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Welcome Back My Friends
It begins with a lunge at permanence. It climbs heights of reverence, often at great cost, then proceeds to jump off. It is characterized by a flutter in the gut, a coldness in the ... Read More
Book Launch: Shawna Lemay's Asking
Tonight, Thursday April 17, 2014, Longtime friend of the Edmonton Poetry Festival Shawna Lemay launches her latest collection of poems and poem-essays, the exquisitely titled Asking. (Audrey’s Books, 10702 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton. 7:00pm) For ... Read More
One Week to Go
Actually, one week less a day. The Edmonton Poetry Festival begins on Sunday April 20, 2014 with a killer event featuring New Mexican poet and musician, Joy Harjo. There are still a few tickets ... Read More
April
You’ve been more tired than usual lately. You go to bed earlier and wake up with heavier eyes. This, mere days after your birthday. Today you forgo the usual ground beans and reach for ... Read More
Call for Volunteers 2014
It’s been too long since you’ve been vulnerable. Rushing, fretting, working, taxiing. In all this business, It’s easy to forget the feelings you need. In every task or to-do, you wonder what your real ... Read More
New Bus Poems are Flying
You kick a small piece of snow with your toe as you look at the bus floor. You’re trying hard to not stare at the man in the seat across from you. He’s well-dressed ... Read More
Haiku Workshop on February 1, 2014
On February 1, 2014 The Edmonton Poetry Festival presents an enlightening haiku workshop, facilitated by Mr Patrick Pilarski. In case you don’t know, Patrick is, along with his partner Nicole Pakan, behind the brilliant ... Read More
The January Shakes
January is appropriately tagged the “hangover month”. December’s flapping comes home for real, and one faces the inevitable: Everybody pays for everything. Those extra gifts you bought, in the last of a month-long string ... Read More
Workshop – Haiku with Patrick Pilarski
Haiku Workshop Saturday February 1st, 2014 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Holy Trinity Anglican Church: 10037 – 84 Avenue Cost is $20.00 for members; $35.00 for non-members Maximum participants – 15 Please note – ... Read More
The Verse Project Needs Your Help
Maybe you came to words and poetry the hard way. ... Read More
2014 Poetry Route Text
Latest Flight: 40 Below Poems / February 2014 The latest cycle of The Poetry Route has hit the road. This cycle features poems from the recently released 40 Below Anthology, a collection of poetry, ... Read More
2014 Outreach Text
Coming Soon We are presently re-vamping this section of our site. New content very soon! Read More