Eight Ball on a whimI palm the magiceight ballask: will I everget an agent? the rush of hot hopethe tightening of desperationmakes my torso smaller blue bubbled liquidreveals the whitepyramid of magicin the smallwindow ofthe ball’s belly: FOCUS & ASK AGAIN
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Poem 99 – 4AM Dream & Resilience Poems
4 AM dreams I hang upside downan unseen monsterclaw-gripping my anklesI silent scream until I can’t breathemy voice dies first I witness a man hurtle his childpummel his wifeevery phone I use to call the police does not workI don’t know how to help It’s 4:54am when I look at the clockon my cell the white-light… Continue reading Poem 99 – 4AM Dream & Resilience Poems
Wounded Writers Ask – Free Write #19 – Takes
Pick a memory – this can be a childhood one or something that happened just last week – and write it down so that it reads like a headline. Try to select one word that you can repeat throughout the takes. Next, explore your memory as a series of takes by writing as many as… Continue reading Wounded Writers Ask – Free Write #19 – Takes
The Novel Is Complete!!!! (With Video!)
Did I wake you this morning? Did you hear me scream and jump up and down this morning at 2:30am?!! Okay, so I didn't do my screaming and jumping up and down until about 9:45am this morning. But when I finished, when I saved the 434-page document and scrolled through it one last time...this is… Continue reading The Novel Is Complete!!!! (With Video!)
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 