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 26 & 27
CONTENT WARNING! one poem includes 'poop' talk, the other is a tad erotic. (You're welcome.) August 26 TMI we’re standing in a forestthree women: two youngone me, aged in the middle I have to go to the bathroom.nature’s toilet surrounds me.earlier someone said: TMI means tell me immediatelyI laughed from my underbelly.well in that case…… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 26 & 27
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
VANESSA SHIELDS 