Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “On the Corner of York and Queen” by Michelle Hoeckel-Neal.

Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Pregnant Women Laying on the Riverbank” by Raymond Sewell.

Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Untitled” by Gillian Sze.

Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Ginger Scallion Fish” by Christine Wu, from Familial Hungers (Brick Books 2025), shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and longlisted for the Raymond Souster Award.

Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Sea Stories” by Jide Salawu, from Contraband Bodies (NeWest Press 2025), shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and the Raymond Souster Award.

Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “ANTELOPE” by Karen Solie, from Wellwater (2025 Anansi, Picador 2026 FSG), shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award.

Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Hourglass Procedure” by Hajer Mirwali, from Revolutions (Talonbooks, 2025), shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award.

Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Blessing for the Swim Selfie” by Anna Swanson, from The Garbage Poems (Brick Books 2025), shortlisted for the Raymond Souster Award and longlisted for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award.