I’m happy to let folks know that 2020’s limited-edition Gaspereau Press-produced poetry broadside, ‘Citadel Hill’ is now available. As is the case every year since 2006 when we started doing these things, Andrew Steeves at Kentville’s Gaspereau Press has taken a simple little poem of mine,developed a great concept and then executed it with aplomb. The... Continue Reading →
Matt Robinson @ Halifax Central Library for National Poetry Month: April 1, 2017
The fun continues into April! No joke. After a fair bit or driving and flying about for the last few readings I've done, I'm pretty pleased that the commute for my next event will be measured in minutes, not hours. I'll be back home and reading here in Halifax, NS, on Saturday, April 1, 2017 at 2:00pm at the super-fantastic,... Continue Reading →
POEM in PROGRESS: HARBOUR / THE HARBOUR SLEEPS THESE SHORES
I'm a bit of a serial reviser when it comes to my poems. More often than not, though, the tweaks past a certain point of the draft process leave the poem relatively recognizable as a slightly edited version of that first solid draft. That said, I've been revisiting a poem I originally started working on... Continue Reading →