{"id":2876,"date":"2016-01-24T17:41:04","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T17:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=2876"},"modified":"2016-01-24T17:41:04","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T17:41:04","slug":"grasp-by-shannon-p-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/grasp-by-shannon-p-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Grasp by Shannon P. Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Grasp<\/h1>\n

By Shannon P. Laws<\/p>\n

Mist disappears into clean air
\nTurns into the space between us<\/p>\n

Once we were something no one could hold
\nAll could see, none could breathe<\/p>\n

An occurrence that clung under limbs
\nA pair like lady slipper and pine<\/p>\n

###<\/p>\n

Shannon P. Laws, Bellingham WA, is a 2013 Mayor\u2019s Arts Award (Bellingham) and 2015 Community Champion Award (Writer\u2019s International Network, Richmond, B.C.) recipient. Her poetry appeared in Clover-A Literary Rag, Five Willows Literary Review, From Bellingham With Love, and Noisy Water: Poetry from Whatcom County, Washington. She has performed in Western Washington University\u2019s \u201cErotic Poetry Night\u201d, the \u201cWest Coast Tagore Festival\u201d, Writers International Network Canada, Village Books \u201cLiterature LIVE\u201d and worked as a contributing poet for the Chuckanut Sandstone Writers Theater and Bellingham Repertory Dance Company \u201cPhrasings\u201d collaboration<\/p>\n

Shannon is a co-founding member of World Peace Poets Bellingham<\/a>, who promote harmony through words for local and international writers at various public readings, including the annual \u201cRead-in! Write-On!\u201d event.<\/p>\n

In 2015 she coordinated a charity album \u201cBlue Skies for Bellingham<\/a>\u201d featuring 17 local bands. All album proceeds go to the Blue Skies for Children\u2019s Our Little Wishes Instrument Loaner and Enrichment Programs. These programs provide low income, homeless and foster children ages six to fifteen living in Whatcom and Skagit County funding for music lessons and musical instrument rental to help increase hope and raise self-esteem.<\/p>\n

Her publications include two poetry books, Madrona Grove and Odd Little Things. Her next book \u201cFallen\u201d is set to release fall 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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