I invoke Dean Young to say a few things about what’s wrong with the Griffin and no Canadian prize and only one prize and the ickiness of it all that has nil to do with poetry. Yep.

Is it for the poet or the audience or both? What do scholars say? Let’s think about it.

In which I talk a bit about feminism and women writing their bodies and what’s happening to it all and then read a poem from Tregebov’s 2001 book On the Strength of Materials (Wolsak & Wynn) and Kishkan’s 1993 Black Cup (Beach Holme. Ed by Robin Skelton!).

1940-2021. One of our most mysterious and humble poets I’d say.

And also Jarring and another word for Diary and even Jeffers (Robinson). Enjoy!

Happy back to school! I speak of the crucial value of intensity in a poetic practice and read Emily Dickinson’s “I felt a funeral.”

I chat about the form and read an example. Mess about with it!

I talk about these forms and read an example each from Diane Seuss and Naomi Foyle. Experimenting is everything.

From Inventory (09, Anvil Press) and Listen Before Transmit (18, Buckrider Books). I lament the losses of books and then feature these two tough and sharp poets with their poems about enumerated dwellings.

In which I take back this word and think about what it means for the poem and especially the pursuit of muses and also, for women.