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CBC Books – Canada Writes – Poetry Prize!

By Sam On April 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Competition is now open!
Deadline to submit: May 1 at 11:59 p.m. ET

This prize is awarded once a year to the best original, unpublished, poem or poetry collection submitted to the competition. All Canadians can participate.

The competition is blind. A jury composed of well-known and respected Canadian authors will select a 1st [...]

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Nancy’s Quilt

By Sam On December 15, 2011 · 2 Comments

She’s in her eighties now
At the end of a blessed life
Her husband has passed on already
But she continues to find joy
In her son and in his sons

Her grandsons tower over her
With their height and their strength

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For You&Yours

By Sam On July 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment

My friend has suffered

One of the biggest losses

Of her life

And last night

As I cried for her

I realized

How far grief can spread

And how deep

The love for a friend

Can run in one’s soul

And the frustration

That you can do nothing

To ease the pain

Of so many [...]

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Half a step forward, seven steps back

By Sam On July 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I am going in circles
Trying to pick up the pieces
Of someone else’s broken life.

Around and around
I’m getting dizzy
Trying to make a person okay.

I bend down to pick up a part
Of the puzzle that was never whole
And try to show him

A [...]

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Hell&Heaven

By Sam On June 29, 2011 · 1 Comment

Once upon a time, I had a bad day

that turned into a day that never ended

into a nightmare that re-started every time I woke up

from a sleep that was never restful

and darkness that wouldn’t go away

it started slowly with one tiny sip

that helped my problems disappear

…for awhile…

and [...]

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little pleasures

By Sam On June 18, 2011 · 1 Comment

We went walking at dusk

and stumbled upon a field of diamonds

We tried to get as close as we could

and let the diamonds dance before our eyes

We stood quiet and still

as the field sparkled in the dark

He tried to capture the scene forever

but technology failed us

Some things are [...]

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My time in a cage

By Sam On June 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment

You took everything I had, but still expected more
I accepted a bland life.  And forgot what my heart was for

I thought you were my burden, my own little cross to bear
All my guilt from past mistakes had left its wear and tear

You felt no shame in taking advantage of [...]

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Circle of Fools

By Sam On May 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment

We are all sitting around playing silly games
And the one that pretends best wins

I wonder how long I can keep floating through
Before they realize I can’t be part of this charade

We live in a world where some can get everything for nothing
And there are good people who [...]

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Poetry winner is a construction worker

By Sam On April 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Poetry prize goes to B.C. construction worker CBC News Posted: Apr 5, 2011 7:14 PM ET Last Updated: Apr 5, 2011 7:14 PM ET Garth Martens, 28, writes poetry and works construction. (Writers Trust)

A construction worker from Victoria, B.C., who writes poetry won the $5,000 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging [...]

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Canada Reads – Poetry

By Sam On April 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Canada Reads Poetry announces panellists, books CBC News Posted: Apr 8, 2011 12:26 PM ET Last Updated: Apr 8, 2011 12:26 PM ET

Susan Musgrave is defending Selected Poems by Alden Nowlan, who died in 1983. (Bruce Stotsebury) Related Links The Best Laid Plans wins Canada Reads 2011 CBC Books [...]

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