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Tag archives: Cento

Cento and Self-Expression

A cento is a poem form where you also don’t use any of your own words. You have stacks of books that get passed around and perhaps on a 5 minute or 15 minute timer you grab and transcribe on your page. The object is to pull what stands out verbatim and move to the […]

Posted byPearlMarch 12, 2014Posted inPoetics, WorkshopsTags: Cento, CV2, Ottawa, poetry, Prompts, Tree Reading Series, workshopsLeave a comment on Cento and Self-Expression

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Since 2005, pesbo has been Pearl Pirie’s scrapbook of reading notes, event write-ups, and poetry mullings.

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