Join us for a Vibrational Haiku Contest
…followed by an evening of V-inspired poetry Friday February 14th, 7pm at Union Street Grotto, (477 5th St. Courtenay)
Haikus must include a V-word such as vitality, voracious, voluptuous, venus, Viagra, vivacious, visceral, vibrate, veil, volcanic, velvet, valley, verve, virginal, virtue, vocal…You get the idea. You must provide a hard copy of your two haiku poems before performing.
[su_service title=”Registration” icon=”icon: heart”]Registration for Haiku contest can be sent to Sue: islandsuem@gmail.com
(this helps with scheduling – you don’t have to submit your poems, just let us know to expect you.)[/su_service]
Suggested donation: 2 Toonies ($4).
Win Fabulous Prizes, Profess Your Love in 17 Syllables. Sensual Food and Drink Specials. Giggles Galore.
Your MC for the evening is Ian Backs.
For a little haiku help, read this.
In addition to the contestants, your poets for the evening are:
Derek Hanebury
Derek Hanebury is a multi-genre writer who teaches English and creative writing at North Island College. He has published a book of poetry (Nocturnal Tonglen; Ekstasis Press 2006) and a novel (Ginger Goodwin: Beyond the Forbidden Plateau; Arsenal Pulp Press 1986).
Cornelia Hoogland
When Cornelia Hoogland isn’t gathering willow whip and nettle for her special treatment of particular Hornby Islanders, she’s pondering womens’ own sexual shades of gray. Tonight the Advice Goddess is reading from her syndicated column for the would-be sexually liberated, with spice tips from her years spent as a dominatrix.
Carol Neufeld
For her next book Descansos, Carol is translating Baroque Spanish dance structures into poetic form. She has published four collections: Gusting to Ninety, The Country Where Love Begins, People of the Book, Drums & Colours, and the forthcoming Refugia. An alumnus of the Banff Writing Studio, she holds an MFA in poetry.
Matt Rader
Matt Rader is the author of the forthcoming chapbook I Don’t Want To Die Like Frank O’Hara.
Matt Rader’s love poems are victorious, vandalous and written in deepwater vee. “Let this be your motto,” he writes, “‘Love’ the word not the weirdo.”