Poetea / Poésie
Wed, May 31
|Le Greenroom
An invitation to share poetry with the communitea
time + location
May 31, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
Le Greenroom, 753 Chem. Riverside, Wakefield, QC J0X 3G0, Canada
about the event
Calling all poetry lovers. Come join us in an evening of sharing poetry 7 pm - 9 pm, Wednesday, May 31 at the Greenroom.
Névé Dumas our featured reader will kick off the evening by sharing a selection of her work.
Following Névé's reading there will be the opportunity to read your own work, share a favourite poem, or simply enjoy listening to the spoken word. If you'd like to read, check in as you arrive and sign up to read a maximum of two poems (two of your favourites, one favourite and one of yours, or two of your own). To give as many people as possible the opportunity to read, there will be a time limit of 5 minutes per reader.
This event is by donation, suggested $10-20
Your poems aren’t finished until you present them to an audience. It’s unfinished if it’s stuck in a drawer somewhere. (Roger Robinson, Manifesto - The Poetry Review, 2017)
névé dumas is a white franco-queb transfeminine poet, herbalist and community organizer. Living and working on the unceded and unsurrendered territories of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg her work focuses on trans experience in relationship to the more-than-human, ecosexuality and thriving through a radically changing world. She has published three books of poems in french : au monde - inventaire (Éditions du Passage, 2015), finalist for the Émile Nelligan, Governor General and Felix Leclerc prizes, animalumière (Éditions du Lézard amoureux, 2016) finalist for Le prix des Libraires as well as pourritures terrestre (Oie de cravan, 2020). Her forthcoming, poème dégénéré, is set to come out in the Fall of 2023 at L'Oie de cravan.
névé dumas est une poète, herboriste et organisatrice communautaire trans féminine franco keb blanche. Elle vit sur les terres non cédées du Peuple Algonquin Anishinaabeg et son travail s'intéresse aux expériences trans en relation avec le plus-qu'humain, l'écosexualité et la survie dans un monde en changement radical. Ses écrits ont parus dans des revues, une anthologie et elle a publié trois livres de poèmes : au monde - inventaire (Éditions du Passage, 2015), finaliste pour les prix Émile Nelligan, du Gouverneur Général et Felix Leclerc , animalumière (Éditions du Lézard amoureux, 2016) finaliste pour le prix des Libraires et pourritures terrestre (Oie de Cravan, 2020). Son quatrième livre, poème dégénéré, paraîtra à l'Oie de Cravan à l'automne 2023.