Monday Morning Reflection on a Sunday Evening Thing I Did (Maybe) It’s quite possible that yesterday at my friend’s houseas I was lounging on the sofa, and talking aboutBad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time extravaganzaI stuck my finger in my ear and caught a chunk of skinunder my nail and then looked at it…all the whilecontinuing… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 9
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2025 – Journal, Seasons & Surrender
Twenty-twenty-five is here! What a year number. It feel very...Back to the Future...but, like, the future is here...and it's not like I thought it would be. I don't 'feel' like a new year has begun. I don't feel like I want to start new things or 'resolve' old things...even though there is a part that… Continue reading 2025 – Journal, Seasons & Surrender
#NPM22 – The (Secret) Intimacy of the Photograph
The (Secret) Intimacy of the Photograph it is me and it is not meI transfix on the profile of An Otherwith my legs, covered in rose-garden pantyhose a shape a size a landscape, unfamiliarto my mind’s mirroryet there I amme but not me such displacementor dysmorphia orsuch rabid ability to despisedisrespect, such refusal of acceptancea… Continue reading #NPM22 – The (Secret) Intimacy of the Photograph
Curiosity & Confusion & Photos & Poetry
Curiosity Oh friends! It's been too long! It feels very...different to go from writing every.single.day for 365 days to writing every.single.day for 24 days this year...and then BAM stopping. But the truth is...I just can't do it again this year! There are too many other *BIG* things going on in my life. Perhaps I'll figure… Continue reading Curiosity & Confusion & Photos & Poetry
VANESSA SHIELDS 