11 minute video of the recent history of the documentary poem, a foray into robert kroetsch’s post-modern long poem, “seed catalogue. If you haven’t seen it when it went up a couple days ago, it’s a well-spoken run. “a story becomes its own narrative in the act of telling.”
Also worth a look is Seven Lucky Questions for Gary Barwin at the Filling Station blog.
And have you seen the Erasure contest from Geist? What can you do with the source text of Susanna Moodie’s Roughing It in the Bush? You have until the end of June to figure something out.
The Arc Poem of The Year is up. 23 poems and only 3 top spots. Reader’s Choice Vote is open until April 30th.