Marilyn Letts

Thank you to Na/GloPoWriMo for a month full of prompts, poetry and people! This is the first year I accomplished the poem a day challenge...

Global Poetry Writing Month 2025 or NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month) starting April 1!! Four months ago I injured my brain. I...

on concussions that I have read is Impact:Women Writing after Concussion ed. by E.D. Morin & Jane Cawthorne

Suffered a concussion Nov 15 and slowly recovering. I wouldn't recommend it. The concussion. I would recommend recovering.

Great fun! Caught Joanne Morcom at an open mic reading her polished and engaging haiku. Then my friend Vivian and I read at our open mic...

Stroll of Poets in Calgary on Sep 8 find me at Vegan Street from 2:30-3:30.

The Writers Guild of Alberta and Frontenac Press sponsor an open mic evening of poetry at the Pachamama Soul Flavour Emporium on the...

A poem of reflection on the weirdly supportive relationship the US has with the state of Israel. Evangelicalism strikes again? July 28 -...

I've just completed a wild ride through Poetry II, a ten-week course from SFU continuing education taught by Kevin Spenst. Lots of fun,...

Kevin Spenst reviewed Waiting for Lightning in SubTerrain magazine Issue #95 in his column Chuffed About Chapbooks: “Waiting for...

At the emerge 23 launch we had an extra special get-together of the poetry cohort from 22/23. Those who made it: Jessica, Nicole, Tara,...

I got to attend the launch of emerge 23 at the Vancouver Writer's Festival on Oct 22 and hear my fellow students from The Writer's Studio...

Since September 2022, I’ve been taking courses toward a Creative Writing Certificate at the Writer’s Studio (online) through Simon Fraser...

At Shelf Life Books June 7 I attended a lively, social dual book launch. Cecelia Frey launched Donna Quilty of Paradise, Saskatchewan a...

Thanks so much to all the family and friends (especially Heather and Wren) who helped make the evening great!

May 1, 2023 from 7-8:30 pm Heather Kreuger, Marilyn Letts, and Wren Jones are reading poetry to celebrate their year in The Writer’s...

Today's NaPoWriMo challenge: "write a poem in which laughter comes at what might otherwise seem an inappropriate moment – or one that...

I don't usually try things I'm unsure about accomplishing, but occasionally you need to step out of your league. For the month of April I...

I'm starting off Poetry month next weekend at the People's Poetry Festival held in my old junior high King Edward (now cSpace). See you...