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POEM A DAY – June 18

June 18, 2026 Vanessa Shields1 Comment

Even the Trees Lean Away across the street the jack hammer growl the front loader murmurthe cement saw scream from soggy soft menbreaking a driveway makes my rage engagebuild a sound-proof cage around my body somy mind can flay and my heart can staychambered delicately  inside the poems I mourn the calm-quiet of the six-o-clock dawnthe living… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 18

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POEM A DAY – June 15

June 15, 2026June 15, 2026 Vanessa ShieldsLeave a comment

Grad Days  On the bed, I gather my daughter under my armI open to the journal entry I wrote about finishing high schoolShe reads it out loud, stumbling on my messy cursive wordsWe laugh at the similarities: the dreaded math examthe pull of adulthood on our minds, the exhaustion in our bodies Then the dog… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 15

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POEM A DAY – June 14

June 14, 2026June 14, 2026 Vanessa ShieldsLeave a comment

I Can Think Myself Out Of Doing Anything the[internal]WarofArtmarginaliameditations Get your copy of The War of Art Here.

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