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37 POETS TO COMMIT ‘RANDOM ACTS OF POETRY’ ACROSS CANADA

Random Acts of Poetry, a celebration of poetry and literacy, begins its fourth year during the week of October 1st to 7th, 2007. Random Acts of Poetry is a project of the Victoria READ Society, a non-profit literacy organization, established in 1976. Random Acts of Poetry is funded by The Canada Council for the Arts.

During the week, 37 acclaimed poets across Canada, from Victoria to Newfoundland, including three of Canada’s Poets Laureate, will commit Random Acts of Poetry in their cities and adjacent small towns. On buses and subways, in donut shops and cafes, police stations, grocery stores, curling rinks, on city streets and country lanes, poets will read poems to strangers and give them their books. Poets will also read their poems in ESL and Adult Literacy classes across the country.

Patrick Lane, considered the greatest poet of his generation, says of Random Acts of Poetry, “There are no accidents. Nothing is random. A poem sits in a poet’s pocket and jumps out when you least expect it. It can nestle in a mechanic’s ear, a politician’s hand, a waitress’s bright eye, somewhere, anywhere. You look up from work and there’s a poem. It reads itself to you. It asks you to take a break. It says: Right here. Right now.”

“Poetry”, says Wendy Morton, founder of Random Acts of Poetry, “is the shortest distance between two hearts. I have read poems to hundreds of people, many of whom hadn’t heard a poem in thirty years, and watched their eyes fill up with tears. Some burst into laughter or laid a hand on my shoulder, hugged me, took my hand. Poetry can connect us with each other as humans as no other art form I know. Poetry is a gift that we can create from whatever life has in store for us.”

Across Canada poets will commit random acts in: Victoria, Nanaimo, Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary, Edmonton, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Winnipeg, Stratford, Markdale, Brantford, Toronto, Ottawa, Petersborough, Windsor, Hamilton, Montréal, Fredericton, Charlottetown, Halifax, Antigonish, St. John’s.


Contacts:
Wendy Morton, 250-642-3542 wendymorton@shaw.ca
Claire Rettie, Victoria READ Society, 250-388-7225
crettie@readsociety.bc.ca

2007 Participants:
British-Columbia
Andrea McKenzie: daydreaming journalist/ piano key tripper/ morning yogi, Victoria, B.C.
mcauthor@shaw.ca 250-385-6786
Barbara Pelman: high school circus manager/aching ballet dancer/sestina queen, Esquimalt, B.C. bfpelman@shaw.ca 250-480-1081
Susan Stenson: teacher/bodytalker/poet, Langford, B.C.
aurora@shaw.ca 250-478-6008
Carla Funk: poet laureate/Sunday school teacher/road kill inspector, View Royal, B.C.
chesketh@uvic.ca 250-881-1211
Wendy Morton: private eye/poet/raven watcher, Otter Point, B.C.
wendymorton@shaw.ca 250-642-3542
Kim Goldberg: writer/dragon wrangler/alchemist, Nanaimo, B.C.
goldberg@ncf.ca 250-741-8557
Nancy Holmes: dog walker/poet/ wine snob, Kelowna, B.C.
nancy.holmes@ubc.ca 250-764-9666
Elizabeth Bachinsky: poet/editor/curiosity, Vancouver, B.C.
ebachinsky@shaw.ca 604-254-3034
Michael V. Smith: writer/performance artist/occasional clown, Vancouver, B.C.
mvs@michaelvsmith.com 604-876-4481

Alberta
Sheri-D.Wilson: blackbelt/poet/drummer, Calgary, Alberta
sheridwilson@shaw.ca 403-686-4292
Jannie Edwards: tango student/recovering ironist/laughter slut, Edmonton, Alberta
edwards@macewan.ca 780-462-7119

Saskatchewan
Linda Monahan: firedancer/hurtheart/poetchild, Prince Albert, Sask.
lmonahan@sasktel.net 306-475-7951
Dan Tysdale: debt collector/poet/ drag racer, Moose Jaw, Sask.
dans127@hotmail.com 306-693-2181

Manitoba
Gloe Cormie: wordwatcher/birdwatcher/dream catcher, Winnipeg, Manitoba
gloe_cormie@hotmail.ca 204-475-7951
Carmelo Militano: poetwriter/ night skywatcher/tree armorist, Winnipeg, Manitoba
adpoe@mts.net 204-489-7280

Ontario
John B. Lee: poet laureate/guitarist/hockey player, Brantford, Ontario
johnb.lee@sympatico.ca 519-753-4597
Marilyn Gear Pilling: escaped exotic/ married to the word/ breast fetishist, Hamilton, Ontario
mgear@sympatico.ca 905-527-6494
Mary Ann Mulhern: gravedigger’s daughter/ex-nun/poet, Windsor, Ontario
mmulhern@wincom.net 519-948-0379
Charlie Mountford: crooner/lounge lizard/poet, Stratford, Ontario
c_mountford@sympatico.ca
Myna Wallin: radio host/ gossip queen/unabashed Cougar, Toronto, Ontario
wallin.m@sympatico.ca 416-927-8988
Kate Flaherty: poet/yoga mom/retreat guide, Toronto, Ontario
kkkkatie@sympatico.ca 416-699-6692
Triny Finalay: listmaker/notetaker/ deputy truck spotter, Toronto, Ontario
trinyfinlay@utornoto.ca 416-767-2311
Alison Pick: paddler/player/unpacker, Toronto, Ontario
aliepick@nl.rogers.com 647-892-3205
James Dewar: poet-piper/freelance writer/hot saucer, Port Perry, Ontario
james@creativejames.com 416-435-7372
Terry Ann Carter: pond maker/kite flyer/ skywalker, Ottawa, Ontario
tacarter@rogers.com 613-820-7734
Liz Zetlin: filmmaker/poet/punctuation farmer, Markdale, Ontario
zetlin@bmts.com 519-986-4073
Roger Bell; hockey player/poet/motorcycle maniac, Port McNicoll, Ontario
rvbcbell@csolve.net 705-534-4214

Quebec
Anne Cimon: romantic edged/bilingual poet/Mt. Royal climber, Montréal, Quebec
anne.cimon@sympatico.ca 514-343-0112
Angela Leuck: ex-economist/loon watcher/haiku poet, Montréal, Quebec
acleuck@gmail.com 514-766-3782
Élizabeth Robert: translator/language aficionada/founder of Noches de poesía, Montréal, Quebec
elizabethrobert@nochesdepoesia.com 514-347-3907

New-Brunswick
Joe Blades: artist/writer/known-world Viking, Frederichton, N.B.
joeblades@nb.aibn.com 506-454-5127
Greg Cook: poet/literary biographer/peace activist, Saint John, N. B.
cookgreg@nbnet.nb.ca 506-693-5161
Marilyn Lerch: every-ready poet/ knee deep in fundy mud/deer lover, Sackville, N.B.
mlerch@nbnet.nb.ca 506-536-4245

Prince-Edward-Island
Hugh MacDonald: trail walker/park developer/Chucky Danger Band groupie, Charlottetown, PEI
hughmacdonald@pei.sympatico.ca

Nova-Scotia
Pam McLean: mom/playwrite-poet/reads for flowers, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
pmaclean@stfx.ca 902-863-0690

Newfoundland
Agnes Walsh: poet laureate/island lover/berry picking fool, St. John’s Newfoundland
awalsh@nfld.com 709-722-2782
Mary Dalton: professor/poet/triskaidekaphiliac, St. John’s, Newfoundland
marydalton@mun.ca 709-737-8043

Official Nationasl Website is:
http://national-random-acts-of-poetry.blogspot.com/