I've got two blogs posted at the League of Canadian Poets' website! Since this is some weather for reading (snowy, chilly, beautiful, makes you wanna snuggle!), maybe take some time to have a read! One was written in the summer...so we can remember that kind of warmth. It's about solitude. Ahhh, yes. We writers love that!… Continue reading Two new blogs at the League of Canadian Poets
Author: Vanessa Shields
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The Pantoum & Other Poetics
Our reading, writing and crafting poetry workshop at the library last evening was soooooo wonderful and inspiring! Thank you to Dave, Beth, Ellie, Tammy, Jaylynne and Miller for joining us! Dorothy [Mahoney] was a stellar teaching - gifting us with the pantoum - a repetitive formulaic poetry that we followed to write our own poems!… Continue reading The Pantoum & Other Poetics
VANESSA SHIELDS 