So, if you don't know it yet, I do this thing called Poetry On Demand. It's LIVE, INTERACTIVE, ON-DEMAND-POETRY-MAKING (yes, I'm yelling). I've been doing it for close to five years now. At festivals. In classrooms. On stages. And tomorrow morning - on the freakin' radio, yo. Check it. 8:10am on 97.5FM - CBC Radio. Windsor Morning… Continue reading Poetry On Demand – for National Poetry Month and Forever
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2014 Carry-Overs
*This post is Rated SV - for swearing and vulnerability* I've been writing this post in my head for weeks now. Finally sitting down and whipping out my balls so I can write it - type it - out of me. 2014 was a year I can't label as any one word. But some words… Continue reading 2014 Carry-Overs
Readings Catch-Up
Oh Dear. I've been part of several readings over the last two months...and I've barely written about any of them! In an effort to catch-up and give thanks where thanks is due as well as shout outs to the many poets and writers who I've met and shared a stage with - here is a… Continue reading Readings Catch-Up
NaNoWriMo Day 13 – A Parent’s Journey
TOTAL WORD COUNT: 12, 532 (I wrote 1192 words) HOW LONG I WROTE FOR: Just over an hour. WHAT ELSE I DID: As I look back over the last (almost) two weeks I see that my mornings are typically the same - I'm a MOTHER. Then my days from 9am - 2:00pm are typically the… Continue reading NaNoWriMo Day 13 – A Parent’s Journey
VANESSA SHIELDS 