Poetry Posts

Launchpad: The Outer Wards, by Sadiqa de Meijer
"A voice of authority and grace." —Michael Crummey

Launchpad: Endlings, by Joanna Lilley
"A frightening reminder that Nature is our Mother and source of life." —David Suzuki

Launchpad: Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart, by Beatriz Hausner
"Elegant, thirsty and visionary poems, echoing with song." —Tamara Faith Berger

Launchpad: All I Have Learned is Where I Have Been, by Joe Fiorito
"Wonderfully inventive and skillful in poetic form, while remaining casual, colloquial: the art of the street's voice." —A.F. Moritz

Launchpad: Disappearing Minglewood Blues, by M.C. Warrior
"Gives us sharp and fascinating insights into the everyday and sweaty work world—dark, difficult and dangerous—of his three decades logging and commercial …

Launchpad: Lost Lagoon, Lost in Thought, by Betsy Warland
"An extraordinary love spell cast by a master magician."

League of Canadian Poets 2020 Shortlists

The Poetic Imperative
A Speculative Aesthetics

The Poetic Imperative
A Speculative Aesthetics

Launchpad: Gold Rush, by Claire Caldwell
Claire Caldwell is an environmental doomsayer, but she’s also a comedic, antic storyteller, and she’s great at dark endings.—John Irving