Garden of Words blog – Trish Hopkinson

At What Price Poetry? – guest blog post by Frances Donovan

By Trish Hopkinson on August 6, 2017 • ( 5 Comments )

A fellow poet recently had the courage to complain about the expense of our chosen vocation. It's a sad fact that the net proceeds for poets are usually negative. We often have to pay to develop our craft and get ourselves read. Perhaps it's not unlike many art forms in this […]

Interview with poet Carla Drysdale, Author of Little Venus–guest blog post by Frances Donovan

By Trish Hopkinson on June 4, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

Carla Drysdale's work explores difficult subjects such as childhood abuse and sexual exploitation with tight, lyrical nuance. Little Venus, Drysdale's first book of poetry, came out in 2009 from Canadian publisher Tightrope Books. As often happens when poets create a persona, Drysdale's Little Venus tells truths and makes […]