Poetry
Fragment on Youth
Even with some details refurbished, others gone ragged and its edges all eaten up in blue it commands the respect we give anything that stands a great ways away and remains in...
Flight
I cannot be the only one who feels the sexual tension between strangers on airplanes, the altitude flicking the light on in my womb, like if we’re not careful we could all...
DON’T DELETE THIS!!!
Sobbing your way down the 401 on the four-hour trip home will have you starting to feel like maybe the sudden resurgence of instagram story chain mail was right all along. Try...
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
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
Devotional Forensics by Joseph Kidney
Reviewed by Chris Johnson
i feel that way too by jaz papadopoulos
Reviewed by hannah godfrey
News
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...
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...
