January 7, 2016. We're a week into the 'new' year and I've yet to map out my goal-for-the-year chart...or have that major long-winded write in my journal to re-set my energy and focus... The sun is out, I can feel the sun shining. And yet, there's a heaviness on my chest. Today is a cry… Continue reading Cry Day(s)
Category: On Writing
Runner-Up Award from TOPS!
Squeeee! My poem 'Say AWE' has won a Runner-Up Award in The Ontario Poetry Society's 'Ultra-Short Poetry' competition! What a wonderful gift! Thank you TOPS family and judge Debbie Okun Hill! Congratulations to all the other poets who will be in the anthology!
Gertrude’s Literary Cafe
I have a dream. My dream is to open Gertrude's Literary Cafe. Gertrude's Literary Cafe is a place for writers to write, for artists to draw, for crafters to craft, for musicians to perform, for books to launch, for CDs to release, for yoga to be taught - a place where the arts meet the… Continue reading Gertrude’s Literary Cafe
VANESSA SHIELDS 