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
New-Fangled Rose by Sue Sinclair
Reviewed by Julia Pelitis
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
News
Congratulations to the Winners of the 2026 2-Day Poem Contest!
We are so happy to announce the winners of this year’s contest, as selected by our judge Sarah Wolfson, our...
Vote for the 2026 2-Day Contest People’s Choice Award!
Voting is now closed. Thanks everyone who voted! ~ We need your help! Before we can announce the winners of...
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...
