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

https://youtu.be/Owg4lBn3T4o?si=Rz2SDNPB3zfR6Er6

sleep is god

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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

https://youtu.be/wnOabm5e0yc?si=ilrmL0jK8yFFjaj8

Godot Asks for Directions

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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!

#FridayNightPoetry #PlanetEarthPoetry #RussellBooks #VictoriaBC #YYJEvents #OpenMicPoetry #PoetryReading #CanadianPoetry #CanLit #IndieBookstore #LiteraryEvents

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—๐—ถ๐—ด: ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ -

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.

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #deidrekessler #thejubilanceofjig #poetry #chapbook #pei #princeedwardisland #canadianpoetry

This 4th and final instalment of Keith Burgoyneโ€™s 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.

#poetry #literature #CanLit #CanadianPoetry #interview #PrinceEdwardIsland #PEI #charlottetown #SpokenWord

https://youtu.be/T2Q91ldoyqU?si=6FxiaaElbfZyniql

Swinging Between Water and Stone Interview Part 4

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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.

#poetry #literature #CanLit #CanadianPoetry #interview #PrinceEdwardIsland #PEI #charlottetown #SpokenWord

https://youtu.be/ZzJNvv5niw0?si=3_CA5gZhnc9EGQHl

Swinging Between Water and Stone Interview Part 3

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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.

#poetry #literature #CanLit #CanadianPoetry #interview #PrinceEdwardIsland #PEI #charlottetown #SpokenWord

https://youtu.be/O2VxM_xY4o0?si=jq3rRfTDA1nkTgzt

Swinging Between Water and Stone Interview Part 2

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Part 1 of my interview with Keith Burgoyne about Swinging Between Water and Stone (Galleon Books, 2025) is now up on YouTube.

#poetry #literature #CanLit #CanadianPoetry #interview #PrinceEdwardIsland #PEI #charlottetown #SpokenWord

https://youtu.be/NVansA2TDoQ?si=C_Q0D3XaIjSEGWe0

Swinging Between Water and Stone Interview Part 1

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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. ๐Ÿ“œ His songs are poems. From 'Hallelujah' to 'Suzanne,' Cohen's words resonate with depth and meaning. A Canadian legend. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ #Canada #LeonardCohen #CanadianPoetry #Songwriter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen

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. ๐Ÿ“œ His songs are poems. From 'Hallelujah' to 'Suzanne,' Cohen's words resonate with depth and meaning. A Canadian legend. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ #Canada #LeonardCohen #CanadianPoetry #Songwriter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen