May’s featured poet: Don Gutteridge

Don Gutteridge is a Canadian author of 70 books: fiction, poetry and scholarly works, one of his poetry books was a finalist for Governor General’s Literary Awards in 1973. He taught at Western University in the Department of English Methods. He is now professor emeritus and lives in London, Ontario.

唐·古特里奇是加拿大作家,出版了70本书:小说、诗歌和学术作品,诗集1973年曾入围加拿大总督文学奖。唐·古特里奇在西安大略大学英语方法系任教多年。

Don’s poetry collection with Anna Yin’s Chinese translation will soon be published by Sureway Press. Congratulations! Thanks Albert Moritz 牧辛 & R. G. Moyles for blurbs!
More poems by Don with Anna Yin’s translations are in Epoch Poetry Quarterly, New World Poetry etc. We will showcase more. Stay tuned!

Upcoming April free poetry events

Heartfelt: Custom Poetry Fundraiser for the LCP

Please consider requesting a custom poem for Valentine’s day! A great team of Canadian Poets offer spontaneous personal poems as gifts–for a great cause! Featuring Heartfelt 2023 poets: Cathy Thorne, Jim Nason, Antonia Facciponte, Michael Fraser, Sharon Lax, Josephine LoRe, Grace Ma, Vironika Wilde, Maureen Hynes, Susie Wheelehan, Anna Yin, Sue Bracken, Laura McRae, Sarah Tsiang and Kate Marshall Flaherty Details please check https://poets.ca/heartfelt/

Live Encounters Poetry & Writing English-Chinese Edition January 2023

Thank Mark Ulyseas for the excellent design and production and for advancing the date of publication. Thank Emma Barone for the great artwork. It is perfect to celebrate the new year in both cultures with Anna Yin’s special English-Chinese Edition. Congratulations to all poets! Here is Anna’s short poem for the artwork and the edition: The New Coming
In the deep forest
among luminating light and shadow
the water rabbit rises with red long ears
listening to heavens’ songs
迎新
在森林深处
在发光的光与影之间
水兔竖起红色的长耳朵
聆听天籁之音
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Live Encounters Poetry & Writing English-Chinese Edition January 2023
ANNA YIN – CONFLUENCE OF CHINESE & CANADIAN POETRY GUEST EDITORIAL

Anna will share the edition on Jan 11 zoom meeting for a Chinese group and the newsletter of League of Canadian Poets!

This is a part of Anna Yin’s project: To explore poetry/painting from Indigenous and Chinese sources with analyses and translations for cross-cultural bridging. We thank the Canada Council for the Arts and CPAC for support!