Sublime
I was honoured to be one of the 110 poets included in Yvonne Blomer’s latest and last poetry anthology dealing with the difficult aspects of climate change and water. Sublime: Poems for Vanishing Ice is now freshly launched, following two days of readings, commencing on what was appropriately both World Poetry Day and World Water…
Read MoreThe world, the world
There’s that parlour game – ‘who would you most like to have a conversation with’? and I’ve always felt like I’d be too awestruck to speak with many of my heroes. But I’ve been an admirer of David Foster Wallace since discovering a book of his essays at my cousin’s house a few years ago. …
Read MoreSublime launch!
The amazing Yvonne Blomer has completed her massive editing project – a trilogy of poetry anthologies about water – Refugium addressed concerns about our oceans; Sweet Water, the watersheds; and now Sublime: Poems for Vanishing Ice makes its debut (with snowcones!) on World Poetry Day (March 21) and (March 22), at Open Space. The launch…
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Poetry at the Goldfinch
Colwood’s new arts centre is called the Goldfinch Arts Centre. Featuring visual arts and a beautiful reading space, it’s perched near the Esquimalt Lagoon, with walking trails and a poetry post nearby. Barbara Pelman and I gave the inaugural poetry reading there in October, accompanied by musicians Doug & Shelley Thorsteinson, and David Grove, one…
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Permission to attend our reading
Judy LeBlanc’s new collection of personal essays, Permission to Land, reflects on her mother’s First Nations heritage, and why this wasn’t discussed in the family during her lifetime. It’s a beautiful read and you can hear from it, and poetry from me too! at Nanaimo’s Harbourfront Library on Monday April 15 at 4pm.
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Salt Spring
I travelled to Salt Spring Island at the start of November for a couple of reasons: but mostly to take a turn as featured reader at the Poetry Open Mic series, at the Salt Spring Library. Mercifully arrived between rainstorms and enjoyed a couple of sunny days along with the rainy evenings. I was in…
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