I met Alison Gadsby many moons ago at the Toronto Junction Reads Prose reading series she's been curating and hosting for nearly two decades now. Alison is a bright light in a big city, passionately shining her light on prose writers, offering them a friendly stage in which to read and share and sell their… Continue reading Interview with Alison Gadsby
POEM A DAY – April 4
How To Be Everywhere stand near a windowexhaleeye the skythe tops of the treeslike pointing fingertipslift memories from theirroots, roots deep in groundsroots, I pushed deeply intosand, soil, concrete – claimingthe places, imprinting them into my cells for the needed occasion, for the alchemy of corridor-ed leading beyond the kitchen close my eyesinhalesplendor my centreopen my ribsconjure the lakeinvite the… Continue reading POEM A DAY – April 4
POEM A DAY – April 3
wearing a dress on a spring morning green with white flowersballoon sleevesleft slit thigh-high calves and toeswinter hairywedding bandsmagnet ringbeaded necklacefeather earringsfrom auntie M wind whips close eyeshead backarms wideheart open secure themessagein skin here nowgust-ed and these...everywhere. Beauty, beauty, beauty!
POEM A DAY – April 2
Today's piece is long....after a long journal about the pink full moon and an oracle card pull and fours hours of sleep in a row (!) and a watching the Artemis II blast off into space. This is all real. Miraculous Medal“Those are the graces for which people forget to ask”…said Mary (Mother of Jesus)… Continue reading POEM A DAY – April 2
VANESSA SHIELDS 