Couplets Ep. 2! ft. Me
I have the great honour of actually becoming a part of Couplets: Poets in Dialogue!
A few days after the May 20th show, Andy Verboom (organizer of Couplets) messaged me on Facebook, asking if I wanted to be partnered with anchor poet Andreas Gripp. Of course I said "heck yes!"
If you've never read any of Andreas Gripp's poetry before, I highly recommend it. Want to know more about him? Then check out this rundown of Couplets Ep. 2 \\// down below.
Episode 2: Andreas Gripp & Koral Scott
Friday, June 24th, 6:30pm – 7:30pm @ Chapters (South), 1037 Wellington Road, London.
Andreas Gripp is the author of 21 books of poetry, including Selected Poems 2000 – 2016 (Harmonia Press). His book Anathemawas shortlisted for the Acorn-Plantos Award for Peoples Poetry in 2010.
He presently works at the Goodwill Bookstore and lives in London with his wife Carrie Lee, and their two cats.
Selected Poems 2000 – 2016 is a single-volume compilation of Gripp’s poetry gleaned from his trilogy of books Anathema, Perennial, and Apocrypha, as well as new work penned in the past year.
Writing in accessible and rhythmic verse, Gripp deals with past love and a new marriage as well as themes of urban life, nature and spirituality, often using an assortment of fictional characters and events based on authentic happenings.
Gripp was the featured reader at the very first London Open Mic Poetry Night on October 3rd, 2012, and featured again on March 2nd, 2016.
Koral Scott is originally from Brantford. She holds an Honours degree in English from Western University, organizes and promotes London Open Mic Poetry events, and has edited for The Rusty Toque. Her poetry has appeared in Conpareo.
As one of a quartet of young poets writing out of Western University, Scott was a featured reader at London Open Mic Poetry Night on February 5th, 2014.
Of course I can't take credit for any of these lovely words above (well... after the bolded part), I pulled all of this info off of the actually Couplets webpage itself.
Want to know more about Couplets: Poets in Dialogue? Then check out this link right HERE to get more info.
Maybe you're a local poet, are you ready to step into the spotlight? Then why not apply to be the next Anchor or Wild Card poet? Check out the link right HERE for submission details.