Posts by LCP
Review: Cold Metal Stairs by Su Croll
Reviewed by Marguerite Pigeon Dementia might seem like the anti-muse: not creative inspiration, but its sapping. Yet, in her new collection, Cold Metal Stairs, Su Croll follows dementia—her father’s—as it pulls her vicariously, clanging and spiralling downwards, through grief, fragmentation, and fear. The poems in this collection enact the repetitive, temporally confusing stretch during which…
Read MoreReview: A Poet's Journey: on poetry and what it means to be a poet by Stephen Morrissey
Reviewed by Cynthia Coristine Poetry is the voice of the human soul, speaking across time and distance – Stephen Morrissey In A Poet’s Journey Montreal native Stephen Morrissey shares four decades of insight about what it means to be a poet and the process by which a poet can discover his “authentic voice”. The book…
Read More2020 Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award Winner: Charlie C Petch
and the Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award goes to… Charlie C Petch Charlie C Petch is an award winning playwright, spoken word artist, haiku deathmaster, host and musical saw player. Petch is touring their spoken word theatre piece, “Mel Malarkey Gets the Bum’s Rush” which got “Best of 2017” from Electric City Magazine for the radio play accompanying album “Odes…
Read MoreLCP Chapbook Series – These Lands: A Collection of Voices by Black Poets in Canada
Now available! Edited by Chelene Knight and hand-sewn by Nic Brewer, this limited-run chapbook is available for purchase. Fill out the form via the link below to get your copy today. From Chelene Knight’s introduction: “The poems in this collection are filled with incredible Black voices belting necessary narratives. Through a calling in of community,…
Read MorePoetry Pause x Augur: Lynne Sargent – Beauty, Sleeping
About Augur: Augur is a literary magazine that believes we can better engage with our pasts, presents, and futures through stories that explore what-ifs and could-bes. We are excited by writing that is difficult to classify—whether speculative, surreal, or slightly strange. We’re interested in realist pieces that verge on the dreamlike; speculative stories that are almost realist;…
Read MorePoetry 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
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