Tag Archives: Canadian poets

When Cancer Meets Poetry

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Kim Goldberg

I am honoured to be included in the recently launched book from Mansfield Press: Another Dysfunctional Cancer Poem Anthology, edited by Priscila Uppal (RIP) and Meaghan Strimas. As many of you know, I have now survived (or am in a … Continue reading →

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Nanaimo poet pens book about Hep C Journey

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Kim Goldberg

For Immediate Release January 29, 2016 Nanaimo poet pens book about Hepatitis C journey Award-winning poet Kim Goldberg never thought she would live to see a cure for Hepatitis C. When the cure arrived and Goldberg reaped the victory, it … Continue reading →

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Prairie Fire – Latest issue now out

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Kim Goldberg

The latest issue of Prairie Fire magazine just launched, and I’m inside along with a bunch of other fab writers/poets from across Canada. Award-winning dub poet and spoken-word performer Lillian Allen is on the cover. Lillian delivered the 2014 Anne Szumigalski Memorial … Continue reading →

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Poetry Launch: Fishing for Mermaids

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Kim Goldberg

March 16, 2014 My friend and colleague Mary Ann Moore will be launching her first full-length poetry collection, Fishing for Mermaids, on Saturday, April 12, 2014 at 1:00 pm at the Bethlehem Retreat Centre in Nanaimo (2371 Arbot Road). All welcome! … Continue reading →

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Happy 80th Joe Rosenblatt!

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Kim Goldberg

My friend and colleague Joe Rosenblatt turned 80 on Boxing Day. And a bunch of us artsy fartsy types (plus a few real people who’ve done an honest day’s work) celebrated the grand occasion at Joe & Faye’s home in … Continue reading →

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RYGA Has Gone Online

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Kim Goldberg

With its sixth issue (Summer 2013), RYGA: A Journal of Provocations has moved online where it can be read and downloaded for free. And I am pleased to report that I have four poems in this issue: Detritus Shortly before … Continue reading →

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Crab Dock (Poem)

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Kim Goldberg

Crab Dock by Kim Goldberg cold bites my mittens with pincushion puppy teeth gnawing my fingertips        stubble-face men fumble in sacks, lash slippery chicken breasts into crab traps twist and… sploosh! gulls shriek like grannies, leap from the sea, float … Continue reading →

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The New Quarterly

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Kim Goldberg

Wow! Check out the fantastic cover art on the latest issue of The New Quarterly, which just landed on my doorstep this morning. Beaut! It’s a close-up from a much larger painting, “Folksinger”,  by artist Greg Kirch in Waterloo, Ontario. I … Continue reading →

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Piggy Lipstick Queen by Joe Rosenblatt

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Kim Goldberg
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URGENT: Tree Poems Needed to Halt Logging

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Kim Goldberg

September 11, 2013 UPDATE: It worked! This forest has now been SAVED and protected for perpetuity! Read the story here in the Langley Advance.  Original November 26, 2012 posting: The Han Shan Project: An Urgent Call for Poems about Trees from … Continue reading →

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