My honor to have this poem: My Father’s Temple as the poem of Sept at The Parliamentary Poet Laureate site. Thanks the 7th Parliamentary Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke.
The Love Poetry Festival in honour of Milton Acorn & Gwen MacEwen
The Inaugural Love Poetry Festival in honour of Milton Acorn & Gwen MacEwen at Ward’s Island, Toronto on Saturday was a great success. I was proud to read with Trevor Abes, George Elliott Clarke, Whitney French, Karen Mulhallen, Honey Novick and Robert Priest. Thank Michelle Alfano and George Elliott Clarke for organizing this event with a beautiful venue and Roger Sharp’s music. Here is the link for details. Thanks!
LOVE POETRY FESTIVAL Videos by Henry Martinuk: First Part | Second Part
Why Poetry? Answers found in “Measures of Astonishment”
(A refreshing and eclectic mix of both deeply personal and formal essays that offer a glimpse into the minds of some of Canada’s most influential poets: Margaret Atwood, George Elliot Clarke, Anne Carson, Anne Simpson, Tim Lilburn, Marilyn Bowering, A.F. Moritz, Mark Abley, Glen Sorestad, Robert Currie, Don McKay, Lillian Allen, and Gregory Scofield) -Measures of Astonishment” Poets on Poetry
–Qutoes from publisher
From time to time, I wonder “Why Poetry?”…
After reading a part of the book: Why Poetry (by Margaret Atwood) and Every Exit is an Entrance (A Praise of Sleep) by Anne Carson, I have gotten answers…. thanks!
Glad that two of my new poems:”Family Album” and “Because Of” were published in “Quixotica” in HongKong. This collection of poems is by both award-winning and emerging poets from Hong Kong, Singapore, the Phillippines and beyond, illustrating how Don Quixote continues to inspire and illuminate across oceans and centuries. Good luck to the book launch in HongKong this July.