Did you see the moon last night? I sure did...Here is today's poem in its entirety...with an excerpted image below... The Way It Is Now last night when I let the dog out to peeand I listened to C’s voice on speakerphoneas she wept through a heart-opening release I looked at the moon and she… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 3
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POEM A DAY – January 2
Today's poem is in the form of a duplex. I am inspired by Jericho Brown's poem: A poem is a gesture toward home. In a nutshell, a duplex is meant to fuse and disrupt different forms of poetry...with a loosely established form of its own. 14 lines in 7 couplets. The first line echoes in… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 2
POEM A DAY – January 1
Here we go! I'll be writing one poem every day this year. I'll do my best to post it at the beginning of the day...but that may not be consistent. Each poem I write is new, hand-written first (usually!), typed into a Canva image, posted here and posted on my instagram. If the poem is… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 1
Listy-lists
Greetings, friends! It's that time of year...when all the lists come out and attempt to organize and label and judge things that have happened during the year. I do feel a pull toward making lists too...and I thought I'd have some fun with lists that are more...sharing than labeling...! I visited my goodreads page to… Continue reading Listy-lists
VANESSA SHIELDS 