Random Acts of Poetry (RAP) October 1-7, 2007

Author: Christina - Published 2007-09-30 11:24 - (1581 Reads)

Random Acts of Poetry (RAP) is a celebration of poetry and literacy that takes place across Canada October 1-7. You are invited to an informal launch of the event at the Atwater Library auditorium on Tuesday, October 2, from 5:30 to 7 pm. where you will be greeted by this year's Montreal RAP poets, Angela Leuck, Élizabeth Robert, and Anne Cimon. There will be readings, refreshments, a raffle, and information on poetry and literacy.

Info: (514) 766-3782.

MONTRÉAL POETS TO COMMIT RANDOM ACTS OF POETRY

Random Acts of Poetry (RAP), a celebration of poetry and literacy, begins its fourth year during the week of October 1st to 7th, 2007. Random Acts of Poetry is a project of the Victoria READ Society, a non-profit literacy organization, established in 1976. RAP is funded by The Canada Council for the Arts.

During the week, 37 poets including three of Canada’s Poets Laureate will commit Random Acts of Poetry in their cities across Canada, from Victoria to Newfoundland. On buses and subways, in donut shops and cafes, police stations, grocery stores, curling rinks, on city streets and country lanes, poets will read poems to strangers and give them their books. Poets will also read their poems in ESL and Adult Literacy classes across the country.

In the Greater Montréal area three poets will offer poems to passersby: romantic edged/bilingual poet/Mt. Royal climber Anne Cimon; ex-economist/loon watcher/haiku poet Angela Leuck and translator/language aficionada/founder of Noches de poesía Élizabeth Robert.

“Poetry”, says Wendy Morton, founder of Random Acts of Poetry, “is the shortest distance between two hearts. I have read poems to people who hadn’t heard a poem in thirty years, and watched their eyes fill up with tears. Some burst into laughter or laid a hand on my shoulder, hugged me, took my hand. Poetry can connect us with each other as humans as no other art form I know. Poetry is a gift that we can create from whatever life has in store for us.”

Across Canada poets will commit random acts in: Victoria, Vancouver, Nanaimo, Kelowna, Calgary, Edmonton Moose Jaw, Winnipeg, Stratford, Markdale, Brantford, Toronto, Ottawa, Windsor, Hamilton, Montréal, Trois-Rivières, St-Lambert, Beloeil, Greenfield Park, Longueuil, Fredericton, Charlottetown, Halifax, and St. John’s.

Anne Cimon Angela Leuck Élizabeth Robert

anne.cimon@sympatico.ca ( 514.343.0112)
acleuck@gmail.com (514.766.3782)
elizabethrobert@nochesdepoesia.com (514.347.3907)

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MONTRÉAL POETS TO COMMIT RANDOM ACTS OF POETRY