A friendly reminder that I'll be leading not one but TWO free poetry workshops this month in honour of National Poetry Month! Please bring writing tools to each workshop. I'll bring the inspiration - and we'll raise our glasses and pens to poetry! Wednesday, April 12 @ Oxley Estate Winery - Facebook event page here!… Continue reading National Poetry Month Workshops! Mark your calendars!
Author: Vanessa Shields
Writer. Mother. Lover.
Wounded Writers Ask – Free Write #7 – Hot Rivets
Hot Rivets - a very unique poem where the last word of one line must rhyme with the first or second word of the next line. (From author/illustrator Julie Larios) Write a free-verse poem making sure that the final word rhymes with the first (or second) word of your next line. Wicket from Word Well: MIRACLE… Continue reading Wounded Writers Ask – Free Write #7 – Hot Rivets
Wounded Writers Ask – Free Write #6 – Love Don’t Mean
Eloise Greenfield’s (1978) Honey, I Love is an oldie but a goodie. It includes many short poems but “Love Don’t Mean” is by far my favourite from this small yet powerful collection, probably for its simplicity. Love don’t mean all that kissing Like on television Love means Daddy Saying keep your mama company till I… Continue reading Wounded Writers Ask – Free Write #6 – Love Don’t Mean
VANESSA SHIELDS 