New poems, new books and Poetry Alive workshop

2016-Poet-ALive-workshop-allOn May 20, I had Poetry Alive workshop at Francis Libermann school (Toronto) . It was the fourth time to visit the school. The teachers and students were very glad to have me there. They liked my Poetry Alive workshop very much and bought my books. Now they have “Wings Toward Sunlight”, “Inhaling the Silence” and “Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac”. They had “Inhaling…” before and prepared some questions but we didn’t have time for haiku and the Q/A section. Maybe next time… Thanks!

Glad to know my class for Magic Monday at Visual Arts Mississauga is full. Looking forward to meeting all of you and write and share poems together on June 6,2016

 

Updated news for poetry and the National Youth Arts Week

For National Youth Arts Week, I was glad to have Poetry Alive presentations as following:

  • May 2, 2016:  Poetry Alive for  Rebel Week at Central Library
  • May 3/4, 2016  Poets in Schools at Dewey College
  • May 5, 2016  Poets in Schools at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Secondary School

The Road of Poetry Power (National Poetry Month Event)

10Here we celebrate National Poetry Month with featured poets Ian Williams, Alexandra Oliver, Claudia RadMore, Max Layton and Anna Yin.  In poetry and music, together we explore the road of possibility and power. MC: Brent Wood and Chelsea Tao. Music by Mark Harry, Arlene Paculan and Selene Xu. The Canadian Parliamentary Poet 2Laureate George Elliott Clarke joined us as well. Thank Gary Gu for taking photos

There was Open mic then a haiku workshop led by Claudia RadMore provided a special treat for people to discover the fun of haiku. Thank you all for coming. Thank the League of Canadian Poets and Mississauga city.

Read a report by John Stewart on Mississauga News for this event. (Big thanks to John)

Read a report in Chinese on 姐妹网 (Thanks Yafang Shi)