Poetry Pause
Spoken Word Saturday: Shafraz Ladak
Spoken Word Saturday is a showcase of the amazing Spoken Word Poetry talent that can be found from coast to coast
Read More“KLEPTOTHERMY AND OTHER THEFTS OF FLESH” by Cassandra Myers
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “KLEPTOTHERMY AND OTHER THEFTS OF FLESH” by Cassandra Myers, winner of the 2025 Arts & Letters Club of Toronto Foundation Poetry Award.
Read More“A poem about death and tomatoes” by Maria Giesbrecht
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “A poem about death and tomatoes” by Maria Giesbrecht, winner of the 2025 Lesley Strutt Poetry Prize.
Read More“Sick Desires, These” by Julien Charlie
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Sick Desires, These” by Julien Charlie.
Read More“Seven envies. Seven regrets. Seven praises.” by Maureen Hynes
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Seven envies. Seven regrets. Seven praises.” by Maureen Hynes.
Read More“Kitna Maza” by Maleeha Farooq
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Kitna Maza” by Maleeha Farooq.
Read More“Alarm to Threat” by Kim Mannix
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Alarm to Threat” by Kim Mannix, which first appeared in Poetry Pause in December 2020.
Read More“Prey Animal” by Melissa Thorne
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Prey Animal” by Melissa Thorne, part of the League’s Fresh Voices program.
Read More“coltsfoot” by Katherine J Barrett
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “coltsfoot” by Katherine J Barrett.
Read More“How to Host the End of the World (A Queer Guide)” by Daryl Bruce
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “How to Host the End of the World (A Queer Guide)” by Daryl Bruce.
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