WE THE MOURNERS JUNE RELEASE
I am thrilled to announce the forthcoming publication of my newest collection of poetry, We The Mourners! I am currently planning a local book launch in June as well as a small tour in midsummer. Stay-tuned for more information! I am taking pre-orders! Order you copy today by emailing me: shieldsvanessa@gmail.com. I'll add your name… Continue reading WE THE MOURNERS JUNE RELEASE
POEM A DAY – June 1
How in the fresh hell is it JUNE FIRST?! Well, it is. Shall we take it with a grin? Just might… this morning at threeoutside with the dog to pee(the dog peed out there, not me) the immaculate blue moon when I looked up, made me swoonher bright made my skin prune bathed in her glorious… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 1
POEM A DAY – May 31
Blue Moon witches are everywhere:smokin’ smart in the inky pages of the books I’m readingthe woman who saved a wounded crow who keeps receiving gifts from other birdsneruda and his everlasting love poemsC listens with her stomachM mails epistolary boundaries the second full moon on this, my birth month, and the word-earth witch zinging in… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 31
POEM A DAY – May 30
Good dirt under my fingernails like waxing-moon eyeliner, in my nose like pepper flakes noir, between my breasts like pesto on plump bread, on my skin caught in sweaty sunscreen like bedazzle…this summer day in the yard yanking and raking and pulling and pushing and mowing and picking and scrubbing and hanging…and now there is… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 30
VANESSA SHIELDS 