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Trish Shields
Trish has a background in Fine Arts at the Algonquin College in Ottawa, Ontario. She has also studied creative writing under Matt Hughes, Canadian author of "Fools Errant", "Downshift" and "Fool Me Twice". Her first book of poetry, Soul Speak, was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in 2001. Her work also appears in several anthologies.


Trish grew up in Europe and has travelled the United States and Canada extensively. She currently resides with her partner and children on Vancouver Island, Canada.

Spirit Harvest
cup full of promises
eyefuls of deeds
ears plucked by cropfuls
dreams sown by seeds
swirling in darkness
caught fast in a gaze
albums created
by a look or a phrase
----------------excerpt from "Eyot"

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