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VANESSA SHIELDS

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On Writing

Reveals

December 22, 2020 Vanessa ShieldsLeave a comment

I did a new moon meditation on Monday, December 14. It was a revelation. Meditating does that, reveals things, I know but this time it was different. This time, when I was led down the path of seeing dreams, of traveling anywhere in the world, of hearing a message, of reading a message...I saw what… Continue reading Reveals

On Writing

Honourable Mentions!

November 27, 2020 Vanessa Shields3 Comments

Honourable Mention I am very pleased to announce that I've received an Honourable Mention for my poem 'Garden' in this year's Polar Expressions National Poetry Writing Contest! Yahoo! Thank you judges! And congratulations to all those who submitted and will be published, including the first place winner, local writer Jessie Lee Jennings for her poem… Continue reading Honourable Mentions!

Poetry · Writing Life

#morningcoffeesessions Two Poems

July 10, 2020 Vanessa ShieldsLeave a comment

heat heat is a constant melody blaring from the radios planted like seeds in the gardens of my body the music is always on pushing lyrics in sweat beads out of the skin on my temples blasting beats of pleasure in my vulva furnace where it transforms into waterfalls heat is a spell – magic… Continue reading #morningcoffeesessions Two Poems

Writing Life

Floopy – Existential Panic

February 14, 2020 Vanessa Shields5 Comments

Where to begin? I feel...floopy. This is the word we use to describe how the dogs get when they're tired and flop down onto us because they want some hard-core lovin'. Except...without the existential panic that I've been feeling on my insides, I think. Can dogs have existential panics? I immediately want to think about… Continue reading Floopy – Existential Panic

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