Markers “…we know where the markers arefor where we buried the children…”From Day 46, 100 Days by Juliane Okot Bitek grief knows how to growreflects the truth slowly – howchild souls resurrect Today I went to Gertrude's Writing Room and there was no internet. Can you imagine? It immediately became a sacred space...even more, if… Continue reading Poem 50 – Markers
Category: On Writing
Poem 49 – The Poet for Phillis Wheatley Peters
The PoetFor Phillis Wheatley Peters age sevenseized in Senegalsentenced to slaveryone tender body ina shipment of shame under a robe of dirty rugslender child nearly nakedsuffering the vived changein climate and freedom –shivers the ship captain in hasteher frailty no reason tostutter sells her tothe Bostonian Wheatly whites before dusting but after dishes –reading and… Continue reading Poem 49 – The Poet for Phillis Wheatley Peters
Poem 48 FOLD & I Read Canadian Day!
Fold Connecting readers, educators and writers throughExtraordinary advocacy, acceptance and empathyLighting the path for literacy for allEvolving the space, time and love for diverse writersBringing it to us live from Brampton, Ontario, CanadaReflecting the reality that is Canada’s cultural diversityAuthor representation that is explosive with theTruth that lives in the literary landscape –Emerging and established… Continue reading Poem 48 FOLD & I Read Canadian Day!
VANESSA SHIELDS 