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Book Awards 2023: What is a poem you turn to for comfort or joy?
We asked the longlisters and shortlisters of the 2023 Book Awards, What is a poem you turn to for comfort or joy? Winners will be announced on May 4, 2023.…
Read MoreNPM23 Blog: Room for Little Joys by Prathna Lor
I was asked to write about joy and, to be honest, I’ve been having a hard time thinking about how to approach the subject. Now, that’s not to say I’m…
Read MorePlain-text: Poem In Your Pocket Day 2023
BOSRA, SYRIA 2009 for A and E George Amabile 1 We’re standing in a light breeze, in a field of poppies, white and red, their heads nodding and tossing…
Read MoreBook Awards 2023: What does JOY mean to you?
We asked the finalists of the 2023 Book Awards, What does Joy mean to you? See what the poets had to say! The theme of National Poetry Month 2023 is…
Read MoreNPM23 Blog: 6 Activities to Spark Creative Joy
by Leila-Indira Mohabeer-Ortiz Happy National Poetry Month! April is a month of joy, with the weather getting warmer and the sun shining brighter, the springtime brings forward a multitude of…
Read MoreNPM23 Blog: Pulling Joy Forward by Elizabeth Mudenyo
Easy Joy Rock huntinghands digging past algaeknee deep in water orkeeled over dusting off sandputting rocks in the bucket of our shirtsshining them and showing them offWhat a lucky find.Oh…
Read MoreNPM23 Blog: Rewilding Poetry Through Joy by Shannon Webb-Campbell
If you ask me if I made a new year’s resolution I’d tell you no. Such rigid ways often result in the opposite outcome, or at least that’s how it…
Read MoreNPM23 Blog: Joy at the Door by Ash Winters
Oh Joy, how I have searched for you on long dreary winter days. Sometimes thinking I have caught a glimpse of spring out of the corner of my eye only…
Read MoreNational Poetry Month 2023: Joy – Social Media Graphics
This April 2023, we celebrate National Poetry Month: JOY! LCP has partnered with designer Megan Fildes for our poster, bookmark and Poem In Your Pocket Postcards this National Poetry Month…
Read MoreNPM 2022: Intimacy
National Poetry Month 2022: INTIMACY April 2022 is National Poetry Month! The League of Canadian Poets invites you to celebrate the 24nd National Poetry Month this April 2022 with the…
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