Poetry Pause
“forgive me, this is not a love poem” by Lilah Warren
Poetry Pause celebrates the winners of the 2024 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for young writers! Read “forgive me, this is not a love poem” by Lilah Warren, first place winner of the senior category.
Read More“Our Yearly Sun Turns Around” by Jessica Zhao
Poetry Pause celebrates the winners of the 2024 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for young writers! Read “Our Yearly Sun Turns Around” by Jessica Zhao, first place winner of the junior category.
Read More“Ekphrastic of Diē” by Cheryl Chen
Poetry Pause celebrates the winners of the 2024 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for young writers! Read “Ekphrastic of Diē” by Cheryl Chen, second place winner of the senior category.
Read More“River Run Dry” by Emma Han
Poetry Pause celebrates the winners of the 2024 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for young writers! Read “River Run Dry” by Emma Han, second place winner of the junior category.
Read More“Google searches the night after graduation” by Zagreus Zheng
Poetry Pause celebrates the winners of the 2024 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for young writers! Read “Google searches the night after graduation” by Zagreus Zheng, third place winner of the senior category.
Read More“Bottles born to shatter” by Elizabeth Bernal
Poetry Pause celebrates the winners of the 2024 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for young writers! Read “Bottles born to shatter” by Elizabeth Bernal, third place winner of the junior category.
Read More“Couldn’t Fall in Edinburgh” by Daniel Bliss
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Couldn’t Fall in Edinburgh” by Daniel Bliss, part of the League’s Fresh Voices program.
Read More“Windblown Group of Seven” by Jessica Outram
This June, Poetry Pause celebrates Indigenous and LGBTQI2S+ poets for Indigenous History Month and Pride Month! Read “Windblown Group of Seven” by Jessica Outram
Read More“Hung Aloft the Night” by Ali Blythe
This June, Poetry Pause celebrates Indigenous and LGBTQI2S+ poets for Indigenous History Month and Pride Month! Read “Hung Aloft the Night” by Ali Blythe.
Read More“In Thunder Bay I Walk into a Dog Park” by Grace
This June, Poetry Pause celebrates Indigenous and LGBTQI2S+ poets for Indigenous History Month and Pride Month! Read “In Thunder Bay I Walk into a Dog Park” by Grace.
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