The May Day Poetry Project: Introductions

Monday, May 05, 2014

Introductions

Hello everyone.
I've decided to join the May Day Poetry group blog; this is the first time I've ever done any blogging, so it may take a bit to get used to. I have been writing poetry more seriously since 2006. I just launched my first book of poetry, published through Turnstone Press, entitled "What Lies Behind." I look forward to engaging with the group.
--Luann Hiebert

3 comments:

Angeline Schellenberg said...: Welcome! :); 5/05/2014 10:29 PM
andie said...: Are you in Winnipeg as well Luann? nice to see you here.; 5/05/2014 10:34 PM
Jonina said...: Welcome... I am a newcomer to this site as well. Interestingly enough I just started to take my writing seriously in 2006 as well. Must have been a good year for writers..:); 5/11/2014 5:28 PM

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Origins

Welcome to May Day 2015!

Since Joanne Epp is busy launching her first poetry collection this spring, I've offered to gather the poets for The May Day Poetry Project's eleventh season.

I look forward to another month of making beautiful words together.

- Angeline

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Every year I have greatly appreciated this annual collective outpouring of new work and the conversation that goes along with it.

The population of the group has been slightly different each year, but it still holds to the original principle of helping each other and being helped in our development as artists.

-Joanne

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The name of the May Day Poetry Project comes from the internationally recognized distress signal that in its turn came from the French "m'aider" (or "help me").

It's also "a modern working class celebration and commemoration that came from the 1886 events in Chicago where workers were demonstrating for an eight hour day."

And since I think good art comes out of both the individual and the community, both being helped and making sure you get what you need, I thought it was an appropriate moniker for this effort.

Also, it happened to be a project we were doing during the month of May.

And it sounded sort of snappy. - Ariel

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Monday, May 05, 2014

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