Confessional Oscillation I felt jealous three times in two days.I swore at my laptop.I didn’t recycle a take-out container.I cursed winter.I gave a dirty look to a womanwho wouldn’t stop talking during a funeral eulogy.I didn’t put the spoon in the dishwasher.The woman in the drive-through was rudeand it pissed me off. Meeting myself in… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 23
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POEM A DAY – January 31
I had a vivid dream...and it slathered me in melancholy...tried to release it into a poem. I think it was motivated by all the erotic writing I've been reading as we prep for our upcoming writing retreat...I am alchemically affected by all the...tension and mystery and mischief and pleasure. And the thrill of the haibun… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 31
POEM A DAY – January 26
Blinds In my dream this morning in the four o’clock stomach: a toddler, blonde haired, blue-eyed, wore a dress with a hem with a frothy white circumference, in a house filled with rooms half-furnished, blinds mostly closed, and the one I tried to open wanted to fight, the pull strings and the long plastic twisty… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 26
POEM A DAY – January 25
I've been thinking about relationship, dear reader. I've been thinking about what motivates me to keep creating. I've been thinking about the root of my writing dreams...no matter the shape or size of these writing dreams, you are in them as readers. So as I continue to write, as I continue to choose different modes… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 25
VANESSA SHIELDS 