Posts by LCP
Poetry Pause x Poetry in Union: Maureen Hynes – Luminosity
Poetry Pause x Poetry in Union: Jim Nason – Eggshells
Poetry Pause x Poetry in Union: Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang – Make Lemonade
Poetry Pause x Poetry in Union: Sadiqa de Meijer – The Roaring Alongside
Sadiqa de Meier will be one of many amazing poets available to create custom, in-the-moment poems at the League’s Poetry In Union event on February 14, 2020. Find out more about Poetry In Union
Read MorePoetry Pause x Poetry in Union: Dani Couture – Transit in Mercury
Dani Couture will be one of many amazing poets available to create custom, in-the-moment poems at the League’s Poetry In Union event on February 14, 2020. Find out more about Poetry In Union
Read MorePoetry Pause x Poetry in Union: Puneet Dutt – Keys
Puneet Dutt will be one of many amazing poets available to create custom, in-the-moment poems at the League’s Poetry In Union event on February 14, 2020. Find out more about Poetry In Union
Read MoreReflections on Black History Month by Andrea Thompson
I wrote “A Selected History of Soul Speak” in response to a request by Valerie Mason-John and Kevan Anthony Cameron for a poem to be included in their anthology, The Great Black North (Frontenac Press, 2013). In approaching the poem, I saw spoken word in Canada as a kind of ocean – fed by many cultural and creative…
Read MorePoetry Pause x Poetry in Union: Lois Lorimer – April
Lois Lorimer will be one of many amazing poets available to create custom, in-the-moment poems at the League’s Poetry In Union event on February 14, 2020. Find out more about Poetry In Union
Read MoreReview: Pretty Time Machine: ekphrastic prose poems by Lorette C. Luzajic
Reviewed by Bill Arnott The whole ekphrastic thing’s morphed somewhat since Greeks coined the term, describing art based on other art – adding creative layers, facilitating praise to enrich the overall experience. Like bacon. The addition simply makes things better. This artistic endeavour, however, represents life. Everything has a facet of ekphrasis to it. Reading…
Read MoreLearning from Pier Giorgio Di Cicco (1949-2019)
Introduction by Diana Manole Pier Giorgio Di Cicco’s poems have always brought me the enjoyment of spiritual grace strongly grounded in sociopolitical and cultural activism. I’ve taught his work in all my Canadian Literature courses, while also emphasizing his contribution to helping Canadians become aware of the very existence and wealth of immigrants’ literature through…
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