On Sunday, April 12, 2015 we were received by close to 60 audience members...aka poetry and music appreciators, at The Art Gallery of Windsor to celebrate National Poetry Month for our Notes/Books reading and musical extravaganza. The Rodzik Gallery, a space illuminated by outdoor light and riverfront action, was the perfect location for the event - bringing… Continue reading Notes/Books Reading a “Moving” Success!
Tag: National Poetry Month
Poetry On Demand – for National Poetry Month and Forever
So, if you don't know it yet, I do this thing called Poetry On Demand. It's LIVE, INTERACTIVE, ON-DEMAND-POETRY-MAKING (yes, I'm yelling). I've been doing it for close to five years now. At festivals. In classrooms. On stages. And tomorrow morning - on the freakin' radio, yo. Check it. 8:10am on 97.5FM - CBC Radio. Windsor Morning… Continue reading Poetry On Demand – for National Poetry Month and Forever
Local Literary Events April 8-12!
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2015 - 7PM The University of Windsor students in the Editing & Practicum class (taught by Windsor's Poet Laureate Marty Gervais) is having its annual book launch. This year it's a triple threat with new poetry from local poet Peter Hrastovic, new prose and poetry by Gillian Cott and an anthology about… Continue reading Local Literary Events April 8-12!
Poetry as Prayer – How Poetry Infuses our Spiritual Journeys
I was thinking about Easter and how, for many, this holiday and others like it (meaning religious and/or spiritual) – Passover, Christmas, Ramadan, Kwanza, Diwali, etc.) bring out or make more robust our connection to prayer. Many religious and/or spiritual beliefs use books as guidance for living life, and all of them, (if I’m not… Continue reading Poetry as Prayer – How Poetry Infuses our Spiritual Journeys
VANESSA SHIELDS 