In “The Shrinking Space of Poetry”, Betsy Warland claims that “Spoken word has grown in leaps and bounds; to my ear, however, the majority of writing performed is not deeply rooted in poetry.” I take exception to this backhanded compliment.
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Chris Gilpin has been a two-time member of the Vancouver Poetry Slam Team (2008 & 2009), the runner-up in the 2008 Vancouver Individual Poetry Slam competition, the champion of Vancouver’s 2008 Haiku Death Match, and winner of the Vancouver’s 2009 CBC Poetry Face-off.
If there was ever any doubt that British Columbia contains a considerable number of poets, Rocksalt: An Anthology of Contemporary B.C. Poetry—with its roster of 108 B.C. poets—will surely set the record straight. This epic anthology, which tours the entire west coast, brings all of the up-and-coming poets to the forefront.
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Daniel Zomparelli is the editor of Poetry Is Dead magazine. He currently runs the Community Creative Writing Project for Megaphone Magazine. He is on the editorial board of Geist and formerly worked at Adbusters magazine. His work has been published and is forthcoming in magazines and anthologies across Canada. He is currently completing his first manuscript of poetry.
Poetry is dead. Yes, it has been said many times and before you get defensive, there is plenty of proof. Newsweek announced poetry’s death in 2003. Although the statement outraged Western poets, it was correct. Poetry has fallen into the cracks. And poets and poetry readers are left asking, “what the hell happened?”
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Daniel Zomparelli is the editor of Poetry Is Dead magazine. He currently runs the Community Creative Writing Project for Megaphone Magazine. He is on the editorial board of Geist and formerly worked at Adbusters magazine. His work has been published and is forthcoming in magazines and anthologies across Canada. He is currently completing his first manuscript of poetry.
