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 14
Letting It Be Jealousy is thieving my joy This asserting blue-sky morningMaybe it’s because I went to bed so lateMaybe it’s because I looked at instagram too early She weeps for a year of being viralThis one gets a longlistThat one is a teen and already an alumna Of the workshop my old body yearns for I’m… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 14
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
VANESSA SHIELDS 