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…
Tag: Charis Cotter
Prompt 20: Fog by Carl Sandburg (Poem)
Book: Chicago Poems (1916)Author: Carl Sandburg Poem: FogGenre: Poetry Prompt from Chloe Bristol FogBy Carl Sandburg The fog comeson little cat feet. It sits lookingover harbor and cityon silent haunchesand then moves on. Fear The Fear comesat me like Henan’sheavy luck bell1(emptied ofluck)Its robust waistpendulum me panicked it’ssound bow dimpledlip around the clapper& CLANG! Too… Continue reading Prompt 20: Fog by Carl Sandburg (Poem)
SPECIAL POST! Interview with Canada’s Queen of Ghost Stories, Charis Cotter
Newfoundland writer, Charis (pronounced Care-iss like Ferris) Cotter is celebrating the release of her fourth novel, The Dollhouse (Tundra, 2021). Before its August release, The Dollhouse was already receiving acclaim by being chosen as a Gold Standard Selection by the Junior Library Guild. Charis has done interviews on the radio and virtually, and is 'live'… Continue reading SPECIAL POST! Interview with Canada’s Queen of Ghost Stories, Charis Cotter
Poem 267 Two Lips & Goodies #culturedays2021
Two Lips Two lips alone are amazingthey smile shape soundsrest in listening repose Two lips alone are curtainsfor the stage that is your face(yes, your eyes are the lights, of course) Two lips alone are puffed with electricitydormant until Two lips pressed on two other lips well –this is a whole new theatrical release! The… Continue reading Poem 267 Two Lips & Goodies #culturedays2021
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 