Mourners - it's here! The official We the Mourners book trailer! Video created by Jett Shields. Filming, editing and *ORIGINAL SCORE* created by Jett Shields! Yes, my son (with the help of Teagan - thank you!), has created this for me...for us! I'm so grateful and, as usual, in awe of his creative work! For… Continue reading BOOK TRAILER! WE THE MOURNERS
POEM A DAY – August 25
The Call Sheet Says I’m ‘Head Wrangler’ & it’s more true than any descriptionfor poet I’ve heard in years, especiallywhen this morning I was stationedunder the most whimsical, magicalwillow tree & she wooed me to hertendrils & made me touch one &I literally giggled & my head wrangledall these words into a poem Our whimsical,… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 25
POEM A DAY – August 24
donation as I bathed in treeswatched my friendsmy family work hardlooked at the greyclouds bringing thesky ceiling to whereI could reach up& touch it I did that I touched it& I felt old stormstingling out of myfingertips donatingmy sorrows to thespace betweenthe treetops & thesoaring hawk
THREE-POEM CATCH-UP!
Friends! Gah. And so, after 231 poems in a row, life got too busy, my exhaustion took the lead, and I let it. On Friday, August 21, I was on the film set for thirteen hours and when I got home, I couldn't do anything but eat, rest then sleep! Then, yesterday, I drove to… Continue reading THREE-POEM CATCH-UP!
VANESSA SHIELDS 