Hello friends! It's been over a month since I've last written. Isn't that wild? What a difference from last year when I wrote a poem every day. Where is that energy and dedication? It is fluttering...fluttering...I have needed time to be...quiet. To put my head down and work. To worry and dream. To sleep and… Continue reading So this is what’s been happening…
Tag: National Poetry Month
Poem 114 – Celebrat’ry Musts & CBC Books
Celebrat'ry Musts in celebration of Earth Day, Shakespeare's birthday & Indie Bookstore Day such celebrat'ry mustsearthshakespeareindie bookst'res such int'rtwin'd charmstar seeds to treesturneth to pap'r holdinginky w'rds writ by lov'rsof life and languagedid press to pagessplay'd on shelvesbooks yond art alive and at which hour did light'racy wanesmoth'r nature spins h'r skirtsand lifts our spirits… Continue reading Poem 114 – Celebrat’ry Musts & CBC Books
Poem 111 – his sweater on the fourth day & PIV & New YPL!
his sweater on the fourth day Holding dog hair in clumps like April snow on branches. Heavy with the surprise of the weight I carry on my shoulders. (Also like April snow on branches, folding into each other as if to say ‘can you feel this too?’ then the wind comes & blows off chunks… Continue reading Poem 111 – his sweater on the fourth day & PIV & New YPL!
Poem 109 – Butter
Butter butter on fingersmakes pen’s body slipperylike dew on poems TEN DAYS TO VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH! Thank you to everyone who has already registered for my virtual book launch on Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 7:30pm! Yippeee! Books are selling like butter-drippy hotcakes! Thank you for that too! Here's a link to register for the… Continue reading Poem 109 – Butter
VANESSA SHIELDS 