HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY! Kenojuak Ashevak, Inuit Artist her art is alive dancing on the edges of every blink & focustethering sight to the soul & yanking – kindly she transfers the land & animalsthe above & the below the centre & the deepinto the matrix holding images carved & colouredin perfect pressure harmony… Continue reading Poem 67 – Kenojuak Ashevak, Inuit Artist
Month: March 2021
Poem 66 – In My Teens Walking Home – University Avenue
In My Teens Walking Home – University Avenue I used to walk home from downtownalonemoving with the energy that resideson the other side of exhaustionfear not strong enough to holdonto my choices and make methink twice about the danger ofa lone teen moving in the 2am-sof a wide open Sunday morning I was never afraidwhen… Continue reading Poem 66 – In My Teens Walking Home – University Avenue
Save the Date! Book Launch!
Mark your calendars for Thursday, April 29, 2021 and join me and special guest host Charis Cotter as we celebrate the launch of my new collection of poetry 'thimbles', published by Palimpsest Press. This is a virtual event that starts at 7:30pm. Zoom link will be available soon! This event will feature a reading, discussion,… Continue reading Save the Date! Book Launch!
Poem 65 – Thrum
Thrum I awake to thevelvety thrum ofheartbeats rushingin the deeps of my earsa foreshadowing rhythmfor a day alive with possibility Before my bones bear downin the moments my musclesmeet the morning’s whispering lightI am not afraid or worriednot less or better than I am velvet thrumbloodrushingto greetskin
VANESSA SHIELDS 