“Lost City” by Martin Jones
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Lost City” by Martin Jones, part of the League’s Fresh Voices program.
Copyright ยฉ Martin Jones
Martin Jones is a Scarborough, Ontario writer and the author of a collection of poetry, Arc of the Sun, and a book of short stories, The Gentleman Lion. His one-act play, Stella, was performed in October 2025 and a full-length play, Night Journey, which he co-wrote and produced, was performed to sold-out crowds at the 2026 Toronto Fringe Festival. He is a winner of the McIlquham Foundation Scholarship for Creative Writing at Queenโs University.
Fresh Voices is a publication and workshop program created by and for the League’s associate members, curated and edited by Erin Vance.
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