Does poetry get better with time, or does time get better with poetry?听
This Sunday, join Courier staffer , poet/author , fiction writer and environmental activist as they read a selection of poems from their favourite deceased poets.
A recurring collaboration between the 麻豆传媒映画Public Library and the , series organizers are that by "dead poet" they mean "non-living poet," not "character from that Robin Williams movie."
The format is simple: Each speaker has 15 minutes to explain why they chose their poet and read their picks of that poet鈥檚 work.
The free readings take place from 3-5 p.m. on the second Sunday of every odd-numbered month (i.e. January, March, May, etc.), and are run out of the听麻豆传媒映画Library's Central Branch downtown Vancouver. There's an intermission and, as one might expect, 鈥済ood conversation to boot.鈥�
Past readings have run the gamut of well known poets such as Sylvia Plath to Viking-era artists like Egill Skallagr铆msson.
will take place Sunday, Jan. 14 in the Alice MacKay Room, which is located one floor below the entry concourse (), featuring:
鈥� 听(1935 - 1984), read by听Kelsey Klassen
鈥� 听(1927 - 2017), read by听Rob Taylor
鈥� 听(1911 - 2004), read by听Bethany Hindmarsh
鈥� 听(1922 - 2010), read by听Cynthia Flood
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Who said poetry was dead?听
