Poetry
Poetry (derived from the Greek poiesis, "making") is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language—such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre—to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning. Poetry has a long history – dating back to prehistoric times with hunting poetry in Africa, and to panegyric and elegiac court poetry of the empires of the Nile, Niger, and Volta River valleys. Some of the earliest written poetry in Africa occurs among the Pyramid Texts written during the 25th century BCE. The earliest surviving Western Asian epic poetry, …
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UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 7 April 2024 English
“Inspiring, healing, and future-facing, this long overdue book gives us valuable new insights into the histories and identities of Métis people.”
to support one another. Through storytelling, poetry, and Métis methodologies and analyses emerge chapter …
UAP: University of Alberta Press · 5 April 2024
Toward an Anti-Racist Poetics seeks to dislodge the often unspoken white universalism that underpins literary production and reception today. In this personal and thoughtful book, award-winning author Wayde Compton explores …
(EPub) | isbN 9781772127676 (PdF) Subjects: Lcsh: Poetry—Authorship— Social aspects. | Lcsh: Cultural pluralism … racism. | Lcsh: White people—Race identity. | Lcsh: Poetry—History and criticism. | LcGFT: Lectures. | LcGFT: … of two books of poetry: 49th Parallel Psalm (1999) (which was a Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist) … Bond (2004). Praise for his first collection of poetry has come from the likes of George Bowering, who … Milne (2019). Compton has performed his sound poetry at events such as WordFest (Calgary), Fuse, at …
CASP: Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention · 5 April 2024 English
If you are a person with lived experience, a family member, a friend, a clinician, a caregiver or a researcher impacted by suicide, we welcome you to join us for …
our Stories SALON C Connor Lafortune Political poetry consists of poems that reflect, reject, and reform … seek their ideal alternatives. Writing political poetry seeks to change, heal, challenge, and transform …
UAP: University of Alberta Press · 4 April 2024 English
That Audible Slippage invokes a poetics of active listening and environmental sound to investigate the ways in which we both hear and fail to hear insufficiency, loss, incompleteness, and other …
(ePub) | isbN 9781772127591 (PdF) Subjects: LcGFT: Poetry. Classification: Lcc Ps8555.h675 T53 2024 | ddc … from Amazon to your back patio with words like poetry by Frank O’Hara printed on its shipping receipt … had to find another way to eat my Jesus Poetry was it Poetry is it — the grand replay of a suppressed … organized readings at the University of Calgary, and poetry gatherings among the many poets I have associated … earth. Based in Toronto, she has published eleven poetry collections, a novel, and an intergenre memoir …
CMA: Canadian Medical Association · 4 April 2024 English
On the one me, like respecting my grandmother in the they make you feel, and their characteris hand, it was painful to keep it to myself last lucid moments of …
Schizophrenic poetry, queerness, and the limits of self-expression Humanities | Encounters Schizophrenic … Schizophrenic poetry, queerness, and the limits of self-expression n Cite as: CMAJ 2024 April 15;196:E48990. … care. My aunts and schizophrenia, who spoke in poetry. elapsing second, a new and continuously uncles …
UAP: University of Alberta Press · 4 April 2024 English
same-sex relationships. Richly engaged with the tangible and experiential, Patrick Grace’s confessional poetry captures profound, sharp emotions, tracking a journey impacted equally by beauty and by brutality …
savour, introducing a brave new voice in Canadian poetry.” — Tre vor C ork u m, author of The World … coiling truck exhaust and late urban nights. Grace’s poetry is a gift—at once confessional and intimate, yet … | isbN 9781772127638 (PdF) Subjects: LcGFT: Poetry. Classification: Lcc Ps8613.r3329 d49 2024 | … To family and friends who have cheered for my poetry over the years. To Jim Johnstone at Anstruther … (Issue 217); “A Violence” (Issue 210). In Pinhole Poetry: “Fission” (Issue 1.3). In Prairie Fire: “The Big …
UAP: University of Alberta Press · 4 April 2024 English
Fresh, funny, and imbued with infectious energy, Northerny tells a much-needed and compelling story of growing up and living in the North. Here are no tidy tales of aurora borealis …
“Dawn Macdonald’s poetry is alive with curiosity and truth. She speaks in conversation at times soft … kingfishers, and dog hair. Her poems open new paths in poetry from the high latitudes. This work is a bright … worlds with unflinching curiousity. Macdonald’s poetry bewilders language, making it romp, flit, and … (EPUB) | ISBN 9781772127553 (PDF) Subjects: LCGFT: Poetry. Classification: LCC PS8625.D6264 N67 2024 | … Each Evening”), The Fiddlehead, No. 296, Summer Poetry 2023 “increase,” Strange Horizons, February 7, …
UAP: University of Alberta Press · 2 April 2024 English
the complex issues around mental illness and healing. Combining autobiography, research-creation, poetry, and creative philosophy, Brad Necyk uses art and words to uncover and tell new stories about trauma …
FRHD: Freehand Books · 1 April 2024 English
From award-winning poet Catherine Owen, a collection of poems about one woman's journey from BC to a new life in Alberta, where she buys an old house and creates a …
(EPUB) ISBN 9781990601606 (PDF) Subjects: LCGFT: Poetry. Classification: LCC PS8579.W43 M68 2024 | DDC … Occasionally, a disappointment will be ditched or poetry books past review left but the tomes mostly come … classics and where it never is in actual bookstores, poetry, pre-eminent, allocated priority and yes, it goes … and again all the genres flit from their spots, poetry, the most, I notice. Also there’s Puzzle Lady who … the snow bladed raw.105 To the Thief who Reads Poetry We live in a neighbourhood of roamers, pickers …
CPRC: University of Regina Press · 30 March 2024 English
Emily McGiffin’s poems examine imperial violence and colonialism in South Africa and Canada. Multifaceted and multi-voiced, Emily McGiffin’s poems explore the ongoing violence, destruction, and loss wrought by colonialism and …
Series: Oskana poetry & poetics ; 18. Description: Series statement: Oskana poetry & poetics ; 18 | … (pdf) | isbn 9780889779914 (epub) Subjects: lcgft: Poetry. Classification: lcc ps8625.g52 i58 2024 | ddc … team at University of Regina Press and the Oskana Poetry series, especially Randy Lundy, Shannon Parr, … established authors, Oskana Poetry & Poetics offers both contemporary poetry at its best and probing discussions … the series: Measures of Astonishment: Poets on Poetry, presented by the League of Canadian Poets (2016) …