Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. This June, Poetry Pause celebrates Indigenous and LGBTQI2S+ poets for Indigenous History Month and Pride Month! Read “Windblown Group of Seven” by Jessica Outram. Due to its formatting, this poem is only available as an image.

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Windblown Group of Seven

By Jessica Outram

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Copyright © Jessica Outram

In May 2024, the Georgian Bay Concert Choir performed the World Premier of ‘Windblown Group of Seven.’ Composed by Dorothy de Val and lyrics by Jessica Outram.

Previously published in The Thing With Feathers (Piquant Press 2022)

At two weeks old, Jessica Outram visited family on Georgian Bay and she has spent as much time there as possible ever since. Jessica is a citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario. Her mother is a Lamondin, with roots in the Georgian Bay Métis Community from the verified Métis family lines of Solomon and Berger/Beaudoin. Her father’s family were settlers to the Britt area in the early 1900s. An educator for over 20 years, Jessica is Principal of Program in Indigenous Education, supporting all schools K-12 in the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. She is the author of the poetry collection The Thing with Feathers. Jessica was Cobourg, Ontario’s 4th Poet Laureate. She now lives in Peterborough, Ontario.

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