed.At… Continue reading POEM A DAY – March 12
POEM A DAY – March 11
Today's poem is inspired by a line in a poem I received in my inbox from Poets.org. Thank you, Leila and the Poets.org family! Don’t mind the sea at the doorFrom Leila Chatti’s ‘The World Is Too Much With Us’ It’s still night-thick dark when I open the back door.‘Go pee,’ I cue. The dog… Continue reading POEM A DAY – March 11
VANESSA SHIELDS 