#NPM22 - INTIMACY - Poem a Day The Intimacy of Vacuuming the House on a Thursday Evening The dried clumps of mud on the kitchen floormake me feel like a bad motherand the chunks of crusted spinach and the rolling tufts of dog hair too When I open the canister on the vacuumdirt is overflowing into… Continue reading Intimacy & The Interview
Interviews & Invitations!
Poet Laureate Interview is tomorrow! Hello friends! So tomorrow morning between 10am and 10:30am, I will be zoomin' with a jury in an interview for the Poet Laureate position. I am feeling...sort of like a living heart rate image - up and down and up and down with emotions. I swing from feeling elated and… Continue reading Interviews & Invitations!
So this is what’s been happening…
Hello friends! It's been over a month since I've last written. Isn't that wild? What a difference from last year when I wrote a poem every day. Where is that energy and dedication? It is fluttering...fluttering...I have needed time to be...quiet. To put my head down and work. To worry and dream. To sleep and… Continue reading So this is what’s been happening…
Moon, Musings & Mermaids
The prompt: Here is one of the writing prompts from our morning Yin write. Write three words that describe this time of year for you. My response came in poetry. Shadow …the darkness is getting softerher cloak is thinningthe stars & moon are beginningto take hold of hergently pull her back – inside her shadows… Continue reading Moon, Musings & Mermaids
VANESSA SHIELDS 