I discovered a new form of haiku today! The Haiga - a melding of painting and haiku! It's an ekphrastic expression using haiku! Who knew?! Find out more in the links below! I also discovered a Canadian artist, Siobhan Humston...she attended my little heart tour book event in Sarnia! I am so inspired by her… Continue reading POEM A DAY – July 20 & SARNIA & LIT NIGHT OPEN MIC!
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POEM A DAY – July 16
Alongside the tenor of shame(quote from Itinerant Cat Lady, Lynette Adams, July 12, Vocales and Itinerary Changes, Substack) this tenor of shame shapeshifts into a tangible obelisk beside me like a tentative bully: I think itwants to be my friend after it rages. we have common groundingin our relentlessness, our resilience for survival. neither of us… Continue reading POEM A DAY – July 16
POEM A DAY – July 13
(perimenopausal) summertime sadness it’s not fair because i don’t want to feel sad, to feel my muscles putty and my bones sigh as I trudge through grocery store aisles reeling at outrageous prices and doing bad math in my brain between the chunks of sadness that are sad to be spending money that are sad… Continue reading POEM A DAY – July 13
VANESSA SHIELDS 