*I wrote this yesterday, May28, but couldn't post it due to internet connection issues.* Today is my birthday. On this day, it was a Sunday then, thirty-seven years ago, my mother, she was twenty-one then, was labouring me into this world. I was a small baby, long and skinny like a just-hatched bird, I am… Continue reading The Roots of my Tongue – A Birthday Soliloquy
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National Poetry Month Round-Up!
It’s May. What. The. Heck. Look, I’m willing to forgive Time his speedy madness because Mother Nature has finally given us the Spring we’ve been so desperately waiting for. (She does that, doesn’t she?) Even though in other parts of the world Mother Nature is not being so sweet (donate to the Red Cross to… Continue reading National Poetry Month Round-Up!
The Great Canadian PoeTrain – NPM15 – All Aboard!
Even though the Great Canadian PoeTrain Tour won't be chugging into Windsor this Spring, I do think it's very important to promote this truly Canadian and incredibly poetic endeavour on my blog! In a train car (nutshell?), the GCPT is exactly what it sounds like: poets travelling on a train across Canada stopping in 5 cities to… Continue reading The Great Canadian PoeTrain – NPM15 – All Aboard!
Notes/Books Reading a “Moving” Success!
On Sunday, April 12, 2015 we were received by close to 60 audience members...aka poetry and music appreciators, at The Art Gallery of Windsor to celebrate National Poetry Month for our Notes/Books reading and musical extravaganza. The Rodzik Gallery, a space illuminated by outdoor light and riverfront action, was the perfect location for the event - bringing… Continue reading Notes/Books Reading a “Moving” Success!
VANESSA SHIELDS 