THE BATTLE IS ON, YO. In just two days, I'll be putting the peddle to the metal and driving myself and Marty Gervais (Windsor's Poet Laureate and my publisher - the publisher of Black Moss Press) to the metropolis we call Toronto so we can participate in the 2016 IFOA/Poetry NOW Battle of the Bards. In… Continue reading The Battle Is On! IFOA 2016 Battle of the Bards Is This Wednesday!
Tag: Vanessa Shields
Hello Gorgeous!
Welcome to my new and improved website! Thank you for sticking with me all these years - I started blogging in 2012! I appreciate your friendship and commitment! So, things around here will look a little different...and there are some posts that will have lost their links and images in the 'move'...but the words are… Continue reading Hello Gorgeous!
The Working Writer
September always falls into my lap like a bunch of orange leaves. This year is no exception. We've all been feeling the speed at which life is going this year. I call it #ballsfast. (You can start a world phenomenon with the hashtag. Go ahead.) While the summer did go by #ballsfast each day felt… Continue reading The Working Writer
VANESSA SHIELDS 