everyonecanpoem #everyonecanpoem For Natalie Gather all ye literary citizens!Take up your pens & slice intothe grace of glorious ambiguity With a bit of death clinging toour skins the poem livesto genuflect before us or toggleoff our backs or lick our lipsor yell vagina from mountainswe write into Being – preciouswith our being All hail the… Continue reading Poem 349 – #everyonecanpoem & YIN writing link
Tag: By the River Reading Series
Poem 348 – Moonbeam & Link to Zoom
Moonbeam “…how do you hold a moonbeam in your hand…” How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria, The Sound of Music film, 1965 oh! it is here surprising in its sob-studded presence! the hole I’ve been so strongly filling in with the Everythings of Liferevealed like ten dervishes whirling it open – the space… Continue reading Poem 348 – Moonbeam & Link to Zoom
A reading and reading!
A READING! I will be reading poetry as part of the By The River Reading Series presented by D.A. Lockhart and the Urban Farmhouse Press family on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at Mackenzie Hall beginning at 7pm. I will share the stage with Carlinda D'Alimonte and Gord Grisenthwaite. We will all have books for signing… Continue reading A reading and reading!
It’s National Poetry Month Y’all! How will you celebrate?
It's National Poetry Month and this year, we're celebrating 20 years of celebrating! There are loads of people, places and poetic happenings to celebrate this month (and always!) over at the League of Canadian Poets website. As always, the League is a solid lead for poets across the country. Stay connected to the League of… Continue reading It’s National Poetry Month Y’all! How will you celebrate?
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 