rocks In a daydream, Virginia and Ipaint rocks at river’s calm edge.I take the rocks home. Put them on the shelfbeside the stack of her words.She finds more rocks – puts them in her coat pockets.I wish I could have known her.Drowned her in love. I hope everyone is having an enjoyable long weekend. I'm… Continue reading Poem 144 – rocks
Tag: Virginia Woolf
Reading Tonight! And…sink down.
Tonight I will be reading at Mackenzie Hall with Carlinda D'Alimonte and Gord Grisenthwaite from 7pm-9pm as part of the By the River Reading Series. Thank you to Daniel and Emily Lockhart for organizing this series and for inviting me to be a part of it. I will be reading new poetry! Maybe I'll slide… Continue reading Reading Tonight! And…sink down.
Small but valuable.
"Sometimes I wonder about my life. I lead a small life. Well, valuable but small. Sometimes I wonder, do I do it because I like it or because I haven't been brave? How much of what I feel reminds me of what I read in a book...when...shouldn't it be the other way around? I don't… Continue reading Small but valuable.
VANESSA SHIELDS 