Poetry, perhaps more than any other form of writing, delves deep into emotions. And rhythm, from the haunting repetitions of "Annabel Lee" to the taunting questions of "The Love Song of J. Alfred ...

Poetry and song were once the same: The first poems were recited to music played on the lyre. (It's the source of the word "lyric.") Today, poems are published in books and journals, while songs are ...

From punk to poem-songs, the 2016 Poetry and Lyrics festival reveals how music fits into the poetic tradition The Welsh word “cerdd” can be translated as either “verse” or “music”. It covers both ...

This interview originally aired on Jan. 29, 2022. Lillian Allen is a groundbreaking artist in spoken word, poetry and dub. Allen is one of the leading creative Black feminist voices in Canada, a ...

Critics often treat the bibliography of a poet like a phone number, chunking the output into smaller units, marking shifts that occur over the arc of a life. There is the early work, the mature work, ...

This piece was written by Evelyn Bradley, a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) consultant based in Charlottetown and a regular contributor to CBC P.E.I. For information about CBC's First Person ...

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