Hello friends! It's been over a month since I've last written. Isn't that wild? What a difference from last year when I wrote a poem every day. Where is that energy and dedication? It is fluttering...fluttering...I have needed time to be...quiet. To put my head down and work. To worry and dream. To sleep and… Continue reading So this is what’s been happening…
Tag: writing retreat
Poem 187 – Two more bracelets
Two more bracelets smokey quartztiger eyemy wrists adornedwith trust in theheartbeats ofstones the earthhas held for eternities these shiny spheresworlds of energiesto gather my worriesshow them how tobe infiniteto be so alivein their repetitivespinningletting go isdizzy freedom – a necessary choiceto disengage timea thrilling way toexhale to feelthe frothy rush ofcourage flowinglike rapids deepdeep deep… Continue reading Poem 187 – Two more bracelets
Poem 184 – Because & Thimbles Book Review
Because Because I said in a writing workshop there’s little room for because in a poemBecause every word mattersBecause you are your wordsBecause I am my wordsBecause subordinating conjunctions are necessary and importantBecause it is be + causeBecause be the causeBecause it looks so pretty in cursiveBecause it can start a sentenceBecause because because because… Continue reading Poem 184 – Because & Thimbles Book Review
Poem 183 – When the voices are
When the voices are The voices are daggers today–Does it matter–Where they came from–Who sent them–How they sharpened–No.They. Are. Here– And so, voices, I hear you–I see your jagged edges–I am to be punctured–Perhaps even–To be cut open– Let’s see where your points settle–Then I will write– Photo by Charis Cotter Day one of the… Continue reading Poem 183 – When the voices are
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 