April is poetry month, and Vancouver is home to two of Canada’s top poets. You do the math.
Alright, I’m just going to get this out of the way: poetry isn’t easy. I struggled with how to start this post because it’s about poetry, which is an art form that many people shy away from. I don’t want to turn readers away, but I also don’t want to pretend that the sentiment isn’t out there. So there it is. But I’ve got to say this: like most not-easy things in life, poetry involves work but the payoff is worth it. As April is poetry month, there is no better time to either challenge yourself to explore the art form you may have avoided in the past, or to continue celebrating it.
Luckily for Vancouverites, our city is home to some genuine poetry talent: North Vancouver is home to the winner of the 2009 Governor General’s Award in poetry, David Zieroth, and East Van is home to Rob Taylor, a young and fast-rising star in the Canadian poetry world and very recent winner of the 2010 Alfred G. Bailey Prize (many of the biggest names in Canadian poetry got their start with this prize). These two word-whizzes are going to give a free poetry reading on Tuesday night at La Fontana’s Caffe.
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