*I wrote this yesterday, May28, but couldn't post it due to internet connection issues.* Today is my birthday. On this day, it was a Sunday then, thirty-seven years ago, my mother, she was twenty-one then, was labouring me into this world. I was a small baby, long and skinny like a just-hatched bird, I am… Continue reading The Roots of my Tongue – A Birthday Soliloquy
Tag: League of Canadian Poets
Poetic Opinions – On Fees, Dues and Definitions
It’s National Poetry Month for at least another week and a bit so I think it’s high time I write this particular blog. I'm gonna give you some transparency here. People ask me all the time 'how do you do it'? I'm not sure that they're asking specifically about how I exist as a professional… Continue reading Poetic Opinions – On Fees, Dues and Definitions
The Feminist Caucus at The League of Canadian Poets Reviews ‘I Am That Woman’!
I'm thrilled...elated...excited...to be reviewed by Anne Burke, the Chair of the Feminist Caucus at the League of Canadian Poets!!! Thank you Anne! I do believe this is a very positive review! What do you think?!! Here is her review of my book, I Am That Woman... Review of I am That Woman, by Vanessa Shields… Continue reading The Feminist Caucus at The League of Canadian Poets Reviews ‘I Am That Woman’!
VANESSA SHIELDS 