by Kevin Spenst | Feb 7, 2010 | poetry, writing advice
Came across a nice little poetry site this afternoon that I thought I’d share with you. It’s called hello poetry, which might not be the most poetic of urls but it’s a nifty way to find poems and uses of concepts through key word searches. Since the...
by Kevin Spenst | Feb 4, 2010 | poetry
It’s long, it’s grueling, it’s telling, it’s replete with suplexes of poetics, pile-drivers of discourse and a great view into the poetry scene in Canada. Her Majesty the Queen shall soon decree that this debate between Christian Bok and...
by Kevin Spenst | Feb 3, 2010 | writing s(c)een(e) in Vancouver
I mean if you are in that mood yourself (note the catchy commercial jingle undertones in our title today, the sense of something fun right around the corner, something better than chicken), then you should check out the Real Vancouver Writers’ Series at the W2...
by Kevin Spenst | Feb 2, 2010 | poetry
Okay, so the warmest January just passed us by and February looks equally snowless. What’s a Winter Olympics hosting city to do? Simply drown your sorrows on Granville Island while taking in local non-weather dependent culture. The Candahar bar is a recreation...
by Kevin Spenst | Jan 19, 2010 | poetry, writing advice
Isn’t it wonderful how one thing can lead to another? The right foot in front of the left. One synapse firing up the next. I recently received in the mail the winter issue of Geist magazine, which is, cover to cover, one of their finest in years. The art...
