Posts by LCP
The Time After: poetry from Atlantic Canada
Donna Allard, Janet Barkhouse, Jeri Brown, Lucas Crawford, Alison Dyer, John Flood, Kayla Geitzler, Jennifer Houle, Matthew Gwathmey, Kathy Mac, Tiffany Morris, Michelle Porter, Anna Quon, Eleonore Schönmaier and Elizabet Stevens
Read More(SOLD OUT) Fresh Voices: Tending the Fire
Susan J. Atkinson, Michelle Poirier Brown, Carol Casey, Ellen Chang-Richardson, Shayne Coffin, Pat Connors, Sarah Hilton, Louisa Howerow, Norma Kerby, Shannon Kernaghan, Chloe Lewis, Kelly B. Madden, Laura McGavin, Natasha Ramoutar, Archana Sridhar and David Yerex Williamson.
Read MorePoetry in Union 2020
The League of Canadian Poets and Toronto’s Union Station are very proud to have presented Poetry in Union 2020, a public art experience.
At this event, a selection of Toronto’s strongest, most diverse and most talented poets provided personalized poetry on request to reflect participants’ own experiences and stories. This annual event provides a unique opportunity to interact directly with an artist to create a romantic valentine’s gift, celebrate a friend, experience, or key moment.
Read MoreFresh Voices 19
Fresh Voices 19 features poems by Harry Posner, Shayne Coffin, Kelly Madden, David G. Malcolm, Corina Gugulus, Danny Peart, Graham Ducker and Tony Brathwaite!
Read MoreHappening Now! 3rd Annual Drunken Clock Silent Auction is live!
Our Auction is open for bidding! Find amazing tickets, entertainment, gift cards, one-of-a-kind gifts and more here: https://www.32auctions.com/DrunkenClock2019
Read MoreReview of Sunrise Over Lake Ontario by Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews
Reviewed by Joyce Wayne Di Sciascio-Andrews’ poetry reminds me of the Canadian nature poets who created the bedrock of the poetic tradition in this country. Archibald Lampman comes to mind and the way he commented on late nineteenth century social pretensions and manners by writing poetry about nature. In Sunrise Over Lake Ontario, I’m alerted…
Read MoreReview: Radiant by Kate Marshall Flaherty
From The Trinity Review By Grace Ma Edited by Antonia Facciponte Read the review on The Trinity Review here The first poem of Kate Marshall Flaherty’s Radiant, “Welcoming Angels,” begins with: “I will not see cancer as an enemy / nor foreign intruder, / but a passenger pigeon, (not extinct), / flown from a roof box.”…
Read MoreIntroducing Brickyard
by Adebe DeRango-Adem Voice. The utterance. A performance of vocal sound. The oral/oracular tradition in the literary arts has been around for centuries, across geographies and cultures. One major influence would be the vast sweep of African and Caribbean vocal and musical traditions, which form the basis of modern iterations of dub and spoken word…
Read MoreFresh Voices 18
Welcome to the eighteenth edition of Fresh Voices, a project from and for the League’s associate members, edited by Joan Conway (Check out her personal blog!) and Blaine Marchand. The League’s associate members are talented poets who are writing and publishing poetry on their way to becoming established professional poets in the Canadian literary community. We…
Read More6 Pieces on Poetry with Adebe DeRango-Adem
Who are the members of the League of Canadian Poets? With over 750 members – growing every day -, our membership is diverse. Of course, though, all members have one thing in common: poetry! 6 Pieces on Poetry is our new quarterly series where members of the League will answer our 6 questions. We’ll talk poetry, writing…
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