The Value of An Editor I am a woman living in the chaos of spiritual change. In body and mind,in magic and logic, in space and time – intersectional continuums flex my abilities to adapt.I am a woman twisting in the genres of life’s stories.In word and sentence, in paragraph and chapter,in space and time – I… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 18
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Because
These days are for throat work. For deglutition - aka swallowing. For collaboration with pharynx and esophagus. For the miracle of the complexities of breathing. For honest communication swathed in the lapis-blue of my throat chakra energy. Quietly. I've been swallowing it down. The words. The voices. I've been stomach-ing the fears. No wonder I'm… Continue reading Because
Oops, I did it again
https://media.giphy.com/media/loFkgbqCLQjSQFC4ja/giphy.gif The iconic Britney Spears. I wish that my 'oops, I think I did it again'-ing was anything like Spears' love song. I wish I had the balls to wear that hot red red one-piece suit! No, my oops-ing, as I'm learning, has to do with well...a coping mechanism I taught myself when I was… Continue reading Oops, I did it again
#NPM Intimacy Poems – Disappearing, Worry, Yin Yoga, Kitchen Dancing
The Intimacy of Disappearing there is worth beyond the wordsthis is a hard truth for a writer& so, she learns to disappearwhen the learning is in the bellylandsacral sacred wound unfurlingchanting in a different languageshe used to understand, bodies ago The Intimacy of Worry Is in the fallacy of controlI think I have when I… Continue reading #NPM Intimacy Poems – Disappearing, Worry, Yin Yoga, Kitchen Dancing
VANESSA SHIELDS 
