This 4th and final instalment of Keith Burgoyne’s and my interview about Swinging Between Water and Stone (Galleon Books, 2025) is a double-header, where I read an excerpt from a seven-poem cycle that alternates between the present and the past, and an early poem that uses humour as a means of discovering my identity as an Islander by Choice.
#poetry #literature #CanLit #CanadianPoetry #interview #PrinceEdwardIsland #PEI #charlottetown #SpokenWord
In Part 3 of the Swinging Between Water and Stone (Galleon Books, 2025) interview between me and Keith Burgoyne, we discuss how misshapen courgettes led me down a dark road of family history and the role humour played in helping me to navigate it.
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In Part 2 of Keith Burgoyne's interview with me on Swinging Between Water and Stone (Galleon Books, 2025), I manage the death-defying feat (pun always intended) of reading Glasgow (Revisited) in all of its 4-page deconstructed glory.
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Part 1 of my interview with Keith Burgoyne about Swinging Between Water and Stone (Galleon Books, 2025) is now up on YouTube.
#poetry #literature #CanLit #CanadianPoetry #interview #PrinceEdwardIsland #PEI #charlottetown #SpokenWord
Leonard Cohen: The Poetry of Song
Leonard Cohen, a Montreal-born poet, songwriter, and singer, crafted some of the most enduring and evocative lyrics in modern music. 📜 His songs are poems. From 'Hallelujah' to 'Suzanne,' Cohen's words resonate with depth and meaning. A Canadian legend. 🇨🇦 #Canada #LeonardCohen #CanadianPoetry #Songwriter
Leonard Cohen: The Poetry of Song
Leonard Cohen, a Montreal-born poet, songwriter, and singer, crafted some of the most enduring and evocative lyrics in modern music. 📜 His songs are poems. From 'Hallelujah' to 'Suzanne,' Cohen's words resonate with depth and meaning. A Canadian legend. 🇨🇦 #Canada #LeonardCohen #CanadianPoetry #Songwriter
ICYMI - Earth Versed: 10 New Poetry Books About Our Relationship with Nature
The Revelator posted a lovely little review of Mahaila Smith's SEED BEETLE: "Easily one of my favorite books of the year. (I enjoyed the electronic review copy so much I bought it in hard copy.)"
https://therevelator.org/environmental-poetry-reviews/
#seedbeetle #mahailasmith #poetrycollection #poetry #canadianpoetry #canlit #sciencefictionpoetry #speculativepoetry #ecofiction #climatefiction #queerfiction #lgbtqfiction #smallpress
Leonard Cohen: The Poetry of Song
Leonard Cohen, a Montreal-born poet, songwriter, and singer, crafted some of the most enduring and evocative lyrics in modern music. 📜 His songs are poems. From 'Hallelujah' to 'Suzanne,' Cohen's words resonate with depth and meaning. A Canadian legend. 🇨🇦 #Canada #LeonardCohen #CanadianPoetry #Songwriter
Coming up at 6pm on June 27 at L’Eugélionne the Feminist Bookstore: Seed Beetle + Fire Cider Rain Poetry reading! Come to 1426 Beaudry, in Montréal for a beautiful and thought-provoking evening with poets Mahaila Smith and Rhiannon Ng Cheng Hin.
#poetry #canadianpoetry #canadianpoet #canlit #canadianliterature #speculativepoetry #sciencefictionpoetry #narrativepoetry #canadianbooks #canadianauthors #books #smallpress #bookstodon
Heads up, poetry lovers! Another great poetry event is coming up in a week. The Factory Reading Series, with Mahaila Smith, James K. Moran, Pearl Pirie, Manahil Bandukwala, and MA|DE will be on June 20 7pm at Anina's Cafe, 280 Joffre-Bélanger Way, in Ottawa. Mark your calendars!
#poetry #poetryreading #canadianpoetry #canlit #canadianliterature #speculativepoetry #sciencefictionpoetry #canadianpoet #ottawa #ottawaevents
Tell Me What Happens to the Heart.
Include appropriate quotations and sources.
#SongsOnTeachersPlaylists
#HashTagGames #LeonardCohen #CanadianPoetry #Poetry
Today we're sending this little beetle out into the world. May it burrow into your hearts, in a nice way.
Congratulations to Mahaila Smith for this beautiful, innovative and tender collection of narrative science fiction poetry!
Now available everywhere!
https://www.stelliform.press/index.php/product/seed-beetle-by-mahaila-smith/
#poetry #canadianpoetry #narrativepoetry #speculativepoetry #sciencefictionpoetry #canlit #canadianliterature #debutcollection #publicationday #books #bookstodon
Leonard Cohen: The Poetry of Song
Leonard Cohen, a Montreal-born poet, songwriter, and singer, crafted some of the most enduring and evocative lyrics in modern music. 📜 His songs are poems. From 'Hallelujah' to 'Suzanne,' Cohen's words resonate with depth and meaning. A Canadian legend. 🇨🇦 #Canada #LeonardCohen #CanadianPoetry #Songwriter
Congrats to Terese Mason Pierre and Mahaila Smith (and many thanks to Perfect Books in Ottawa) for a wildly successful launch! And of course thanks to everyone who came out to support two amazing poets and their debut collections!
#poetry #canadianpoetry #canlit #canadianliterature #smallpress #booklauch #speculativepoetry #sciencefiction #fantasy #books #bookstodon
From the Hazel Bough
Earle Birney
From: Fall by Fury. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1977.
#CanadianPoetry #CanadianPoet #CanadianLiterature #Canada #Poetry #Poem #Literature #20thCenturyPoetry #20thCenturyLiterature #NorthAmericanLiterature #NorthAmericanPoetry
#EarleBirney #FromTheHazelBough
Leonard Cohen: The Poetry of Song
Leonard Cohen, a Montreal-born poet, songwriter, and singer, crafted some of the most enduring and evocative lyrics in modern music. 📜 His songs are poems. From 'Hallelujah' to 'Suzanne,' Cohen's words resonate with depth and meaning. A Canadian legend. 🇨🇦 #Canada #LeonardCohen #CanadianPoetry #Songwriter
@Sylkykat
Sounds like a Canadian musical cue. :bl46: *** A prophetic message from a #CanadianPoet to #Trump's #America. 😂
#BartenderASongOrPoem
#HashTagGames #LeonardCohen #ClosingTime #CanadianPoetry #Canada
Leonard Cohen: The Poetry of Song
Leonard Cohen, a Montreal-born poet, songwriter, and singer, crafted some of the most enduring and evocative lyrics in modern music. 📜 His songs are poems. From 'Hallelujah' to 'Suzanne,' Cohen's words resonate with depth and meaning. A Canadian legend. 🇨🇦 #Canada #LeonardCohen #CanadianPoetry #Songwriter
