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VANESSA SHIELDS, writer

LOVE. WRITE. LAUGH.

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Tag: love

On Writing

What if…

September 7, 2022 Vanessa Shields4 Comments

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…

On Writing

Guest Writer Interview Part II w/ Robert Earl Stewart

May 20, 2022 Vanessa Shields1 Comment

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

On Writing

Poem 357 – A Love Poem

December 23, 2021December 25, 2021 Vanessa Shields1 Comment

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

On Writing

Poem 356 Everything Always & Yin Writing Link

December 23, 2021 Vanessa ShieldsLeave a comment

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

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