On the Poet’s Existential Creative Crisis of Needing to Write a Poem When the Exhaustion of Content Formulation Far Outweighs the Metaphysical Transcendence of Divine Expression what is the poet to do?eat a Ryan’s Signature Donut at the closest Tim Horton’slick fingertips sticky with maple and sugarride the hyperglycemia rollercoasterwonder if tagging Ryan Reynolds on instagram… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 8
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What It Feels Like To Have A Writing Idea
Whether it is a word, a sentence, or a paragraph's worth of writing, the seed of an idea that blooms into a poem or a narrative is a powerful thing. I've been contemplating ideas...imagination...their connections to each other, to the body, to our internal and external relationships. In essence, I've been thinking about how creativity… Continue reading What It Feels Like To Have A Writing Idea
Something Comes Up
How do you handle the daily unpredictable facts of life that are the Something Comes Up? Let's call 'em SomComUPs. These are the things that derail your glorious, heart-felt, committed-to-reaching-your-daily-goals intrusions like, say, a car issue or a must-have-now from a client or co-worker, or a crap attack post-lunch that sucks what was left of… Continue reading Something Comes Up
VANESSA SHIELDS 