Yes “…if you say something and really mean it – that is poetry…” adapted quote by Brenda Ueland, If You Want to Write Yes to intention!Yes to profoundly feeling!Yes to the wild-ocean deepness of paying attention! To grabbing hold to shaking stirring breaking!To scavenging the darkness!To picking up the sharpest pieces of Living &holding each… Continue reading Poem 364 – Yes
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Poem 359 & 360 – Nod & Desideratum
Poem 359 - Nod in the lulls between feasts & filmsgifts exchangedreceiving joy & full-bellylaughter, I see her Loss holds a candlebehind the treeshe is quietthought-fullher heart a foreston her sleeve we acknowledgeeach other witha nod & my heartcrawls up herleg, adds acluster of saplingsto her woodland Poem 360 - Desideratum the end is near… Continue reading Poem 359 & 360 – Nod & Desideratum
Poem 268 – St. Marys, ON
St. Marys, ON - for Rebecca MQ The river is glass reflectionpink horizon pushing calm betweenlush leaves lazing off willow wonder branches –heaven’s hair reaching for tomorrow And also robust rush of water falling –the stacks fumbling from smooth mirrorto conversations constant rollingof liquid tongues speakinga different kind of respect This confluence ofpeace and productionthe… Continue reading Poem 268 – St. Marys, ON
Poem 198 – This Other Resistance
This Other Resistance one thingthat takes a lot of time & energythat moves in like a hungry lionthough I’ve fought the lionI’ve tamed the lionI’ve rocked the lion to sleepit still roars mountains of resistancesucks the air from my lung like a punch to the guttricks me into believing I can’t do itthough I’ve done… Continue reading Poem 198 – This Other Resistance
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 