Vanessa Whiteley : Writing

Fairy Fields

Fairy Fields

A Poem by Vanessa Whiteley


among patchwork frosted fields horses and scattered sheep crop on brittle grass crinkled leaves hang from trees thorns of yellow gorse ..
An Empty Chair

An Empty Chair

A Poem by Vanessa Whiteley


Sometimes she stands in silence, motionless, desolate in a dress of mournful black but now and then like a gentle caress her face touches the..
Christmas Eve Beach

Christmas Eve Beach

A Poem by Vanessa Whiteley


A toddler dressed in pink hat and scarf stands on rocks: her arms outthrust like an unwrapped doll. Her family clings, like limpets. Their voi..
Beautiful in Black

Beautiful in Black

A Poem by Vanessa Whiteley


Akin to a Bird-of-Paradise, swathes of blonde hair livid with blue plumes, he ambled past the local hospital, gay pride in every step. A lov..
Stream

Stream

A Poem by Vanessa Whiteley


There is a willow grows aslant the brook, That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream; There with fantastic garlands did she come. How insa..
Being November

Being November

A Poem by Vanessa Whiteley


I picked out four orangey yellow peppers, skins smooth to the touch and took them back to your place with the rest of the shopping. We spent t..
Narroways

Narroways

A Poem by Vanessa Whiteley


Miles from anywhere We are lost in primal woodlands. Squirrels scamper across pine-coned paths. Birds crowd our conversation. Summer’s f..
Santa's Revolution

Santa\'s Revolution

A Poem by Vanessa Whiteley


Either, said the man in the scarlet suit, I can spend my time making presents no one needs, not even, the little children: or I can make on..
Agatha's Christie's 'Who Killed C**k Robin'.

Agatha\'s Christie\'s \'Who Killed C**k Robin\'.

A Story by Vanessa Whiteley


"Who killed C**k Robin?" "I," said the Sparrow, "With my bow and arrow, I killed C**k Robin." "Who saw him die?&q..
Ideals of the Well-Intentioned

Ideals of the Well-Intentioned

A Poem by Vanessa Whiteley


A young American soldier misses her mother and her home in Maine where she skimmed stones across Sebago lake. It's where she skinned her knees ..