I've decided to step away from Facebook. I've also deleted my Twitter accounts. I have kept my Instagram accounts (personal and Gertrude's Writing Room), but I don't know for how long. I've been toiling about getting off social media for years, but with the recent experiences I've been having, I've made myself think more deeply… Continue reading What if…
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Guest Writer Interview Part II w/ Robert Earl Stewart
Robert Earl Stewart, author of The Running-Shaped Hole A Memoir (Dundurn, 2022) And we're back on track! (Running joke.) Please enjoy part two of our ten-question interview! In case you missed the first part, here it is! VS: I can feel as I read your book, the exposition of your relationship with your body. Obviously… Continue reading Guest Writer Interview Part II w/ Robert Earl Stewart
Poem 357 – A Love Poem
A Love Poem I wrapped up love in letters, connected into words I could hear in my head as I wrote, the sing-song of greetings on a paper wishwind, the Santa stickers, the address label, the Buffy Sainte-Marie stamp. I wrapped up love in ink-girdled joy, magical & traveling to arrive at your door, to… Continue reading Poem 357 – A Love Poem
Poem 356 Everything Always & Yin Writing Link
Everything Always for M.M. What’s in a tear?his eyes – the depth of his love as it waxes & wanes his moon to your sun divinehis skin – the warmth of it filling you cheek to collarbone chin to palm the beat of his heart drum folding you into his edgeshis hands – the holders… Continue reading Poem 356 Everything Always & Yin Writing Link
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 