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Poetry Workshop for Book Clubs & Writing Groups
Carolyn Marie Souaid will offer a creative writing workshop to your book club or writing group in the Montreal area.
Jun 21, 2007, 06:31

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Circus of Words / Cirque des mots 2007
The Circus is back with another dazzling high-wire act of musicpoems, sound & the 'theatre' of poetry...
Apr 7, 2007, 11:18

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What is Poetry?
Lawrence Ferlinghetti delivered these thoughts on the occasion of his receiving The Frost Medal in 2003. I cite it here as a footnote to the publication of "Freedom: An Anthology of Canadian Poets for Turkish Resistance" and its accompanying Manifesto.
Nov 2, 2006, 07:22

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Not Just Another Poetry Reading: Nine Canadian Poets Unite in Support of Prisoners of Conscience
(Montreal—September 9, 2006) Nine Canadian poets will come together in defense of activists who are currently in jails, in isolation, for having a conscience and acting upon it.
Sep 9, 2006, 21:42

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La poésie prend le métro
Depuis le 25 octobre 2002, des poèmes prennent le métro de Montréal. Un volet multiculturel a été inauguré en avril 2005. Six poèmes ont été offerts aux usagers du métro, en traduction française et en version originale. Un projet coordonné par son instigatrice, l'éditrice Danielle Shelton / Danielle Shelton has been bringing poetry to Montreal metro commuters since October 2002. This excerpt from a press release includes details about a new multicultural dimension to the project, launched in 2005, which featured six Quebec poets writing in a language other than French.
Jun 23, 2006, 12:04

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Random Acts of Poetry (2005)
A nationwide celebration of poetry and literacy began with a 60-year-old’s creative but mild attempt at evading the law. Wendy Morton, a poet from Victoria, B.C., used the “power of poetry” to avoid a speeding ticket by reading one of her poems to the cop. From this incident, a project was born.
(Reprinted here with the author's permission)

Apr 26, 2006, 11:47

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Circus of Words / Cirque des mots 2006
Circus of Words at Sala Rossa will bring some of the Random Acts of Poetry perfomers to a bona fide stage.
(Reprinted here with the author's permission)

Apr 25, 2006, 23:31


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