Poet Laureate Map of Canada
Who funds poet laureate appointments?

Usually the municipality or province will sponsor the position. Owen Sound’s laureate is the only one funded by members of the business community, rather than tax payers. Cobalt’s poet laureate is funded by several generous cultural entrepreneurs.

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Sunday February 28, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. [details]
Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There is no happiness like mine. I have been eating poetry.
Mark Strand
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Poet Laureate Map of Canada

Map pj johnson, Poet Laureate of the Yukon Kristan Anderson, Owen Sound Ontario Roland Pemberton - Poet Laureate of Edmonton, AlbertaBrad Cran - Poet Laureate of Vancouver, B.C. Poet Laureate of Newfoundland: Agnes Walsh Linda Rogers - Poet Laureate of Victoria, B.C. Douglas Lochhead Shauntay Grant - Poet Laureate of Halifax, Nova Scotia John B. Lee, Brantford Ontario Pier Giorgio Di Cicco Pierre DesRuisseaux - Parliamentary Poet Laureate - Ottawa David Helwig, Prince Edward Island Robert Currie, Poet Laureate of Saskatchewan Gary Hyland, Poet Laureate, City of Moose Jaw, SK Poet Laureate of Cobalt Ann Margetson

Poet Laureate Map of Canada

Welcome to the Poet Laureate Map of Canada. This may very well be a world first. There are literary maps and poet maps, but we haven’t yet found a poet laureate map. Our map features a photo, bio and poem from Canada’s laureates, past and present, as well as links, and when available, audio and video files.

My initial reasons for producing the map were to showcase Canada’s poet laureates – municipal, provincial and federal - and to provide models for communities that want to have a poet laureate.

We welcome additions to the map - such as newly appointed or left out laureates (we’ve discovered 30 so far), as well as other suggestions or comments. Send us an email  to share your ideas.

I encourage you to find a way to insert poetry into the everyday.  Feast on these poems. Follow the links. Share them with your community, for poetry is truly a community beyond borders.

I hope this map will also provide a conversation among poetries, helping us to share the songs of our species. In my community, Owen Sound  City Council members will each read a poet laureate’s poem at Council meetings.

Elizabeth  Zetlin
Poet Laureate, City of Owen Sound, Ontario

 

feature poet

Kristan  Anderson

Poet Laureate of Owen Sound, Ontario
2009 - 2010


Kristan  Anderson

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