Poetry Pause: Member Spotlight

Today's Poetry Pause may take you a bit longer than usual... so we hope you bookmark this page to return to any time you need to take a pause for poetry! Celebrate over 100 poems published in dozens of journals and websites, and all by members of the League.

Happy reading!

Video poems, spoken word, and recitations

From around the web

From Poets.org Poem-a-Day

From the Montreal International Poetry Prize

From literary organizations and websites

Courtney Bates-Hardy on All Lit Up

Adebe DeRango-Adem on CBC Books

Daniel Scott Tysdal on the Poetry Foundation

Susan Glickman on the Poetry Foundation

Marilyn Bowering on 49th Shelf

Charlie Petch on Poetry in Voice

Shani Mootoo on the Poetry Foundation

From literary journals and magazines

Josiah Nelson in Palette Poetry

Ashleigh A. Allen in The Minnesota Review

Sophie Crocker in Eavesdrop Magazine

Claire Sherwood in Carte Blanche

Richard-Yves Sitoski in Carousel

Susana Molinolo in Taddle Creek

Anda Marcu in Spectra

Sarah Platenius in Orion Magazine

Christian McPherson in Sumac Literary Magazine

Chris Pannell in South Shore Review

Bruce Rice in the Malahat Review

Michele Rule in Okay Donkey

Salimah Valiani in Brittle Paper

Cristy Watson in CV2

Ami Xherro in The Capilano Review

Lynn Tait in Vallum

Vironika Wilde in Room Magazine

Greg Santos in AGNI

Ava Tenn in Fevers of the Mind

Stephen Collis in Free Verse

Patrick Connors in Dark Winter Lit

Adeena Karasick in Alligator Zine

Susan Alexander in Pangyrus

Leanne Dunic in Augur

Fatima-Ayan Hirsi in Mayday

Deirdre Maultsaid in Marrow Magazine

Jessica Moore in Concrete and River

John Oughton in One Hand Clapping

rob mclennan in Our Teeth

Em Norton in Vagabond City Lit

Ruth Panofsky in The Quarantine Review

Stephanie Ross in Quail Bell Magazine

Uchechukwu Umezurike in Isele Magazine

Lina Vitkauskas in Khora

Brian Campbell in Crabapple Literary

Lana Crossman in Rust and Moth

Angela Waldie in Feral

Dawn Promislow in Berfrois

From poets' websites