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
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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
Poem 14 – We the Mourners
Found a type in day 11's poem! Hee. Fixed it. And...I forgot to paste the entire poem in yesterday's post?! Sheesh. Here's stanza 14! We the Mourners We the mournersroam the landa planet-sized graveyardwitnessing the body as tombstoneinclined toward the sharp knife ofLove’s lapidarian urgesetching Time woundsinto our skin –urging the most tears We the… Continue reading Poem 14 – We the Mourners
What It Feels Like to Finish a Writing Project
Journal entry upon finishing writing my latest novel. October 2024 THE FINISHING FEELINGS It really is something, the feelings I get when a writing project is finished. That said, I'm sure there are many of you who have that feeling that a piece of writing is never really finished! I have that feeling too! Especially… Continue reading What It Feels Like to Finish a Writing Project
VANESSA SHIELDS 