Leonard Cohen: The Poetry of Song
Leonard Cohen, a Montreal-born poet, songwriter, and singer, crafted some of the most enduring and evocative lyrics in modern music. ๐ His songs are poems. From 'Hallelujah' to 'Suzanne,' Cohen's words resonate with depth and meaning. A Canadian legend. ๐จ๐ฆ #Canada #LeonardCohen #CanadianPoetry #Songwriter
My spoken poem video The New Familiarity is now up on YouTube.
ยฉ The New Familiarity by Steven Mayoff 2017
Steven Mayoff is a Canadian novelist, poet and lyricist. His web site is wwwstevenmayoff.ca
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Happy National Poetry Month!
Postcard #1 by Steven Mayoff is from his collection Swinging Between Water and Stone (Galleon Books, 2025)
My video poem sleep is god is now up on YouTube
ยฉ sleep is god by Steven Mayoff 2015
Steven Mayoff is a Canadian novelist, poet and lyricist. His web site is www.stevenmayoff.ca
#spokenword #poetry #canadianpoetry #canlit #sweden #insomnia #sleep #spiritual #emptiness #swingingbetweenwaterandstone #galleonbooks
My video poem Godot Asks for Directions is now up on YouTube
ยฉ Godot Asks for Directions by Steven Mayoff 2014
Steven Mayoff is a Canadian novelist, poet and lyricist. His web site is www.stevenmayoff.ca
#SpokenWord #poetry #CanadianPoetry #CanLit #godot #beckett #absurd #SwingingBetweenWaterAndStone #GalleonBooks
Friday Night Poetry returns to Russell Books on January 16. Join poets Mahaila Smith (Seed Beetle) and Lorne Daniel (What Is Broken Binds Us) for an open mic and readings. 7pm sign-up, 7:30 start. See you there!
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๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐โ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: "๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ด: ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ -
Chapbook by the former poet laureate of Prince Edward Island, a short collection of serenity and pastoral and reflective works. Part of my collection of readings gathered as I explored East Canada last summer.
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This 4th and final instalment of Keith Burgoyneโs and my interview about Swinging Between Water and Stone (Galleon Books, 2025) is a double-header, where I read an excerpt from a seven-poem cycle that alternates between the present and the past, and an early poem that uses humour as a means of discovering my identity as an Islander by Choice.
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In Part 3 of the Swinging Between Water and Stone (Galleon Books, 2025) interview between me and Keith Burgoyne, we discuss how misshapen courgettes led me down a dark road of family history and the role humour played in helping me to navigate it.
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In Part 2 of Keith Burgoyne's interview with me on Swinging Between Water and Stone (Galleon Books, 2025), I manage the death-defying feat (pun always intended) of reading Glasgow (Revisited) in all of its 4-page deconstructed glory.
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Sharing bits of Canada 'eh๐จ๐ฆ
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