Colour Poem with Haiku The garbage truck is painted deep burgundy and soft yellowThe garbage man’s coat is neon orange and the garbage bins are navy blue The snow is look-at-me milk nestling up the grey-brown bark of the maple treeThe sky is tri-coloured wool: quiet pink hopeful bisque clean ocean I am coffee contemplativePeriwinkle… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 27
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POEM A DAY – January 25
I've been thinking about relationship, dear reader. I've been thinking about what motivates me to keep creating. I've been thinking about the root of my writing dreams...no matter the shape or size of these writing dreams, you are in them as readers. So as I continue to write, as I continue to choose different modes… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 25
POEM A DAY – January 14
Good morning lovelies! Today's poem is a three-fer! It is in response to a found poem (or found poetry book, in this case) written in the form of an abecedarian poem that is also an acrostic poem. I wrote this piece last year during a poetry marathon wherein myself and Cassie Caverhill wrote 12 poems… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 14
POEM A DAY – January 1
Here we go! I'll be writing one poem every day this year. I'll do my best to post it at the beginning of the day...but that may not be consistent. Each poem I write is new, hand-written first (usually!), typed into a Canva image, posted here and posted on my instagram. If the poem is… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 1
VANESSA SHIELDS 