Poetry
SELF-PORTRAIT WITH BURIED CLAMS
Tide was out, low light pizzazz over Minas Basin under the sun’s flaring. A long ululation from the sea, a sound like swelling as we searched for clam dimples in the sand—...
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
The Character Actor Convention by Guy Elston
Reviewed by Jay Miller
Qaf’s People by Sadiqa de Meijer
Reviewed by Aris Keshav
Elegy for Opportunity by Natalie Lim
Reviewed by Dawn Macdonald
Taslīm: We Are the Prophets by Carolyn Ramzy
Reviewed by Claudia Kindrachuk
Local Woman. by Jzl Jmz
Reviewed by Nick Hilbourn
The Lantern and the Night Moths by Yilin Wang
Reviewed by Jeremy Audet
News
Vote for the 2026 2-Day Contest People’s Choice Award!
We need your help! Before we can announce the winners of this year’s 2-Day Poem Contest, we need to determine...
The 2026 Foster Poetry Prize is now open!
[video width="480" height="592" mp4="https://contemporaryverse2.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/VID-20260610-WA0000.mp4"][/video] Calling all emerging poets! The 2026 Foster Poetry Prize is officially open for submissions! The Foster...
Join us June 2nd for the launch of the Spring Issue!
Join us June 2nd for the launch of the Spring Issue! Winnipeg has transitioned from snowstorms to sunshine in the...
