LAST NIGHT. EARTHY ANECDOTES welcomed spring and kicked off KFB’s #KISSMYPOETRY NATIONAL POETRY MONTH on a grand scale with readings by CATHERINE GRAHAM KIRBY KATHRYN MOCKLER AYESHA CHATTERJEE and GEORGE ELLIOTT CLARKE Thanks to the poets, League of Canadian Poets, Toronto Arts Council, and all who came.
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I read at KFB for the first time two years ago with the launch of She’s Having a Doris Day, my beautific poet warrior sister CAConrad opened and we were introduced by fellow poet, Hoa Nguyen. People spilled out onto the street at Rick’s Cafe. It was a night. Tonight, I read for the very […]
“There is only one, will only ever be one, whose loss can destroy you. When you search your soul, you know this is so.” – ANNE MICHAELS from “QUEEN STREET EAST” in UNITED MARBLE, a work-in-progress with photographs by GEOFFREY JAMES Last night held a touch of the divine. To be privy to a work-in-progress […]
“Where is your Self to be found? Always in the deepest enchantment that you have experienced.” – Hugo von Hofmannsthal “When I laugh from my belly, it’s a good day.” – Kirby People often ask how I got into this poetry gig, or my own inquiry, “What keeps me here?” The simple answer. It delights me. […]
KFBFRIDAYS | FRIDAY APRIL 5th AYESHA CHATTERJEE | GEORGE ELLIOTT CLARKE | CATHERINE GRAHAM | KIRBY | KATHRYN MOCKLER EARTHY ANECDOTES FRIDAY APRIL 5TH knife | fork | book at The Dark Side Studio | 244 Augusta Avenue | 2nd Floor | Kensington Market | Toronto Doors 6:30 | Poetry 7 Access: We are a second floor walk-up with two all-gender washrooms. Please […]
“On hearing of a powerful love tremble and be movedlike an aesthete.” – Manuscript of Cavafy’s poem “Hearing of Love”, 1910. Cavafy Archive. pic.twitter.com/OgmIHVbNpx — C.P. Cavafy (@CCavafy) February 26, 2019 READING CAVAFY w/KIRBY TOMORROW NIGHT #KFBPOETRYLAB
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Wednesday night, Cavafians, we return, "lost, to the same fatal pleasure," reading @EvanPJones @anstrutherpress "The Drawing, the Ship, the Afternoon" KIRBY @itsakirby READING CAVAFY: The Poet of Longinghttps://t.co/9hGhqgPDA1#KFBPoetryLab #cavafy pic.twitter.com/e7nbo8VaRb — knifeforkbook (@knifeforkbook) February 4, 2019
“Everything is such a rush these days. Everything is imposing. And people are looking for still points. And poetry works to create a still point and reminds people to be reflective.” And with that, Kirby has defined what has been achieved with KFB—it’s a place to stop, be still, and find beauty. – MICHAEL MELGAARD, CANADIAN […]
BEGINS ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT KIRBY READING CAVAFY: THE POET OF LONGING #KFBPoetryLab #poetry #reading #group trans. Keeley/Sherrard pic.twitter.com/ma5FWVe1j7 — KIRBY (@itsakirby) January 9, 2019
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