Poetry Is Dead

TV, Beer and Video Game Launch Party

September 14, 2010 by admin

What happens when you give poets five minutes in front of a microphone to do whatever they want? We don’t know. But we’re willing to find out. On October 1st we launch our second issue, and challenge the contributing poets to do anything besides read poetry.

There will be talks and readings by some of the contributors of the “TV, Beer and Video Games” issue including Billeh Nickerson, Donato Mancini, Nikki Reimer, Dina Del Bucchia, Karlene Harvey, Jordan Abel and more.

Join us for a night of poets, a keg of beer and uncertainty.

Friday October 1st, 2010
Doors open at 7:00pm

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Launch Party

Billeh Nickerson

January 18, 2010 by The Staff 

Reprinted with permission from Megaphone Magazine.

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About the Author

We're a kooky group of poets and beer drinkers just trying to have fun.

McPoems

January 18, 2010 by Daniel Zomparelli 

It’s 3 a.m. and your stomach is rumbling. You know only a handful of places are open. Golden arches appear on the horizon as you drive home. You wouldn’t have to get out of the car, it’s cheap and you haven’t tasted grease in days. Fuck it. You go for the fast food. You pull up, and a young squeaky voiced man hands you a burger. Little do you know that young man is a poet.

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This story appears in Poetry Is Dead issue 1. If you like it online, you'll love it in print. Subscribe Now »

About the Author

Daniel Zomparelli

Daniel Zomparelli is the editor of Poetry Is Dead magazine. He currently runs the Community Creative Writing Project for Megaphone Magazine. He is on the editorial board of Geist and formerly worked at Adbusters magazine. His work has been published and is forthcoming in magazines and anthologies across Canada. He is currently completing his first manuscript of poetry.