Eh Poetry Podcast - Canadian poems read 3 times, each with a slight difference.
158 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -A space to listen to poetry like you listen to your favourite music, on repeat!
We feature poetry from poets who call Canada home with the goal of exposing it to the world, while giving listeners a chance to dive deeper into each poem with a 2nd and 3rd reading.
Our audience loves diving further into the poem with each reading and the poets featured love hearing their work through another poet's eyes, ears, heart and voice.
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#27 - Bus Ticket & Window Seat by Maureen Hynes
June 22, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.31 MBMaureen Hynes’s first book of poetry, Rough Skin, published by Wolsak and Wynn (Toronto, Ont), won the League of Canadian Poets’ Gerald Lampert Award for best first book of poetry by a Canadian. Her second collection, Harm’s Way, was published by Brick Books (London, Ont), followed by Marrow, Willow in 2011 from Pedlar Press, and, also from Pedlar Press, her fourth book of poetry, The Poison Colour, in fall, 2015. In 2016, The Poison Colour was a finalist for two national poetry awards given...
Bus Ticket & Window Seat by Maureen Hynes
June 22, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.31 MBMaureen Hynes’s first book of poetry, Rough Skin, published by Wolsak and Wynn (Toronto, Ont), won the League of Canadian Poets’ Gerald Lampert Award for best first book of poetry by a Canadian. Her second collection, Harm’s Way, was published by Brick Books (London, Ont), followed by Marrow, Willow in 2011 from Pedlar Press, and, also from Pedlar Press, her fourth book of poetry, The Poison Colour, in fall, 2015. In 2016, The Poison Colour was a finalist for two national poetry awards given...
k.d. lang Performing Barefoot by Pamela Mosher
June 21, 2022 09:00 - 3 minutes - 3.49 MBPamela Mosher is a poet and short fiction writer who grew up in Scotch Village, Nova Scotia. Much of her writing draws on her experience living in a rural community. Pamela has a degree in Literature and a certificate in technical writing. After living in Halifax for half a dozen years, she moved to Ottawa, where she now lives with her wife and two young children. Pamela has won Contemporary Verse 2's Young Buck Poetry Prize and been a finalist for the Ralph Gustafson Prize for Poetry and T...
#26 - k.d. lang Performing Barefoot by Pamela Mosher
June 21, 2022 09:00 - 3 minutes - 3.49 MBPamela Mosher is a poet and short fiction writer who grew up in Scotch Village, Nova Scotia. Much of her writing draws on her experience living in a rural community. Pamela has a degree in Literature and a certificate in technical writing. After living in Halifax for half a dozen years, she moved to Ottawa, where she now lives with her wife and two young children. Pamela has won Contemporary Verse 2's Young Buck Poetry Prize and been a finalist for the Ralph Gustafson Prize for Poetry and T...
#25 - 19 reasons to keep living by Sally Quon
June 20, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.11 MBSally Quon is a dirt-road diva and teller of tales, living and laughing on the traditional territories of the Syilx people in the Okanagan Valley. She has been shortlisted for Vallum Magazine’s Chapbook Prize two consecutive years and is an associate member of the League of Canadian Poets. Her personal blog, https://featherstone-creative.com is where she posts her back-country adventures and photos. You can follow Sally on Twitter here. As always, we would love to hear from you. Have you ...
19 reasons to keep living by Sally Quon
June 20, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.11 MBSally Quon is a dirt-road diva and teller of tales, living and laughing on the traditional territories of the Syilx people in the Okanagan Valley. She has been shortlisted for Vallum Magazine’s Chapbook Prize two consecutive years and is an associate member of the League of Canadian Poets. Her personal blog, https://featherstone-creative.com is where she posts her back-country adventures and photos. You can follow Sally on Twitter here. As always, we would love to hear from you. Have you ...
#24 - Headache by Ariel Gordon
June 18, 2022 12:30 - 4 minutes - 4.38 MBAriel Gordon is a Treaty 1 territory/Winnipeg-based writer, editor, and enthusiast. Her most recent books are Treed: Walking in Canada’s Urban Forests (Wolsak & Wynn, 2019) and TreeTalk (At Bay Press, 2020). She is the ringleader of Writes of Spring, a National Poetry Month project in collaboration with the Winnipeg International Writers Festival and the Winnipeg Free Press. (Pronouns: she/her) At Bay Press will also be doing her next book, a collaboration with Saskatchewan poet Brenda Schm...
Headache by Ariel Gordon
June 18, 2022 12:30 - 4 minutes - 4.38 MBAriel Gordon is a Treaty 1 territory/Winnipeg-based writer, editor, and enthusiast. Her most recent books are Treed: Walking in Canada’s Urban Forests (Wolsak & Wynn, 2019) and TreeTalk (At Bay Press, 2020). She is the ringleader of Writes of Spring, a National Poetry Month project in collaboration with the Winnipeg International Writers Festival and the Winnipeg Free Press. (Pronouns: she/her) At Bay Press will also be doing her next book, a collaboration with Saskatchewan poet Brenda Schm...
The Tea Set by Josephine LoRe
June 17, 2022 09:00 - 7 minutes - 6.88 MBJosephine 's poems are often rooted in and inspired by nature and family, and contain lyricism and depth. Her writing oftentimes reveals an underlying universality and echoes with truth. She feels most successful when her poetry resonates with readers and listeners. Josephine has published two collections, the cross-genre Unity which integrates her photographs, poetry and prose, and The Cowichan Series, a Calgary Herald bestseller which includes her photographs and poetry created during a v...
#23 - The Tea Set by Josephine LoRe
June 17, 2022 09:00 - 7 minutes - 6.88 MBJosephine 's poems are often rooted in and inspired by nature and family, and contain lyricism and depth. Her writing oftentimes reveals an underlying universality and echoes with truth. She feels most successful when her poetry resonates with readers and listeners. Josephine has published two collections, the cross-genre Unity which integrates her photographs, poetry and prose, and The Cowichan Series, a Calgary Herald bestseller which includes her photographs and poetry created during a v...
#22 - Wawa by Rob Taylor
June 16, 2022 09:00 - 1 minute - 1.81 MBRob Taylor is the author of four poetry collections: Strangers (Biblioasis, 2021), Oh Not So Great: Poems from the Depression Project (Leaf Press, 2017), The News (Gaspereau Press, 2016) and The Other Side of Ourselves (Cormorant Books, 2011). In 2017 The News was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and in 2010 the manuscript for The Other Side of Ourselves won the Alfred G. Bailey Prize. Read more about Rob here. You can follow Rob on Twitter, here. As always, we would love...
Wawa by Rob Taylor
June 16, 2022 09:00 - 1 minute - 1.81 MBRob Taylor is the author of four poetry collections: Strangers (Biblioasis, 2021), Oh Not So Great: Poems from the Depression Project (Leaf Press, 2017), The News (Gaspereau Press, 2016) and The Other Side of Ourselves (Cormorant Books, 2011). In 2017 The News was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and in 2010 the manuscript for The Other Side of Ourselves won the Alfred G. Bailey Prize. Read more about Rob here. You can follow Rob on Twitter, here. As always, we would love...
The Vanishing Past by Bob MacKenzie
June 15, 2022 09:00 - 3 minutes - 3.21 MBBob MacKenzie was born in New Westminster B.C. Much of his childhood and youth were spent walking in the woods and along the shores of Alberta and B.C. from our southern border as far north as the Cariboo. He now lives and writes in Kingston, where he enjoys daily walks along wooded paths and on the shores of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Bob MacKenzie’s poetry has appeared in more than 400 journals across North America and as far away as Australia, India, Italy, and Greece. He h...
#21 - The Vanishing Past by Bob MacKenzie
June 15, 2022 09:00 - 3 minutes - 3.21 MBBob MacKenzie was born in New Westminster B.C. Much of his childhood and youth were spent walking in the woods and along the shores of Alberta and B.C. from our southern border as far north as the Cariboo. He now lives and writes in Kingston, where he enjoys daily walks along wooded paths and on the shores of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Bob MacKenzie’s poetry has appeared in more than 400 journals across North America and as far away as Australia, India, Italy, and Greece. He h...
Born August 2nd at 11:40:00 p.m by Jonathan Bessette
June 14, 2022 09:01 - 7 minutes - 6.72 MBHaving grown up in the Pacific Northwest, nature and magic and the wilderness have always influenced and inspired the themes, concepts, and settings of my writing. Because of the unique status of British Columbia being Unceded Indigenous Territory, and the immense diversity and presence of Indigenous cultures and communities in everyday life, understanding the intersecting voices of my settler and Red River Métis backgrounds are elements I explore throughout my poetry, fiction, and nonfictio...
#20 - Born August 2nd at 11:40:00 p.m by Jonathan Bessette
June 14, 2022 09:01 - 7 minutes - 6.72 MBHaving grown up in the Pacific Northwest, nature and magic and the wilderness have always influenced and inspired the themes, concepts, and settings of my writing. Because of the unique status of British Columbia being Unceded Indigenous Territory, and the immense diversity and presence of Indigenous cultures and communities in everyday life, understanding the intersecting voices of my settler and Red River Métis backgrounds are elements I explore throughout my poetry, fiction, and nonfictio...
Consider the World Tree by Susan McCaslin
June 13, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.36 MBSusan McCaslin is the author of fifteen volumes of poetry and nine chapbooks. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia in 1984 and taught at Douglas College in B.C. in the English and Creative Writing Departments from 1984-2007. Most recently, Susan has written a book of creative non-fiction with collaborator J.S. Porter titled Superabundantly Alive: Thomas Merton’s Dance with the Feminine (Wood Lake, 2018). Her most recent volume of poetry is Into the Open: Poems New an...
#19 - Consider the World Tree by Susan McCaslin
June 13, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.36 MBSusan McCaslin is the author of fifteen volumes of poetry and nine chapbooks. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia in 1984 and taught at Douglas College in B.C. in the English and Creative Writing Departments from 1984-2007. Most recently, Susan has written a book of creative non-fiction with collaborator J.S. Porter titled Superabundantly Alive: Thomas Merton’s Dance with the Feminine (Wood Lake, 2018). Her most recent volume of poetry is Into the Open: Poems New an...
at outer edge of cliff by Norma Kerby
June 11, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.27 MBNorma Kerby is a poet and writer based in Terrace in Northwestern British Columbia. Her writing reflects her active participation in environmental issues and preservation of history in this region. She has had poetry published in a number of literary journals (including Prism International, Room, Dreamland, Prairie Journal, and filling Station) and anthologies (including North Coast Collected, The Language of Trees, The Rivers Speak, Skunk Cabbage, Snow Feathers, Water Worn, Shadows and Ligh...
#18 - at outer edge of cliff by Norma Kerby
June 11, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.27 MBNorma Kerby is a poet and writer based in Terrace in Northwestern British Columbia. Her writing reflects her active participation in environmental issues and preservation of history in this region. She has had poetry published in a number of literary journals (including Prism International, Room, Dreamland, Prairie Journal, and filling Station) and anthologies (including North Coast Collected, The Language of Trees, The Rivers Speak, Skunk Cabbage, Snow Feathers, Water Worn, Shadows and Ligh...
Rooted by Kim Fahner
June 10, 2022 09:00 - 2 minutes - 2.32 MBKim Fahner lives and writes in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. She has published five books of poetry, You Must Imagine The Cold Here (1997), braille on water (2001), The Narcoleptic Madonna (2012), Some Other Sky (2017), & These Wings (2019) . Her new book of poems, Emptying the Ocean, will be published in Fall 2022 by Frontenac House. Read more about Kim here. You can follow Kim on Twitter here and on Instagram here. This poem was published on The League of Canadian Poets' Poetry Pause. As...
#17 - Rooted by Kim Fahner
June 10, 2022 09:00 - 2 minutes - 2.32 MBKim Fahner lives and writes in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. She has published five books of poetry, You Must Imagine The Cold Here (1997), braille on water (2001), The Narcoleptic Madonna (2012), Some Other Sky (2017), & These Wings (2019) . Her new book of poems, Emptying the Ocean, will be published in Fall 2022 by Frontenac House. Read more about Kim here. You can follow Kim on Twitter here and on Instagram here. This poem was published on The League of Canadian Poets' Poetry Pause. As...
Motors by Victor Enns
June 09, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.48 MBVictor Enns was born in Winnipeg in 1955 and raised in southern Manitoba. He graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1979 with a History/English major including the advanced creative writing workshop with Robert Kroetsch which led to the publication of Jimmy Bang Poems (Turnstone 1979). A founding Board member of the Manitoba Writer’s Guild, he was the Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild from 1982 – 1988 and founder of Windscript magazine featuring the literary and vis...
#16 - Motors by Victor Enns
June 09, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.48 MBVictor Enns was born in Winnipeg in 1955 and raised in southern Manitoba. He graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1979 with a History/English major including the advanced creative writing workshop with Robert Kroetsch which led to the publication of Jimmy Bang Poems (Turnstone 1979). A founding Board member of the Manitoba Writer’s Guild, he was the Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild from 1982 – 1988 and founder of Windscript magazine featuring the literary and vis...
#15 - At the Edge of the World by Archana Sridhar
June 08, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 3.88 MBArchana Sridhar is an Indian-American poet and university administrator raised in Orlando, Florida, and currently living in Toronto, Canada. Please take a moment to read more about Archana here. Archana’s debut chapbook, "Renderings," is available from 845 Press. Her latest chapbook, "Our Initials were U.S.A." is available from Ethel. As always, we would love to hear from you. Have you tried send me a message on the Eh Poetry Podcast page yet? Eh Poetry Podcast Music by ComaStudio fro...
At the Edge of the World by Archana Sridhar
June 08, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 3.88 MBArchana Sridhar is an Indian-American poet and university administrator raised in Orlando, Florida, and currently living in Toronto, Canada. Please take a moment to read more about Archana here. Archana’s debut chapbook, "Renderings," is available from 845 Press. Her latest chapbook, "Our Initials were U.S.A." is available from Ethel. As always, we would love to hear from you. Have you tried send me a message on the Eh Poetry Podcast page yet? Eh Poetry Podcast Music by ComaStudio fro...
Joy* by Carol Casey
June 07, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 3.88 MBCarol's poem "Joy*" was originally published by the Front Porch Review, Fall 2020 issue Carol Casey lives in Blyth, Ontario, Canada. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and has appeared in The Prairie Journal,The Anti-Langourous Project, Please See Me, Front Porch Review, Cypress, Vita Brevis, Blue Unicorn, InScribe Journal and others, including a number of anthologies, most recently, Byline Legacies (Cardigan Press) and Oxygen, Parables of the Pandemic (River Paw Press). P...
#14 - Joy* by Carol Casey
June 07, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 3.88 MBCarol's poem "Joy*" was originally published by the Front Porch Review, Fall 2020 issue Carol Casey lives in Blyth, Ontario, Canada. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and has appeared in The Prairie Journal,The Anti-Langourous Project, Please See Me, Front Porch Review, Cypress, Vita Brevis, Blue Unicorn, InScribe Journal and others, including a number of anthologies, most recently, Byline Legacies (Cardigan Press) and Oxygen, Parables of the Pandemic (River Paw Press). P...
#13 - Encasement by Conyer Clayton
June 06, 2022 09:00 - 8 minutes - 7.68 MBConyer Clayton is a writer, musician, editor, and arts educator living on unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe land. Her debut full-length collection, We Shed Our Skin Like Dynamite (Guernica Editions, 2020), won a 2021 Ottawa Book Award, and was a 2020 Relit finalist. She's released 2 albums and many chapbooks, most recently: holy disorder of being (Gap Riot Press, 2022) by VII, and Sprawl | the time it took us to forget (Collusion Books, 2020), written with Manahil Bandukwala, which was short-lis...
Encasement by Conyer Clayton
June 06, 2022 09:00 - 8 minutes - 7.68 MBConyer Clayton is a writer, musician, editor, and arts educator living on unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe land. Her debut full-length collection, We Shed Our Skin Like Dynamite (Guernica Editions, 2020), won a 2021 Ottawa Book Award, and was a 2020 Relit finalist. She's released 2 albums and many chapbooks, most recently: holy disorder of being (Gap Riot Press, 2022) by VII, and Sprawl | the time it took us to forget (Collusion Books, 2020), written with Manahil Bandukwala, which was short-lis...
That same shade of blue by Vironika Wilde
June 04, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.43 MBFrom Vironika's website: Vironika Tugaleva (aka Vironika Wilde) is a poet, feminist, award-winning author, nomad, queer, cat fanatic, immigrant, survivor, tree hugger, and activist. She was born in Donetsk, Ukraine and has Russian indigenous (Tatar and Nagaybak) roots. She loves getting lost, looking at the stars, dancing, and eating pickles (sometimes, all at once). In 2020, Vironika released her debut poetry book, Love and Gaslight, which is not only a collection of poems but also a sto...
#12 - That same shade of blue by Vironika Wilde
June 04, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.43 MBFrom Vironika's website: Vironika Tugaleva (aka Vironika Wilde) is a poet, feminist, award-winning author, nomad, queer, cat fanatic, immigrant, survivor, tree hugger, and activist. She was born in Donetsk, Ukraine and has Russian indigenous (Tatar and Nagaybak) roots. She loves getting lost, looking at the stars, dancing, and eating pickles (sometimes, all at once). In 2020, Vironika released her debut poetry book, Love and Gaslight, which is not only a collection of poems but also a sto...
#11 - This is no confession by Alvy Carragher
June 03, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.56 MBAlvy Carragher is an Irish poet based in Toronto. She has published two books of poetry and a children's novel. Her poetry has appeared in various anthologies, literary websites and publications such as The Irish Times, Poetry Ireland Review, The Guardian, and The Galway Review. Her second poetry book "the men I keep under my bed" was published in 2021, and her debut collection of poetry, "Falling in love with broken things," was published in 2016, both by Salmon Poetry. She represented...
This is no confession by Alvy Carragher
June 03, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.56 MBAlvy Carragher is an Irish poet based in Toronto. She has published two books of poetry and a children's novel. Her poetry has appeared in various anthologies, literary websites and publications such as The Irish Times, Poetry Ireland Review, The Guardian, and The Galway Review. Her second poetry book "the men I keep under my bed" was published in 2021, and her debut collection of poetry, "Falling in love with broken things," was published in 2016, both by Salmon Poetry. She represented...
Battery Acid by Dagne Forrest
June 02, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.24 MBDagne Forrest’s poetry has appeared in journals in Canada, the US, Australia, and the UK. In 2021 she was one of 15 poets featured in The League of Canadian Poets’ annual Poem in Your Pocket campaign, had a poem shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, and won first prize in the Hammond House Publishing International Literary Prize (Poetry). Her creative nonfiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Lake Effect, Paper Dragon and Sky Island Journal. League of Canadian Poet's Poetry Pause As alway...
#10 - Battery Acid by Dagne Forrest
June 02, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.24 MBDagne Forrest’s poetry has appeared in journals in Canada, the US, Australia, and the UK. In 2021 she was one of 15 poets featured in The League of Canadian Poets’ annual Poem in Your Pocket campaign, had a poem shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, and won first prize in the Hammond House Publishing International Literary Prize (Poetry). Her creative nonfiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Lake Effect, Paper Dragon and Sky Island Journal. League of Canadian Poet's Poetry Pause As alway...
#9 - Lake of Shining Water by Lillian Nećakov
June 01, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.98 MBfrom Anvil Press: "Lillian Necakov is the author of about a dozen poetry chapbooks, including The Lake Contains an Emergency Room (Apt. 9 Press; shortlisted for the bpNichol Chapbook Award), as well as the full-length collections Hooligans (Mansfield Press), The Bone Broker (Mansfield Press), Hat Trick (Exile Editions), Polaroids (Coach House Books), and The Sick Bed of Dogs (Wolsak and Wynn), The editor of The Boneshaker Anthology (Teksteditions), she has also published in many print and ...
Lake of Shining Water by Lillian Nećakov
June 01, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.98 MBfrom Anvil Press: "Lillian Necakov is the author of about a dozen poetry chapbooks, including The Lake Contains an Emergency Room (Apt. 9 Press; shortlisted for the bpNichol Chapbook Award), as well as the full-length collections Hooligans (Mansfield Press), The Bone Broker (Mansfield Press), Hat Trick (Exile Editions), Polaroids (Coach House Books), and The Sick Bed of Dogs (Wolsak and Wynn), The editor of The Boneshaker Anthology (Teksteditions), she has also published in many print and ...
#8 - On Finding a Copy of Pigeon in the Hospital Bookstore by Susan Glickman
May 31, 2022 09:00 - 8 minutes - 8.3 MBSusan is the author of seven books of poetry from Signal Editions of Véhicule Press: Complicity (1983, o.p.), The Power to Move (1986, o.p.), Henry Moore’s Sheep and Other Poems (1990), Hide & Seek (1995), Running in Prospect Cemetery: New & Selected Poems (2004), The Smooth Yarrow (2012), and What We Carry (2019). Her next collection of poetry, Cathedral/Grove, is due out in 2023. Susan has received Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council, and Toronto Arts Council Awards in poetry, fiction, a...
On Finding a Copy of Pigeon in the Hospital Bookstore by Susan Glickman
May 31, 2022 09:00 - 8 minutes - 8.3 MBSusan is the author of seven books of poetry from Signal Editions of Véhicule Press: Complicity (1983, o.p.), The Power to Move (1986, o.p.), Henry Moore’s Sheep and Other Poems (1990), Hide & Seek (1995), Running in Prospect Cemetery: New & Selected Poems (2004), The Smooth Yarrow (2012), and What We Carry (2019). Her next collection of poetry, Cathedral/Grove, is due out in 2023. Susan has received Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council, and Toronto Arts Council Awards in poetry, fiction, a...
Burial of a Boy in 1979 by Bill Arnott
May 30, 2022 09:00 - 3 minutes - 3.46 MBBill Arnott is the bestselling author of the travel memoirs Gone Viking: A Travel Saga, Gone Viking II: Beyond Boundaries and A Season on Vancouver Island, as well as the suspense thriller series The Gamble Novellas, all ages Allan’s Wishes: Illustrated Edition, and the #1 Bestseller Bill Arnott’s Beat: Road Stories & Writers’ Tips. He’s been awarded by the ABF International Book Awards, Firebird Book Awards, Whistler Book Awards and received The Miramichi Reader’s Very Best Book Award for n...
#7 Burial of a Boy in 1979 by Bill Arnott
May 30, 2022 09:00 - 3 minutes - 3.46 MBBill Arnott is the bestselling author of the travel memoirs Gone Viking: A Travel Saga, Gone Viking II: Beyond Boundaries and A Season on Vancouver Island, as well as the suspense thriller series The Gamble Novellas, all ages Allan’s Wishes: Illustrated Edition, and the #1 Bestseller Bill Arnott’s Beat: Road Stories & Writers’ Tips. He’s been awarded by the ABF International Book Awards, Firebird Book Awards, Whistler Book Awards and received The Miramichi Reader’s Very Best Book Award for n...
A Dark Boat by Patrick Friesen
May 28, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 3.78 MBFrom his website: Patrick Friesen, a former resident of the original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation (Steinbach and Winnipeg) now lives on the unceded territory of the Lekwungen people (Victoria, B.C.). He has published numerous books of poetry and has written several stage and radio plays. Friesen has also collaborated with choreographers, dancers, musicians and composers. He tours on a regular basis, giving readings...
#6 - A Dark Boat by Patrick Friesen
May 28, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 3.78 MBFrom his website: Patrick Friesen, a former resident of the original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation (Steinbach and Winnipeg) now lives on the unceded territory of the Lekwungen people (Victoria, B.C.). He has published numerous books of poetry and has written several stage and radio plays. Friesen has also collaborated with choreographers, dancers, musicians and composers. He tours on a regular basis, giving readings...
How to Protect Yourself from Monsters by Paul Vermeersch
May 27, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 3.97 MBPaul Vermeersch is a poet, multimedia artist, creative writing professor, and literary editor. He is the author of several poetry collections, including The Reinvention of the Human Hand, a finalist for the 2011 Trillium Book Award, and most recently, Shared Universe: New and Selected Poems 1995-2020. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Guelph for which he received the Governor General's Gold Medal. He teaches in the Honours Bachelor of Creative Writing & Publishing ...
#5 - How to Protect Yourself from Monsters by Paul Vermeersch
May 27, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 3.97 MBPaul Vermeersch is a poet, multimedia artist, creative writing professor, and literary editor. He is the author of several poetry collections, including The Reinvention of the Human Hand, a finalist for the 2011 Trillium Book Award, and most recently, Shared Universe: New and Selected Poems 1995-2020. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Guelph for which he received the Governor General's Gold Medal. He teaches in the Honours Bachelor of Creative Writing & Publishing ...
The Narcissism of Sleep by James Lindsay
May 26, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.84 MBThis excerpt was taken from the Wolsak & Wynn's author page: James Lindsay has been a bookseller for more than a decade. He is also co-owner of Pleasence Records in Toronto, a record label specializing in post-punk, odd-pop and avant-garde sound pieces. You can also follow James Lindsay's Twitter account here. As always, we would love to hear from you. Have you tried send me a message on the Eh Poetry Podcast page yet? Eh Poetry Podcast Music by ComaStudio from Pixabay --- Send in ...
#4 - The Narcissism of Sleep by James Lindsay
May 26, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.84 MBThis excerpt was taken from the Wolsak & Wynn's author page: James Lindsay has been a bookseller for more than a decade. He is also co-owner of Pleasence Records in Toronto, a record label specializing in post-punk, odd-pop and avant-garde sound pieces. You can also follow James Lindsay's Twitter account here. As always, we would love to hear from you. Have you tried send me a message on the Eh Poetry Podcast page yet? Eh Poetry Podcast Music by ComaStudio from Pixabay --- Send in ...
#3 - Distant by David O'Meara
May 25, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.82 MBThis excerpt was taken from the Coach House Books author page for David O'Meara: David O’Meara is the author of four previous collections of poetry, most recently A Pretty Sight (Coach House Books, 2013). He is the Director of the Plan 99 Reading Series, and was the founding Artistic Director for VERSeFest (Canada’s International Poetry Festival). A past winner of the Archibald Lampman Prize and the Ottawa Book Award, David was recently the Poet-in-Residence for Arc Poetry Magazine and ser...
Distant by David O'Meara
May 25, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.82 MBThis excerpt was taken from the Coach House Books author page for David O'Meara: David O’Meara is the author of four previous collections of poetry, most recently A Pretty Sight (Coach House Books, 2013). He is the Director of the Plan 99 Reading Series, and was the founding Artistic Director for VERSeFest (Canada’s International Poetry Festival). A past winner of the Archibald Lampman Prize and the Ottawa Book Award, David was recently the Poet-in-Residence for Arc Poetry Magazine and ser...