Poetry
Contest Winner
Suddenness Lullaby
This poem won the second 2026 Mini Contest, a warmup round for the 2-Day Contest! / /
Safranal
You stand by the stove, stirring a pot of bubbling rice— sticky, gelatinous—your arthritic fingers stained gold by pinched saffron. Your hair is the same rusty bob, your brown eyes ringed with...
Interviews
“Praise Talk, Appreciation, is the Basic Language of Poetry”: A Conversation With Di Brandt
Interviewed by Laurence Hutchman
An Interview with Penn Kemp
Interviewed by Sophie Guillas
Poetry, Accessibility and Education – An Interview with Jónína Kirton
Interviewed by Chloe Gandy
A Real Donnie Brasco Situation: An Interview with Shaun Robinson
Interviewed by Rob Taylor
Reviews
Local Woman. by Jzl Jmz
Reviewed by Nick Hilbourn
The Lantern and the Night Moths by Yilin Wang
Reviewed by Jeremy Audet
Devotional Forensics by Joseph Kidney
Reviewed by Chris Johnson
i feel that way too by jaz papadopoulos
Reviewed by hannah godfrey
Bonememory by Anna Veprinska
Reviewed by Liam Monaghan
The Loom by Andy Weaver
Reviewed by Olive Andrews
News
Announcing: CV2’s Poetry Month Wrap Party!
We were heartbroken when our December holiday/birthday/anniversary extravaganza had to be cancelled last minute (Winnipeg weather strikes again!), but we’ve...
Mini Contest Alert!
✨Dust off your dictionaries! ✨ This Sunday is the second 2026 Mini Contest! We've got three more nefarious words from...
Free Poetry Zine-Making Workshop for Teens!
We're so happy to announce that our postponed fall zine-making workshop has been rescheduled to Sunday, February 22nd from 12...
