WE THE MOURNERS JUNE 29th 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 on Monday, June 29 as well as a small tour in midsummer. I am taking pre-orders! Order you copy today by emailing me: shieldsvanessa@gmail.com. I'll add your name to the… Continue reading WE THE MOURNERS JUNE 29th RELEASE
POEM A DAY – June 13
Here's what's incredible about writing in a journal my entire life - I can find big moments like prom and graduation...read myself back to life. This poem includes snippets from the entry I wrote the day after my prom. Grade 12. Age 18. Tonight, my daughter has her prom, some thirty years (and five days!)… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 13
POEM A DAY – June 12
Tomorrow Is Prom Haiku innocent shoulders caressed by the sun, bare witnesstears blur acceptance (yes, I meant to write 'bare' not 'bear'. :))
POEM A DAY – June 11
Mourning in the MorningInspired by Paula McLain’s Skylark, pgs 116-118 I mourn for the woman birthing a breech baby in the cellar as war-sirens scream under her. A woman birthing makes sounds only a birthing woman makes, and in a cellar as war-sirens scream, the echoes of these sounds braid like new friends in a… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 11
VANESSA SHIELDS 