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.
Poetry Is Dead recently caught up with Elisabeth De Mariaffi and Carey Toane of the Toronto Poetry Vendors to find out more about these sneaky little vendor machines, dropping out poetry for your coins. You can join them on Facebook here to follow their progress as poetry vendors.
Poetry Is Dead: What compelled you to start this project?
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Poetry Is Dead is an ongoing sponsor of The Cross-Border Pollination reading series, started by poet Rachel Rose. The next reading will feature Ray Hsu, Marguerite Pigeon, Camille T. Dungy, Mary Cornish, and David Zieroth. The reading will be May 4th in Vancouver and you can find more information on the Facebook event page. For future readings you can join the fan page. Poetry Is Dead recently caught up with Marguerite Pigeon to discuss her most recent book of poetry Inventory.
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Poetry Is Dead is an ongoing sponsor of The Cross-Border Pollination reading series, started by poet Rachel Rose. The next reading will feature Ray Hsu, Marguarite Pigeon, Camille T. Dungy, Mary Cornish, and David Zieroth. The reading will be May 4th in Vancouver and you can find more information on the Facebook event page. For future readings you can join the fan page. Poetry Is Dead recently caught up with Ray Hsu to discuss his unique approach to readings and the future of poetry.
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Dear Sasquatch
Stop avoiding me
I know
you know
I know
you’re out there
You know
I know
you know that
Sasquatch
Since you’ve been gone
My houseplants have been giving me the silent treatment
& my heartstrings all have fallen out of tune
Since you’ve been gone
The posture of my penis is just one more economic indicator
with which to measure the health of the nation
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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.
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.
What the jackpine sonnet is: A sonnet-like poem.
Where it comes from: Milton Acorn (1923 – 1986), a poet from Prince Edward Island, created the genre and named it after the jack pine, a tree that seeds itself in fire.
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This call for submissions is closed. Please check back for our third issue's call for submissions. Thank you to all who submitted!
We’re looking for submissions for our second issue. The theme? TV, beer and video games. That’s right, your favourite activities will now be the subject of your poetry.
Deadline: May 31st, 2010
Check our submission guidelines on how to submit.
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That’s right, your favourite activities will now be the subject of your poetry.
