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
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Poem 197 – High Intensity Resistance Writing
High Intensity Resistance WritingFor Paul Resistance is a fierce ability every writer cultivatesIt is a practice for flexing creative muscles that shouldbe honed every day for at least twenty minutes The higher the intensity resistancethe higher the creative outputWriters need six-to-eight cups of curiosity a dayto keep confidence hydrated Stretching fingers and forearmstwisting spines and… Continue reading Poem 197 – High Intensity Resistance Writing
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 