Letting It Be Jealousy is thieving my joy This asserting blue-sky morningMaybe it’s because I went to bed so lateMaybe it’s because I looked at instagram too early She weeps for a year of being viralThis one gets a longlistThat one is a teen and already an alumna Of the workshop my old body yearns for I’m… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 14
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POEM A DAY – May 8
On the Poet’s Existential Creative Crisis of Needing to Write a Poem When the Exhaustion of Content Formulation Far Outweighs the Metaphysical Transcendence of Divine Expression what is the poet to do?eat a Ryan’s Signature Donut at the closest Tim Horton’slick fingertips sticky with maple and sugarride the hyperglycemia rollercoasterwonder if tagging Ryan Reynolds on instagram… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 8
POEM A DAY – May 7
Brownie for breakfast Because I’m a grown ass woman and can eat what I wantBecause I’m alone and it makes me feel betterBecause I baked them myselfBecause chocolateBecause deliciousBecause it’s sunnyBecause it’s ThursdayBecause why the fresh hell not?
VANESSA SHIELDS 