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On Writing

Found Heart Poem, Amazon Poem

January 4, 2021 Vanessa ShieldsLeave a comment

While I was labelling all my journals over the holiday, I found something I'd written on the back of a page of stickers. It looks like it might have been the beginning of a song as 'bridge' and 'chorus' are included...And so, today we get a two-for...a two-fer? Two poems for one because I wanted… Continue reading Found Heart Poem, Amazon Poem

Guest Writers · Writing Life

Let’s Start With the Good

April 16, 2020 Vanessa Shields1 Comment

Good beautiful sunset evening, friends. I've got tears crawling up my throat, so I'm gonna start with some things that are motivating the happy tears... An Interview With Me from my good friends at Black Moss Press! It's #NationalPoetryMonth and so many folks are doing incredible things with poetry - from live-streaming poems on demand… Continue reading Let’s Start With the Good

On Writing · Writing Life

Oh, Autumn.

August 26, 2019 Vanessa Shields1 Comment

Today, I feel Autumn in my elbows. In the yarn-like pain that pulls as I bend my arm up and down, up and down. Today, I smell Autumn on the hip of the wind. In the wide dirt-like scent of the earth yearning for a sip of water. Today, I hear Autumn on the earlobe… Continue reading Oh, Autumn.

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