Poetry
Contest Winner
Catalogue of What We Want and Cannot Hold
“This is what language is: a habitable grief.” — Eavan Boland I. Minor lunar triumph: small-fry celestial event gone digital. On Earth, Longhorns doze in the shadows of retired rockets, conspicuous mammalian...
Contest Winner
Group Chat Finds Love
There’s been a breakup so we’ve assembled in the Kootenays, each monitoring a different app, the zip & fizz of new likes, & the day’s agglomerate of nearby men: mediocre, milquetoast, many,...
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 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
The Way Things Are at the Moment by Bill Howell
Reviewed by Brent Raycroft
News
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...
Registration for the 2026 2-Day Poem Contest is Now Open!
Registration for the 2026 CV2 2-Day Poem Contest is now open! This fast-paced yearly contest challenges you to write a...
CV2’s 50th Anniversary Holiday Party is This Friday!
This Friday! We're gearing up for our 50th Anniversary Holiday party, with poetry readings from our contributors, live music by...