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#NPM18: 10 WAYS TO SUPPORT YOUR FAVOURITE POETS
At the League, we work hard to support poets by administering programs and funds for governments and private donors and encouraging an appreciative readership and audience for poetry through educational partnerships and presentations to diverse groups. As the recognized voice of Canadian poets, we represent their concerns to governments, publishers, and the public while maintaining connections with similar organizations working…
#NPM18: 13 SPOOKY POEMS AND POETRY TIDBITS FOR FRIDAY THE 13TH | GUEST POST BY DOMENICA MARTINELLO
“April is the cruelest month,” writes T.S. Eliot at the beginning of The Waste Land. Along with breeding lilacs out of the dead land etc., April is also National Poetry Month! But this National Poetry Month is arguably even crueler—or cooler—than ever, due to the inclusion of an auspicious date: Friday the 13th. Poetry casts…
#NPM18: 20 WORDS FOR NPM’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY – A POETRY CHALLENGE FROM THE LEAGUE
It’s National Poetry Month’s 20th anniversary in Canada, and all month we’ve been ruminating on the number twenty. What does twenty years feel like? What does twenty years sound like? Is twenty a big number or is it small? Where will Canadian poetry be in another twenty years? These questions all felt too big to…
LCP50: Celebrating 50 years
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