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 – May 13
There was the time when I plead guilty the police officer had ticketed me for a ‘rolling stop’which I did not do, but he’d said, ‘I’m sorry. Gotta hit my quota’ as he ripped the ticket, passed it through my open window.he’d said, ‘Go to court and fight it. Use one of the lawyers there.… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 13
POEM A DAY – March 12
Lake Timew/ gratitude to DB I went to the lake this afternoonLake Huron, my favourite of the great lakesI went to the beach, pushed my naked toesin the cold, cold sand and sucked it in:the horizon, the sun rays, the dark topdappled by wind, the mouthy wavesin my mind, I went to the lake this… Continue reading POEM A DAY – March 12
POEM A DAY – May 11
Found another rejected piece...did another little edit. Happy Monday! Call It it’s nearly ten & she’s still working. relativity is pain’s dialect. when resilience slips in, she exhales an eight count & then the dizzying inhalation like a thick black hair on the chin of her day that she can’t feel growing & she knows… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 11
VANESSA SHIELDS 