Swingline the box of staples is ancient, edges softened with ageblue ink logo faded like dreams, and yet, it sustains its function to contain. long strips of thin metal teeth shinyready, proud patiently awaiting the swift light in being taken re-inserted, to be pressed and make permanent a holdingof things, to together items, to uphold… Continue reading POEM A DAY – March 7
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POEM A DAY – March 3
Simple but Huge Thank youbodyfor another dayto love
POEM A DAY – February 28
Happiness Depends Upon Ourselves, says AristotleFor C C sends me ‘quotes of the day’and I get poems, at least three, each morning like kites flying above me I can stare at lovinglyor that give me a childish giggle or that I can pull down and touch, inspect intricacies, keep or releasethis tender morning, Aristotle tells… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 28
POEM A DAY – February 27
Dirt sometimes it surprises me how much dirt gets under my fingernails the deep browns the flat blacks the urgent yells of green grime but I secretly love the two-step process of burrowing a nail under a nail and scraping out the grot then scraping out the grot again – the small collection of yuck… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 27
VANESSA SHIELDS 