Bred bounty when the bounty comes from the earthyou plant it in, you can taste the difference the slick of salt slipped off your browelevates the lettuce leaf the oil on your palm rubbed on the unripe tomato hippushes it to blush red the green pepper cucumberstrawberry & onion can feel your tender gaze &… Continue reading Poem 234 – Bred Bounty
Tag: submissions
Honourable Mentions!
Honourable Mention I am very pleased to announce that I've received an Honourable Mention for my poem 'Garden' in this year's Polar Expressions National Poetry Writing Contest! Yahoo! Thank you judges! And congratulations to all those who submitted and will be published, including the first place winner, local writer Jessie Lee Jennings for her poem… Continue reading Honourable Mentions!
Cede Poetry – Inaugural Edition – And I’m in it!
Awhile back I submitted some poetry to a brand new on-line literary mag called Cede Poetry. Low and behold, one of my poems was accepted! (She jumps up and touches her heels together!) The first edition is out today!! These virtual pages are graced by the likes of great Canadian poets like Alice Major and… Continue reading Cede Poetry – Inaugural Edition – And I’m in it!
Poetic Opinions – On Fees, Dues and Definitions
It’s National Poetry Month for at least another week and a bit so I think it’s high time I write this particular blog. I'm gonna give you some transparency here. People ask me all the time 'how do you do it'? I'm not sure that they're asking specifically about how I exist as a professional… Continue reading Poetic Opinions – On Fees, Dues and Definitions
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 