How it happens Words wing.Soar in my mind on gusts of worry or joy,swoop like precision kestrels into the shadowy depths of my knowingyet even with my intuition firmly in flight, I slip into a sliver of eyeinside the tornado of love & I fall – The yang of departure like clear blue sky, comforting… Continue reading Poem 186 – How it happens
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Poem 163 – Dear poem
Dear poem I made a choice to make us wait to roll off the shoulder of the morning stand tall & face with a smilethe heat-heavy centre of noonwave as she passes on the winkof a flirty wind then forward bendinto the belly of the five o’clock hour & gather our wits in the showersteam swirls fattening after thisfull… Continue reading Poem 163 – Dear poem
Poem 152 – Playing & Tomorrow – The Joy of Editing!
Playing autologicalsuch erudite english wordsmagniloquent [indeed] For poetic inspiration this morning, I searched 'five syllable word'. Research: autological https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/52927/17-words-describe-themselves Except, Merrium-Webster says it's not a word at all! https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/autological, however, it does define autologous: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/autologous And...magnlioquent means: Grandiose and pompous. Now, my brain hurts. (I'm feeling cephalalgia.) The Joy of Editing Tomorrow at 7pm! So,… Continue reading Poem 152 – Playing & Tomorrow – The Joy of Editing!
VANESSA SHIELDS 