Elizabeth Shepherd

Parkdale

So... after much deliberation, much anticipation, much frustration, elation and a fair share of consternation, comes something to show for it all...'Parkdale' is now out and available online at I-tun...
Posted by Elizabeth Shepherd on Wed, 07 May 2008 12:00:00 PST

games

after 31 years of playthe rule book pagesbrown and frayfrom thumbingin the pantomime of loverules apply to help steady the fictionin all reality thoughso great a loveknows neither bearing nor book is ...
Posted by Elizabeth Shepherd on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:32:00 PST

road

like a once captive memory liberated in an ambush of boredomi now remember what it is i loveabout sitting still in a moving vehiclefor hoursdays could stretch out endlessly this way life is not passi...
Posted by Elizabeth Shepherd on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:29:00 PST

January seventh

after laying my head to rest at 3 ami later awake to findmy body in the same positionback a little stiffbreath sweetly staleand a bruise-purple skysemi-conscious confusion sets inand i implore clarity...
Posted by Elizabeth Shepherd on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:25:00 PST

edmonton to calgary...

snow or sandrolling dunes can all look the same through a narrowly squinted gazesun beats downon our little speeding caras refracted light in endless monochrome waves goes byreminiscent of tacky, prin...
Posted by Elizabeth Shepherd on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:13:00 PST

womens change-room at the west end Y

two women restbodies slumped overfeet dangling and bobbingin the agressive flow of whirlpool wateri'm immersed and silent in this heatuntil my maximum 5 minutes is upthen out of fear of cardiac arrest...
Posted by Elizabeth Shepherd on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:53:00 PST

walking

up the street my feet think they know every crack, yet still i occasionally stumble.  there's a new sign for the queen of tarts.  i definitively conclude (and i'm not alone in this...
Posted by Elizabeth Shepherd on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:41:00 PST

L V B

One of my earliest memories of piano lessons was the dictation book my first piano teacher, Mrs. Palos, used to scribble lesson notes in (incidentally, I still use the same dictation books for my stud...
Posted by Elizabeth Shepherd on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:55:00 PST

if only it were Wednesday...

  blog fog dog smog grog frog hog snog bog jog log sog clog cog flog nog ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------- like relationships, i guess blogs need mainten...
Posted by Elizabeth Shepherd on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:16:00 PST

my very first blog

so this is it; my first attempt at a blog.  i just can't see why anyone would want to read it, but hey - i'm not an internet junkie.  it hurts my eyes and gives me headaches.  from my v...
Posted by Elizabeth Shepherd on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 06:25:00 PST