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 16
Dropping Miracles as waves of purple rivered my mindI discovered that my role in the skywas not to hover nor witness but todrop miracles grasping them from the milky waysevering them from my heart chambers(I also discovered I had a surplus within)drop miracles into bodies below me collected in thehospital, bodies needing a miracle todie,… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 16
POEM A DAY – August 15
Release haiku shame sobs, lamentinghum – humiliatinga humbling farewell
POEM A DAY – August 14
Yes, it is trueInspired by Doris Lessing’s The Summer Before the Dark that as the woman stood in her kitchentossing roasted nuts in twos into her mouthchewing, tasting, hungry for meatshe regarded the treetops in the neighbour’syard and discovered that part of her was therehovering a few inches above a ground shecouldn’t see, feeling differently… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 14
VANESSA SHIELDS 