LOSS On Friday, July 11, 2025, our beloved Oscar crossed the rainbow bridge. That morning when we awoke, he was in the hallway, puddles of urine and vomit around him. We cleaned him up, took him outside where he was able to go to the bathroom...but then he fell to the deck and couldn't move.… Continue reading Loss, Labour (Quitting Writing) & Luxuriation
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(No)Tivation – On Mustering
Where has my motivation gone? It's silly, really. I've always been a highly-motivated human. I think I was born motivated - to grow, to learn, to do, do, do. And to do with passion, integrity and...gusto. Then...it was just GONE. I know that ageing is playing a major role. One of the symptoms of peri-menopause… Continue reading (No)Tivation – On Mustering
Poem 254 – Give This To Her
Give This to Her Oh Dawn Sun!I plead!Forget the trees & oceansLeave the bees & flowersAs you gather your lightLike skirts on hips of horizonsGlare all your power intoThe dull scythe of Death’s horror dark Give the arms of this day to her miracleEmbrace her fighting soul knotted in theDevastated landscape of her war-torn body… Continue reading Poem 254 – Give This To Her
Poem 173 – The Tower, Her Insistence
The Tower, Her Insistence When I was stepping inside the skeleton spineof the Eiffel Tower, I was avoiding touchingthe sturdy metal railings, avoiding inhalingthe musk of the man ahead of me, avoidinglooking down as my thrumming legs liftedme closer to the sky. I felt in a cage. Completely embraced bya structure that could never know… Continue reading Poem 173 – The Tower, Her Insistence
VANESSA SHIELDS 