2 new poems are up at The Pi Review. Good to see them landed well as a test for the manuscript. * That’s not nothing. Still I feel a post should be longer. (Too late to bury the lede?) * What else? there’s 40% off poetry books for Poetry Month at Haymarket. * Should I […]
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Poetry links
Open mic as part KaDo at versefest.ca, was 1:30pm Sun Mar 29, Black Box Theatre, Arts Court, Ottawa. I read a few haiku atMinute 52:43. Photos at PearlEssence. If you missed it, theVF channel is still there to see events you missed. or want to have another go at listening to. Like Isabella Wang at […]
New Poems Up
There’s a folio of 45 Ottawa poets up at Periodicities. 2 of my poems are included, “memento vivis” and “a placebo science” which are ghazal or ghazal adjacent. Don’t miss Michelle Desbarats‘ and Sarah Kabamba‘s and Tamsyn Farr‘s while you’re there. Ooh, and Cameron has a book of essays coming out this fall. Word from […]
Haiku Links
I used to do a lot of blog reading. I don’t seem to anymore so I don’t do blog roundups like I used to. icymi, the registration is on for the Haiku Canada Conference at Queen’s university is in May. The schedule and accommodations are up. https://www.haikucanada.org/conferences/hcwe.php?page=hcwe&lang=en How to Write Bad Haiku by Kris Lindbeck. […]
Reviews
As I mentioned I aim to write 1 review for every 10 titles read, whether that is a 16-page title or 1000 page title. I have read 60 titles this year (10 of those are re-reads) and have 12 reviews out, or forthcoming. although, 3 of those I wrote last year and there was a […]