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| 2012 Griffin Poetry Prize finalists |
| 2012-04-11 23:56:00 |
The 2012 Griffin Poetry Prize finalists have been announced. Authors' bios & excerpts from the books can be found here:http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/awards-and-poets/shortlists/2012-shortlist/.Link to the lottery to win the Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology 2012:http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/guess-the-griffin-poetry-prize-2012-winners/...
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| Blinded by Snow |
| 2012-04-09 23:42:00 |
The Book of the Snow by Francois Jacqmin, translated by Philip Mosley (shortlisted for the 2011 Griffin Poetry Prize) is a book of highly-distilled poetic essence and a literary accomplishment of importance.(Superlatives, should be added, do not come close to doing justice to this book’s contents.)Read this book, whether your interest lies within the realms of poetry and poetics, literature, philosophy, meditation or if you find yourself out on a limb ready to explore a new creative perspective. You will not be disappointed; for your enjoyment the discovery of Jacqmin’s surprising poetic vision can progress in two parallel linguistics registers – the original French version is paired up with its English translation.The Translator’s Preface by Philip Mosley and the Introd...
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| April: National Poetry Month |
| 2012-04-03 21:31:00 |
Read David McGimpsey's post on cbc.ca:http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadawrites/2012/04/david-mcgimpsey-10-myths-about-poets.html:--o) ...
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| "Counting on copper" |
| 2012-03-26 21:51:00 |
If you ever needed a quick refresher on what copper can be counted on for, here is a link to the article "Counting on copper" published on March 22nd, 2012 by nature.com.The article was a winning entry in the magazine's writing competition and its author is a second year medical student at the University of Toronto.To access the article you would need to register with nature.com - which is free - and to search for "Counting on copper" in the Search box.Counting on copper: http://www.nature.com/nchem/journal/v4/n4/full/nchem.1315.html ...
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| Poetic Sprezzatura |
| 2012-03-01 21:29:00 |
“I have found quite a universal rule which in this matter seems to me valid above all other, and in all human affairs whether in word or deed: and that is to avoid affectation in every way possible as though it were some rough and dangerous reef; and (to pronounce a new word perhaps) to practice in all thing a certain sprezzatura (nonchalance), so as to conceal all art and make whatever is done or said appear to be without effort and almost without any thought about it.” (Baldassare Castiglione, The Book of Courtier, apud wikipedia)Sprezzatura, then, is something that can intuitively be linked to the act of writing poetry. Some poets appear to be graced with an innate gift of poetic fluency which allows them to effortlessly move from one metaphor to another in a most surprisi...
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| Connectivism |
| 2012-02-21 23:06:00 |
...is the title of a poetry anthology published by Variety Crossing Press in January 2012. Two of my poems are included in this anthology: Island and The Music Pavilion. Island is a poem that sort of cobbled itself together from notes & a previous post on this blog on the matter of the Embarkation for Cythera. As the thought of writing my own version of the Embarkation presented itself, one other thing became apparent. The poetry previously written on this topic was likely to put a severe damper on the enthusiasm with which one might have originally welcomed the idea of a new Embarkation: standards were high. So, to start off my poem, and to keep moving ahead through it, I used Watteau’s painting as a vehicle: I projected myself as a character i...
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| Salamander Cove |
| 2012-02-02 22:16:00 |
The Salamander Cove January 2012 issue, is now available on line.Salamander Cove is an art and poetry lit-mag, in a blog concept.One of my short poems is included in this issue. It's a poem in French (11th from the top). I'm grateful to have this poem translated into English by Mr. Conrad DiDiodato - Canadian poet, teacher and poetry blogger. Click here for the Salamander Cove, January 2012 issue. ...
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| Rembrandt and the darkness |
| 2012-01-28 22:23:00 |
It’s been quite a while since I had the opportunity to look at a painting by Rembrandt close up and personal, but last week, quite unexpectedly, I ran into one, in an art gallery. I’ve always viewed Rembrandt’s paintings with curiosity and respect, from the distance where the seemingly glacial veneer of his brush met me, halfway (or so I thought) in what appeared to be a rather forced intellectual dialogue, akin to a conversation carried out of a social obligation. Last week, on an icy winter day, I found myself in front of the Portrait of an anonymous musician and my old opinions of Rembrandt slowly disintegrated. I was struck by the smoky, pitch-dark black of the musician’s doublet and the enigmatic aura it projects onto the viewer. Fused darkness, all encompassing, drawing...
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| Year of the dragon & a marble steps complaint |
| 2012-01-22 22:23:00 |
The Chinese New Year is celebrated on January 23rd.In this post we begin the year of the water dragon with a link to an amazing poem:Marble steps complaint by Li Po/ Li Bai -(701-762)Vase with tiger and dragon - Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada ...
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