The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experiences. –Emily Dickinson
Received the summer issue of Queen’s Quarterly—a little delayed, but well worth the wait. So many wonderful writings and artworks brought together in one issue. Grateful to be part of this rich and inspiring collection! my poem is on back cover! Thanks!
Hosted by Carla Gonzalez, an Acoustic Open Mic on September 7th from 1–4 PM
Come share your music, poetry, stories, or spoken word in a relaxed and welcoming community setting. 
The Donegal Arms — a wonderful place to come together, share your talent, and connect with the community.
A few performer spots are still available!
If you’re interested in performing, please email [email protected]
Speaker, microphone, and amp will be provided.
Brought to you by Mississauga Music
The Poet Laureate Podcast is recorded in studio at Haus of Owl: Creation Labs—many thanks to Haus of Owl: Creation Lab and Queen’s Quarterly. I’m so glad to have been interviewed by Kyeren Regehr for the podcast!
2026 Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry (Alberta Book Publishing Award)(Finalist)
A Review of Anna Yin’s Breaking into Blossom by Renée m. Sgroi
From Alice Major:
Anna Yin’s poems ‘breathe in two languages,’ creating a lovely tension between immediacy and distance that feels as though two points on a globe have been connected by a flight path. Her imagery is deeply sensual, compelling yet delicate. Her lines hover in our minds like the dream that “finds his own key, unlocks the door and comes inside.”
From Molly Peacock:
In her gorgeous book, Breaking into Blossom, Anna Yin’s poetry is like the interior of the abalone shell she depicts, “emerald… just shining.” Almost anything or anyone in this volume can break unexpectedly into blossom, including the poems themselves, often concluding with unanticipated discoveries. The book undulates with observations and the animated sur-reality of all kinds of exchanges, from an interview with a painter to the poet’s father’s late life words to a desperate woman stepping on a Forget-me-not. “The career of flowers differs from us only in inaudibleness,” Emily Dickinson wrote to her cousins, and Yin’s buoyant inspirations from poets across time, Li Po to Wallace Stevens, Akhmatova to Dickinson herself, give voice to subtly noticed feelings and thoughts. Anna Yin is fast becoming a Canadian treasure.
Susan McMaster for book review on driftwood June 2025 in Chinese & English
Terry McDonagh’s review on Live Encounters Poetry & Writing July 2025
The P.K. Page Mentorship Program supports the League’s Associate members as they develop their poetic skill, craft, and professional understanding of poetry in Canada through one-on-one mentorship with a Full member. I am glad to be selected to mentor Janice Zhang this year! Thanks the League of Canadian Poets.
