Poem Gallery - Launched!

Kim Goldberg, emcee

We had a smashingly successful launch of our latest Poem Gallery last Sunday, April 15, at the Nanaimo Harbourfront Library. 39 local poets contributed more than 60 poems to this year’s Poem gallery. And 18 of those poets were on hand at the Sunday launch party to read their work on display.

I emceed the whole thing, as usual. And I managed to snap a few pics along the way. The only drawback to emceeing is that by the time the readings were over, all the cookies were too!

Amy Falkenberg

Harbourfront Library Poem Gallery can be viewed on the library’s panoramic window facing out onto Diana Krall Plaza. The display is double-sided, so you need to stand both inside and outside the window to read all the poems.

The Poem Gallery is changed every April during National Poetry Month. If you live within the Vancouver Island Regional Library System, and if you would like to submit 1 or 2 SHORT poems for consideration for next year’s Poem Gallery, email them as a Word document to Anthony Martin at amartin@virl.bc.ca

Here is the complete list of poets featured in the current Poem Gallery:

David Fraser

Adreanna Dollman

Amy Falkenberg

Ann Walker

Barbara Botham

Beverly Marshall

Caitlin Johnston

Charlene Ann

Charronne Johnston

David Fraser              

Diane Gibbons           

Dierdre Godwin         

Gerard Rochford        

Gregory Skala

Harvey Jenkins

Heide Brown  

Helen Thomas

Hugh Mcleod

Janice Lore     

Jano Thibodeau

Jenny Fjellgaard

Heide Brown

Jim Erkiletian

John Beaton

Kamal Parmar

Kim Clark

Kim Goldberg

Katy McCuish           

Leanne McIntosh

Mary Ann Moore

Mildred Tremblay

Naomi Wakan

Pamela Porter

Patricia Smekal

Priscilla Dunning

Regis Chapman

Robin A. Sams           

Sheila Nopper

Susan Constable

Violet Walter

Winona Baker

 

Regis Chapman

 

Sheila Nopper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Violet Walter

 

Winona Baker