Ocean, For Lisa words float between usbecause we are an ocean of listening between us an ocean openswe float on the words love & kindness because they are rafts of sanctuarywhen the ocean swells like our eyes with tears & we frighten a bit when the lid on the sugar bowlshifts – the listening touches… Continue reading Poem 322 – Ocean, for Lisa
Category: On Writing
Poem 322 – Three Sakes
Three Sakes 1I could take you to the very place but I won’tit is thick here, heavy-curtained by blush insulationI pull my palms down them, needing the sensationof shard sharpness to burrow into my palmsprickling pain keeping me in my body 2This person – a veilthin, mildly see-throughw/ short skinny limbs like half-breathed thoughtsdishevelled hair… Continue reading Poem 322 – Three Sakes
Poem 321 – November Leaves
November Leaves, for Emmy Really, it’s not up to leaves alone to fallit is a collective agreement by November life becomes aboutwhat to hold onto & how life becomes a story of precision maintenancein preparation for an ultimate letting goan understanding of the shift into a quietdeeper existence for a time & so leaves do… Continue reading Poem 321 – November Leaves
Special Guest Writer Richard Scarsbrook! Author of ‘The Troupers’
Richard Scarsbrook's newest novel, The Troupers (Cormorant Books) I met Richard Scarsbrook through BookFest Windsor many moons ago. He was a guest speaker for the youth writing contest winners at their award event. We connected before the event so I could get to know him a bit and introduce him to the kids, nervous and… Continue reading Special Guest Writer Richard Scarsbrook! Author of ‘The Troupers’
VANESSA SHIELDS 