a life-long poem chronicle
My pleasure to be hosting this event at Surrey City Centre Library this Friday. Registration information is below and at the link:
“‘Asians on Edge: Avant-Garde Poets of the Diaspora’ invites you to witness a quintet of poetic forces who excavate language as material and shapeshift the landscape of traditional verse.
Come celebrate emerging Valley poet Winston Le’s new chapbook,”translanguaging” alongside acclaimed poets, Surjeet Kalsey, Penelope So, Rahat Kurd, and Shazia Hafiz Ramji.”
Lunch Poems connects the city with poets – a great place to bring your lunch and your questions about poetry. There’s always a Q & A after the reading.
The light in the Teck Gallery at SFU’s Harbour Centre Campus is beautiful, the vibe is friendly and relaxed.
And we always end on time.
Where: Teck Gallery, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hasting Street, Vancouver
When: April 18, 2018 at 12:00pm
Update: Unfortunately, Joseph Dandurand is unable to attend. Instead Billeh Nickerson will join Tawahum tomorrow at noon. Hope to see you there.
“Poetic Licence is a special Read Local BC column for National Poetry Month. Each column features one poet and a snapshot into their bookish world.
Renée Sarojini Saklikar is the current Poet Laureate for Surrey and her forthcoming book, Listening to the Bees (Nightwood Editions, 2018) is a book of essays and bee poems written in collaboration with Dr. Mark Winston:
“How do you write your first draft of a poem? – Almost always, first drafts are in pencil; although, these days, composition occurs in my head while walking/running, or dancing, or doing yoga. Then I have to race to my device (less than ideal), or better, home to my desk, or to a café to scrawl out lines on pages in my notebook.
How much do you edit or rewrite a poem, and how do you decide when it’s done (or good enough)? – I confess to compulsive editing and revision, even after book/chapbook publication. I’m obsessed with sound and syntax, less to description, so until the form and structure and sound feel right, I keep trying different combinations. May the poem never be done!”
Spent a special day at a National Poetry Month event in Newton with the Cedar Bark Poets & The Friends of the Newton Grove:
My thanks to the volunteers, poets, and the Newton Business Improvement Association!
With Billeh Nickerson and Tawahum Justin Bige:
Location: University House (F124), 33844 King Road, Abbotsford
Date: Wednesday, March 28
Time: 4pm – 6pm
Lunch Poems connects the city with poets – a great place to bring your lunch and your questions about poetry. There’s always a Q & A after the reading.
The light in the Teck Gallery at SFU’s Harbour Centre Campus is beautiful, the vibe is friendly and relaxed.
And we always end on time.
Where: Teck Gallery, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hasting Street, Vancouver
When: March 21, 2018 at 12:00pm
Honoured to be part of the Campbell River Writers’ Festival this year at the Maritime Heritage Centre:
