Originally written for hobby blog on 30 March 2018 If I truly wanted to introduce my mother to poetry, this book is the one I’d give to her. Instead, I ask her questions about poems I’ve personally been struggling with or books about radical sociopolitical themes in the hopes of having something to talk about …
Originally written for hobby blog on 27 April 2018 If you have been a part of the London Ontario poetry scene for a long enough time, you’re sure to come in contact with one of the many lovely people who are a part of the local publishers. Brick Books is one such publisher. Why would …
Originally written for hobby blog on 13 April 2018 For Transparency: I was lucky enough to meet Catriona in person and have her sign my copy of Table Manners Taste is an often unemployed sense in poetry and is often difficult to pull off. Sight and sound are often the ones most chiefly used, and …
Originally written for hobby blog on 16 March 2018 When reading the “about the author” section, I was struck by how Nora Gould mentions very little of her writing. This is because I see my love more clearly from a distance was her debut collection, and she chooses instead to talk about her life as a rancher …
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In May 2017, Molly Peacock’s poetry collection The Analyst and Terry Griggs’ short story collection The Discovery of Honey were launched from the used bookstore Attic Books and I was there. I bought a copy of each work after enjoying readings from both Peacock and Griggs. Both writers were very warm and encouraging to a writer trying to get …
Originally written for hobby blog on 27 July 2018 If my review of Nora Gould‘s work was any indication, there is a special place in my heart for regional poets. Like the Albertan plains, I have never visited the Lake of Two Mountains region, but by putting a name to a place and discussing not only its …
I don’t believe performance to be my strong suit, but below are things I’ve learned from my time in the spoken word scene and I will be forever grateful for the vast improvements I achieved in my poetry and (dare I say) in my confidence from working with members of the spoken word community, even …
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Prose, poetry, and experimental writing are not simply genres or writing, but feel like entirely different mediums and constructs. While you may go about writing a space opera differently from a harlequin romance, just as you use different aspects of poetry depending on if you’re writing lyrical poetry or spoken word, they all hold the …
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Originally written for hobby blog on 25 May 2018 While Brick Books generally publishes poetry, I’m not entirely sure this collection qualifies as poetry, even prose poetry. The line between prose and poetry can be incredibly thin, and I personally think this is more a collection of micro-fictions than poetry, as the diction lacks the …
Haha, more plant puns! You’ll be seeing a lot more of those, and I don’t regret it all. You might though. Like puns, poetry is another p-word that seems to make a lot of the general populace groan. “It’s too pretentious” (ooo look another p-word), “it’s boring,” “it’s just people with no rhythm attempting to …