As my time in beautiful Parrsboro comes to a close, I’ll give a brief wrap-up. In addition to the poetry events mentioned in my last post, I had a wonderful workshop morning with a group of local writers. I already knew that Canada produces some exceptional writers; now I know that a lot of them […]
The Poet Laureate amongst us
What do you call a collection of poets? Are we a Bunch? A Rumble? It could be a League, but that gives a notion of prior connection. A Roundup? A Gathering, perhaps. In ancient Rome, we might have been a Circle, given that there were philosophers and historians co-mingling. Someone suggested a ‘hoard of beatniks’. […]