(perimenopausal) summertime sadness it’s not fair because i don’t want to feel sad, to feel my muscles putty and my bones sigh as I trudge through grocery store aisles reeling at outrageous prices and doing bad math in my brain between the chunks of sadness that are sad to be spending money that are sad… Continue reading POEM A DAY – July 13
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POEM A DAY – July 7
The emails I get in my inbox are outrageous.... unless they aren't?! Brené, is this real?! Brené Brown Sent Me An Email so I got this email from Brenételling me she likes what I have to say she invited me to be on her show‘cause I’m a leader who’s in the know a writer I… Continue reading POEM A DAY – July 7
POEM A DAY – July 6
Art Makes You Happy That’s what it says on the mugcold coffee half-full, oat milkin pretty swirls on the surfacelike cloud cover, and the skyis cloudy again today, but atleast it’s not raining. The pooloverflowed and the mosquitoesin attack-mode took aim at mycheeks when I trimmed themimosa tree. Mimosa, isn’t thata lovely word? The tree… Continue reading POEM A DAY – July 6
VANESSA SHIELDS 