2026
“I Can Never Say Telemachus’s Name Right” by Alexa Thistle
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “I Can Never Say Telemachus’s Name Right” by Alexa Thistle.
Read More“Joe and the Crow” by Michael Sauvé
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Joe and the Crow” by Michael Sauvé , part of the League’s Fresh Voices program.
Read More“Northern Exposure” by Adèle Barclay
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Northern Exposure” by Adèle Barclay.
Read More“Into the soft spring air” by Janis La Couvée
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Into the soft spring air” by Janis La Couvée, part of the League’s Fresh Voices program.
Read More“Yesterday Today” by Gordon Taylor
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Yesterday Today” by Gordon Taylor.
Read More“Sweet Fish Body” by Nicole Mae
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Sweet Fish Body” by Nicole Mae.
Read More“Nightwalkers” by Ciku Gitonga
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Nightwalkers” by Ciku Gitonga.
Read More“Our Liberated Redeemer of Resurrected Salvation Reflects Light into the Grey of an Eastern Ontario Spring Day” by D.A. Lockhart
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Our Liberated Redeemer of Resurrected Salvation Reflects Light into the Grey of an Eastern Ontario Spring Day” by D.A. Lockhart.
Read More2026 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize winners
Join the League in celebrating the six youth poets selected as the winners of the annual Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for Canadian Youth!
Read More“What He Taught Was Not Math” by Annika Paradkar
Read “What He Taught Was Not Math” by Annika Paradkar, winner of the 2026 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for Canadian Youth, junior category.
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