Poets Corner Reading Series

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This week’s One Minute Poem! Adele Graf reads “Milia, Crete”

You can find Adele’s poem on our YouTube Channel, as well as on all of our social media platforms.

By kind permission of the poet and Guernica Editions.

Adele Graf grew up outside New York City and immigrated to Canada in 1968. She has worked as a writer and editor, and taught writing in the public and private sectors in Halifax and Ottawa.

Her first book of poetry, math for couples, was published by Guernica Editions in 2017 and shortlisted for the Archibald Lampman Award. Her chapbook, Directions to Suffern NY circa 1950, won the Tree Reading Series chapbook prize and was published in 2018. Her second book of poetry, buckled into the sky, was published by Guernica Editions in 2021.

She lives in Ottawa with her spouse.

This week’s One Minute Poem! Mohamad Kebbewar reads “Aleppo, Rise from the Rubble”

You can find Mohamad’s poem on our YouTube Channel, as well as on all of our social media platforms.

By kind permission of the poet and Grey Borders Books.

Mohamad Kebbewarwas born and raised in Aleppo. Immigrating to Canada at age 19, Kebbewar earned a degree in history from Concordia University before becoming a graphic designer. Recent chapbooks include The Soap of Aleppo, Children of War, and Evacuate. He’s putting the final touches on his first novel, The Bones of Aleppo.

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