Free Verse was a first-of-its-kind national gathering of Canadian Poets Laureate held July 2010 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The two-day event featured performances from Canadian poets laureate Jill Battson (Coburg, ON), Brad Cran (Vancouver, BC), Pierre DesRuisseaux (Parliamentary Poet Laureate), Shauntay Grant (Halifax, NS), Hugh MacDonald (Prince Edward Island), Ann Margetson (Cobalt, ON), Roland Pemberton aka Cadence Weapon (Edmonton, AB), Linda Rogers (Victoria, BC), and Agnes Walsh (St. John's, NL).
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Canadian poet Phil Hall reads the poems "A Lost Path Back" and "The Big Jack I Caught in the Stonepile" from An Oak Hunch, shortlisted for the 2006 Griffin Poetry Prize. Learn more about the Griffin Poetry Prize at www.griffinpoetryprize.com.
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From 2002, Featuring Canadian poet Al Purdy's poem "At The Quinte Hotel," this piece tells the story of a man's experience at the bar. Starring Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip.
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Canadian poet Anne Carson reads from the poem "Seated Figure With Red Angle (1988) by Betty Goodwin" from Decreation. Her collection Men in the Off Hours was winner of the 2001 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize. Learn more about the Griffin Poetry Prize at www.griffinpoetryprize.com.
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Canadian poet Dionne Brand reads from the poem "thirsty" from the collection thirsty, shortlisted for the 2003 Griffin Poetry Prize. Learn more about the Griffin Poetry Prize at www.griffinpoetryprize.com.
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Celebrate Canada and the spirit of the Games, with Canadian slam poet Shane Koyczan's tribute, We Are More. To listen to the full poem or read the lyrics, please visit caen.canada.travel Want to plan your trip to Canada? Visit uscw.canada.travel Join us on Facebook and Twitter: www.facebook.com www.twitter.com
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Canadian poet Ken Babstock reads the poem "Compatibilist" from Airstream Land Yacht, shortlisted for the 2007 Griffin Poetry Prize. Learn more about the Griffin Poetry Prize at www.griffinpoetryprize.com.
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Canadian poet Shane Koyczan performing at Book Slam, London's best night of words and music.
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An inspirational piece of poetry "Daddy's Poem" (Author Unknown) narrated by Rob Wreford & Katelyn Courtney. Poem is accompanied by photos of Highway Of Heroes Procession. Thomas Newman Music Theme from the motion picture "American Beauty". A courageous story about a girl going to school on "Daddy's Day". Her father was a Canadian Soldier killed by a road side bomb.
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Buy Lillian's music @ CD Baby: www.cdbaby.com About Me: Lillian Allen emerged as a leading influential figure on the Canadian culural landscape. She is an award winning and internationally renowned poet and writer of short stories and Plays. As one of its lead originator, she has specialized in the writing and performing of dub poetry, a highly politicized form of poetry, which is sometimes set to music. Lillian is also responsible for opening up the form to insist and engrave feminist content and sensibilities. Her recordings 'Revolutionary Tea Party' and 'Conditions Critical' won Juno awards in 1986 and 1988 respectively. Her works appear independently and in anthologies. She has spent almost four decades writing, publishing, and performing her work in Canada, The US, Europe, and England. She has also worked in film, both as a featured artist (Revolution from de Beat, 1995; Unnatural Causes, 1989; Rhythm and Hardtimes 1987) and as co-producer and co-director of Blak.. Wi Blakk... (1994), a film on Jamaican dub Poet Mutabaruka. An inspired strategic thinker, Lillian is a leading expert on cultural diversity and culture in Canada and has been a consultant and advisor to all levels of government, to several institutions, and to community groups. She has initiated and facilitated the establishment of a number of organizations in various culturally diverse communities, and has worked within several established organizations to create access and change. Her work with youth in ...
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This piece is adapted to video slideshow format from my radio show, "Better Days," on CFRO in Vancouver. The poem, "Transient," is a favourite of mine, one of Purdy's best, in my opinion. The recitation is not perfect - a few lines are mangled slightly, or a word or two were changed or added, but I think it stands up. (Forgive me, Al... it was 'live' radio). The photographs are borrowed from many sources, including a few of my own. The music is "Lament For Limerick" by the brilliant Martin Hayes. The ending to the music is a bit abrupt, as I had to edit out another piece of music which overlapped slightly. DL From Wikipedia: Alfred Wellington Purdy, (December 30, 1918 -- April 21, 2000) was one of the most popular and important Canadian poets of the 20th century. Purdy's writing career spanned more than fifty years. His works include over thirty books of poetry; a novel; two volumes of memoirs and four books of correspondence. He has been called the nation's "unofficial poet laureate", and, "a national poet in a way that you only find occasionally in the life of a culture." Honours and awards Purdy received include the Order of Canada (OC) in 1982, the Order of Ontario in 1987, and the Governor General's Award, in 1965 for his collection The Cariboo Horses, and again in 1986 for The Collected Poems of Al Purdy. The League of Canadian Poets gave Purdy the Voice of the Land Award, a special award created by the League to honour his unique contribution to Canada. Purdy's ...
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CFSW 2010 Ottawa will be the largest slam-focused event in Canadian history. Poets from coast to coast will converge here to share experiences, perform, slam, exchange ideas and put on an amazing poetic display. Some of Canada's most talented spoken word artists will be here, so you don't want to miss this five-day celebration of stage poetry -- Canadian slam style! The CFSW 2010 Ottawa Festival Organizing Committee is hard at work, doing everything possible to be ready to welcome everyone back to Ottawa with open arms. The festival was first held in Ottawa in 2004, when it was called the Canadian Spoken Wordlympics. So the 2010 edition is not just another festival, it's a homecoming for CFSW -- a return to the place where the national festival was born.
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Canadian poet Christian Bok reads from the poem "CHAPTER I for Dick Higgins " from Eunoia, winner of the 2002 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize. Learn more about the Griffin Poetry Prize at www.griffinpoetryprize.com.
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Canadian poet PK Page reads the poem "Planet Earth" from the collection Planet Earth, shortlisted for the 2003 Griffin Poetry Prize. Learn more about the Griffin Poetry Prize at www.griffinpoetryprize.com.
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Talonbooks Poetry Night: Fred Wah and Friends. Daphne Marlatt reads from 'The Gull,' her Canadian Noh/Japanese Noh play, set in Steveston after the Japanese internment camps: ow.ly features Japanese Noh masks. Read Daphne's biography ow.ly | Poetry event features George Bowering, Colin Browne, Jeff Derksen, Daphne Marlatt (reading from her Canadian Japanese Noh play 'The Gull'), Roy Miki, and Fred Wah. Event date: September 30, 2009 at the Anza Club in Vancouver, BC.
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Montreal poet Philip Tétrault video by Lew Dite I know Phil through my wife (they were classmates). Over the past year or so I've not only become familiar with his poetry but I have also discovered his paintings ( I have several) and his music (he plays the pan pipes). Tonight he phoned to tell us he was going to recite some of his poetry at a Montreal music hall. We (my wife and I) are fans and I wanted to share his poetry with you. In 2005 he was the subject of a National Film Board of Canada documentary (directed and written by his brother Pierre Tétrault) titled "This Beggar's Description." This beautiful and touching documentary is available through the NFB. For more information about Philip Tétrault and the documentary film google: This Beggar's Description National Film Board of Canada
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A couple of hours north of Toronto, Ontario, is "cottage country" (eg Township of Muskoka, Township of Archipelago etc.), where there are many beautiful freshwater lakes, as well as lush forests, and rocky landscapes characteristic of the "Canadian Shield". This poem describes the pristine beauty of this enchanting area as a sacred, near religious experience. The unretouched photos are all of Healey Lake. Part of the rhymewire collection by Canadian poet Larissa (Lara) Covato.
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Canadian poet/historian Robert Bringhurst reads from Nine Visits to the Mythworld, translated from the Haida poetry of Ghandl of the Qayahl Llaanas. Nine Visits to the Mythworld was shortlisted for the 2001 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize. Learn more at www.griffinpoetryprize.com.
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Poet and artist Joe Rosenblatt discusses his past experiences as an industrial worker, relationship to socialist ideas, Al Purdy and Milton Acorn, the Allan Gardens free speech movement, and poetry's political importance in times of widespread social crisis.
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