It's #nationalpoetrymonth . I've (co)edited reissues of bissett's RUSH: WHAT FUCKAN THEORY (rb.gy/fc4rd), Riddell's WRITING SURFACES (rb.gy/wy1j8) & nichol's NIGHTS ON PROSE MOUNTAIN (rb.gy/out74) discover how weird canlit has always been!

'Untitled' by anonymous (60cm x 120cm): theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

It's #NationalPoetryMonth -- Rhys Farrell (ITSXYZ), with whom I wrote Lens Flare (guillemotpress.co.uk/poetry/derek-b…), imagined our collaborations as monumental murals on the exterior walls of Banff Centre .

It's #nationalpoetrymonth -- for years Chris Turnbull has been placing poetry into a black walnut grove - and other environments - in Kemptville, Ontario, creating in situ galleries of poetic intervention. I'm honoured to see my work appear several times in the series.

It's #NationalPoetryMonth -- I created 'Helvetica' directly on the wall of the Bury Art Museum for the Textfestival & the piece was later performed by Alan Halsey's sound poetry choir juxtavoices: discusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/warning-… (that's Alan composing sounds while staring at the piece)

BE A FACTOR NOT A FACTORY.

It's #nationalpoetrymonth -- i designed the helmet for Canadian Olympuc Luge Athlete Arianne Jones (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianne_J…) in support of Helmets for Heroes ...

Writers! apply for space in Banff Centre's LEIGHTON STUDIOS (2-6 weeks, 75% scholarshipped) in support of your writing practice: banffcentre.ca/programs/indep… the deadline's coming up fast; it's an excellent way to recharge your thinking!

It's #NationalPoetryMonth -- My poetry on the walls of London’s Uni of Roehampton (Roehampton University, my alma mater) marks the first time a Canadian poet has been commissioned for a public monument in the UK

It's #NationalPoetryMonth -- in 2014, Wordfest placed my work on a series of billboards across Calgary, each designed to interject brief poetic aphorisms into the traffic of the city's freeways... POETRY SHOULD BE AS FLEETING AS THE TRAFFIC, AS VITAL AS A STREET SIGN

It's #NationalPoetryMonth -- my monumental 'Prose of the TransCanada' was projected on the side of the Calgary Tower (thank you Wordfest), and is available to order direct from Book*hug Press (Use discount code NPM2024 at checkout for 20% off!): bookhugpress.ca/shop/moments-c…

Purchase your copy if Gregory Betts's BARDCODE, a beautiful visual translation of Shakespeare's sonnets. Produced in a limited edition by Penteract Press the book will blow your mind: penteractpress.com/store/bardcode

It's #NationalPoetryMonth . In 2017, U Calgary's 'Leon the Frog' story in the Social Sciences Tower's stairwell was restored, and a mural - including poetry by
(((Moribund Facekvetch))) (he/him) and I - was added to the stairwell. (more info here: derekbeaulieu.ca/2017/04/06/leo… ) U CalgaryArts UCalgary Alumni

It's #nationalpoetrymonth -- in 2020 Pratim Sengupta (Pratim Sengupta) & I created 'asterisk ampersand asterisk' in which we fed photographs of Contemporary Calgary's building through a series of software manipulations until poems asserted themselves. The building began to sing its own story

It's #nationalpoetrymonth . In 2016, my poetry was stenciled on Calgary's streets in bio-degradable ink. Only visible when it rained, the rest of the time it was invisible underfoot. YYC LITERARY SIDEWALKS was initiated and funded by Wordfest & Calgary Public Library ...

It's #NationalPoetryMonth -- My 2015 poem “Every word” consisted of every word submitted by attendees of Naheed Nenshi's Mayor's Luncheon for the Arts as best representing the arts in Calgary. A choir of artistic support, each image turns letters into artistic moments Calgary Arts Development

RIP John Sinclair (1941-2024); activist, poet, writer, manager of the MC5, founder of the White Panther Party...

It's #NationalPoetryMonth - curator Tom Konyves included a statement of mine on the glass of the Surrey Art Gallery as part of POETS WITH A VIDEO CAMERA: VIDEO POETRY 1980-2020: derekbeaulieu.ca/2022/12/21/poe…