Tag Archive for the term: poetry

HTMLGIANT - the internet literature magazine blog of the future - is organizing to help you share gifts with strangers and spread the love of Independent Lit. It’s a bit of a risk, but what good thing isn’t? And you might end up with something indie and awesome. The holidays, in my opinion, are best [...]

Just recently I’ve been trying to warm up my writing chops (not blogging, but poetry) by pushing out one poem per day on a blog set up ages ago for just such tomfoolery. This inspired some new googling to find other bloggers sharing daily poetry.
After flipping past the first few poetry recycler websites that [...]

Between running around at the Indyish POP Mess on Friday I was able to grab a few goodish bits of video. I’ve editted them together here to give you a taste. If you were there and shot any video or photos you’d share please get in touch!!

The show featured:
Spoken word by Rachna Vohra, with musician
Video: [...]

I thought this would be fun to post, this here “poem” — which is actually an email I just received from my father. Yes, this is exactly as the email arrived (except without the “love, dad” bit), this is exactly how he wrote it, and I’m really digging it right now! Emails from my [...]

” Moe Clark’s debut spoken word album announces itself quite accurately with the title of its first track: “Irresistible.” “Circle of She: Story + Song” is just as impressive musically as it is poetically.” Corey Frost, NYC. [https://wfs.gc.cuny.edu/CFrost/www/WaxFeature2.html]

A writing contest with a really sweet prize! This from POP Montreal -
Pop Montreal and Matrix Magazine have teamed up to establish an innovative and exciting new literary competition. We are looking for the most unique and original voices in literary voices in Canada. So if you’re an emerging poet or short story writer [...]

One of performance poetry’s champions and a speeding freight train of a Fringe regular, Jem Rolls is back with a show called How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Mall.

(We chatted for a quite a while and then other Indyishers couldn’t resist joining in to talk about Montreal, which I ended up [...]

This Saturday June 21st 8pm at Le Cagibi: Throw Slam FINALS!
We’ll have not one, as is our habit, but TWO amazing spoken word artists featuring! That’s Moe Clark of Calgary, and Spencer Butt of Toronto.
We’ll also have the top scoring poets from this year’s inaugural Throw Slam season competing for bragging rights (and a top [...]

Time is of the essence, so if you are reading this on Monday, June 2, 2008 before 9pm, call 514.844.3822 and ask if there are still tickets available for tonight’s last performance of Poésie, sandwichs et autres soirs qui penchent. Otherwise, feel free to keep reading.

Loui Mauffette’s Poésie, sandwichs et autres soirs qui penchent, photo [...]

In an effort to build up anticipation for the dance and theatre Festival TransAmériques, I have avoided dance for the past few weeks. Last year’s first edition turned out to be a most pleasant surprise, offering the kind of works too seldom seen, those that polarize audiences, that have the courage to leave no one [...]