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Tag: seasons

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Moon, Musings & Mermaids

February 17, 2022 Vanessa Shields5 Comments

The prompt: Here is one of the writing prompts from our morning Yin write. Write three words that describe this time of year for you. My response came in poetry. Shadow …the darkness is getting softerher cloak is thinningthe stars & moon are beginningto take hold of hergently pull her back – inside her shadows… Continue reading Moon, Musings & Mermaids

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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