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Looking forward to Friday! I will be reading my favourite poems from my debut poetry collection Handmade Binoculars. I will be selling my book, which would make a great winter gift for a teacher or parent! Cash sales only $10.

See you there! 6-8pm at our local Common Loaf Bake Shop in Tofino.

Click on the link below to reserve your spot. Space is limited!

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/worth-more-growing-launch-tickets-441454862377

An outdoor gathering at the beautiful Monks Point Park with poetry reading beginning at 6:45pm. Please email Heather at poet@tofinopoetlaureate.ca if you would like to read a poem during our reading. You are welcome to read your own work, or even a favourite poem by a beloved poet!

Light refreshemnts will be provide (local Picnic Charcuterie), thanks to the support of the Tofino Arts Council. In addition, please pack your own snacks, mug for tea, and a blanket to sit on. There will also be chairs available.

Please RSVP as space is limited.

Join Heather at the Tofino Brewery for a community meetup on August 16th, 6pm-8pm. Please bring your favourite book of poetry or even your own original work and be open to connecting with other poetry enthusiasts! We have couches reserved upstairs (thank you to the brewery!) and there are non-alcoholic beverage also available.

Click the Facebook event link for more information or if you have any questions.

See you there!

Poetry Pause is brought to subscribing emails by the League of Canadian Poets. My poem Grade One was selected on July 25th, 2022 and has been previously published in Sea & Cedar Magazine (Winter Edition 2022). This poem was inspired while teaching a grade one Nuu-chah-nulth student in the community of Esowista on Long Beach.

This poem celebrates the Wickaninnish Community School grade 7 graduates as they step into USS in the Fall. It was a pleasure teaching our grade 6/7’s this past school year.

It is with great pleasure that we introduce to you Tofino’s third poet laureate – Heather Hendry

Pre-orders are now available for the Worth More Standing: Poets and Activists Pay Homage to Trees anthology edited by Tofino’s Poet Laureate Christine Lowther. Stay tuned for the official spring 2022 launch!

The Before The Road album is now in print and on sale at Mermaid Tales bookstore in Tofino. This unique slice of local history is available for a $20 donation to the Tofino Poet Laureate program. Get ’em while they’re hot!