Poetry & Writing
Writing about all things poetry and literature – from how tos, the importance of poetry, recommendations and more.
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I’m late with posting these poetry prompts for National Poetry Month, and I can own that. These prompts were supposed to be posted April 11th, but life had other plans. I got home from a SickKids trip and crashed— hard. So here I am, minutes before running out the door to facilitate the Writers Table…
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My name is Jess and I publish poetry as J.L. Fizzell – a pen name I picked out when I was nine or so to honour female writers like L.M. Montgomery during eras where women were barred or discouraged from writing or forced to conceal their gender by using their initials. My poetry is inspired…
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I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that I published by first book, exactly four years and one month ago. It seems like yesterday, and at the same time, a lifetime ago. With four years having past since the year I wrote and published three poetry books in a year (yeah,…
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Canada and International Women’s Day Women’s rights look different all over the world. I am blessed to live in Canada. While we still have a lot of work to do here (and have a dark side when it comes to the historical treatment of women), I acknowledge and value the fact that I am blessed…
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As you may already know, my favourite style of poetry is free verse. I’ve never been very good at following rules, so naturally as a writer I drifted towards a style that allowed me the creative freedom I needed to express myself. With that being said, I do try and push myself to write other…
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