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VANESSA SHIELDS

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POEM A DAY – March 20

March 20, 2026 Vanessa ShieldsLeave a comment

The Result is a Tired Poem staccato sleepmind frenzied, frazzledawake in the four o’clock hourtrembling HAPPY EQUINOX!!! HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THIS DAY!!!

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POEM A DAY – March 16

March 16, 2026 Vanessa ShieldsLeave a comment

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

March 14, 2026 Vanessa Shields3 Comments

I waited for today’s poem and then it came a fallen treeon the walkingpath

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POEM A DAY – March 12

March 12, 2026 Vanessa ShieldsLeave a comment

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

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