Poetry

Moving words from Kingston’s creatives

Poetry is a great way to provide social commentary and express creativity, and it often acts as a therapeutic outlet.Continue...

Slamming the status quo

Queen’s Poetry Slam has seen a rise in participants this school year, which founder Danielle D’Entremont finds encouraging.Continue...

‘Spoiled’ art project debuts in Kingston

The first instalment of “Spoiled,” a new art project started by Kingston-based artist Francisco Corbett, is set to debut Thursday, March 2 at the Kingston School of Art & Window Art Gallery.Continue...

Poetry is a way to empower and uplift Black voices

Social justice work was draining until I found poetry.Continue...

Queen's professor launches poetry collection

The Kingston creative writing community came together at The Merchant on Monday, Feb. 13, to celebrate A Is for Acholi , a poetry collection by Queen’s Assistant Professor of Gender Studies and English Juliane Okot Bitek.Continue...

What's your medium?

Language is one of the first skills we develop as little humans.Continue...

Smokii Sumac talks poetry, identity, and Queen’s Writer’s Residency

Tucked away in Elgin, Ontario, Smokii Sumac spent two weeks at Queen’s Biological Station (QUBS)—the university’s wildlife research centre—in the company of two well-established Canadian authors.Continue...

Mourning my almost-lives

In Nairobi, the ghosts of all the women I could have been cascaded in and out of my body.Continue...

Queen’s student releases poetry book

Becoming a published author as a young person can seem impossible.Continue...

Rupi Kaur uses poetry to come home to herself

Rupi Kaur is an Indian-born Canadian poet whose books of poetry are admired for their beautiful aesthetic and raw telling of relationships, sexual assault, and healing.Continue...

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