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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
Be
sure to introduce yourself in the Federation online forums,
and check out the
member biography
section to find out more about each.
New Members:
Terry St. James - Montreal, QuebecDebbie Ouellet - Loretto, ONDavid Brydges - Edmonton, ABPamela Mordecai - Toronto, ON
Nancy Rattle -Patricia McGoldrick - Kitchener, ONMauro Cappa -
Toronto, ONJanet Harvey - Thornhill, ONPhillip Lawrence Harrison - Edmonton, ABDaphne Rose Kingma - Santa Barbara, CACharlotte Ann Zuzak - Grove
City, PARichard Thellmann - Canal Fulton, OHDeepak Sarkar -
Victoria, BCSharon Sedola - Greenwood, BCJohaina
Soralta - Thornhill, ONGili Haimovich - Toronto, ONCheryl Xavier -
Mississauga, ON
Margaret Averill -
Westbank, BCRaymond Middlemiss - Schelt, BCJoan Sutcliffe -
Toronto, ONCharlene Robson -
Vancouver, BCKelly Graham - Devon, AB
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean
C.C, C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D.
Governor General of Canada
Renewals:
Jim Greenwald
David Fraser
Karen Cole
Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews
Linda Dowd
Fenna Schaapman
Bonita Summers
Sylvia McGrath
Norma West Linder
Clark
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POETRY CANADA COMING SOON
The next issue will be coming soon... and contains
some powerful interviews, including one person who
appeared on Oprah 6 times. Dream big!
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A reminder that for only $9.95 USD for the full year, you can get a look at
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CONTESTS & CALLS
Check out the current contests:
Poetry Canada Tribute
to Friendship Contest
Rhyming Poetry;
where the winner
of each will appear in Poetry Canada magazine and get a free copy! Call now open.
We promote FREE contests, if you have one, let us know and we'll let
everyone else know.
SPREAD THE WORD
Proudly display the CFP
logo on your site, and let us know, and you'll be automatically entered
into a contest where you can win a free ad in Poetry Canada. Link
to: http://www.federationofpoets.com
Winner will be announced December 31st. Help poetry,
and yourself - it's a win, win!
CALENDAR COORDINATOR
Betty Dobson of Halifax, Nova Scotia is the
Calendar Coordinator!
If you are a CFP member, this is a great way to promote your book launches, appearances,
and check out contest calls and events.
If you are a CFP member, or a CFP Affiliate Organization feel free to submit
your events to us. It is a great way to easily increase attendance.
Send your information to: Calendar Coordinator: Betty Dobson
CFP MEMBERSHIP
BENEFITS
Over 20 benefits including a free subscription to Poetry Canada
magazine, contest and anthology benefits.
JOIN TODAY!
UNITING TO CREATE ONE VOICE
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 Wow
- can you believe another year went by? My life has completely
changed this past year, and I am very excited about next. I hope
you are too. There are tons of opportunities for poets to be
heard, so let's make 2008 a year of poets.
Let your poetry flow, keep your positive outlook, and share your work.
Don't forget to take advantage of the many
publishing opportunities on right now - especially with 10 Anthology
calls open - it's an exciting time to put your publishing credits into
affluence for a prosperous 2008.
If you want to check to what I am always up to, you can get a direct RSS
feed to my blog from www.TracyRepchuk.com
Enter them ALL!
Call open until March 2008!
The call is open for all 10 anthologies.
The Poetry of
(TM)
....
www.thepoetryof.com
World-wide Call
Check them all out, and submit to any that
speaks
to you. The Poetry
of...
Enjoy the journey.
Tracy Lynn Repchuk
President and Founder of the Canadian Federation of Poets
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2008: What Are Your Plans?
If you have been watching the news, listening to the headlines,
or
have friends and family that have been affected by drugs, lack
of literacy, abuse, human rights issues, tragedy, illness - it's
not a pretty picture - which is why poetry is so very important
right now.
We don't need to become reporters of what is already happening.
I want to urge you to become part of a movement that will use
their words to reshape the way we live, our culture, society,
how we treat people, our planet, and what needs to be made known
and done to make living what it was meant to be.
Al Gore made Global Warming a very real issue, not that it
wasn't real before him, but he used his power to get the message
out. George Clooney made us aware of Darfur, and many
others are playing their part too.
Your power is in what you write. My focus is Human
Rights, and the fact that we have 30 of them, everyone of us,
and they are being abused every second of every day around the
world. So I don't complain or whine and become a part of
it, I look and use my power of writing to enlighten, recommend
and encourage others to seek answers to how they can make a
difference too.
SO I am hoping that 2008 becomes a year where the poet is not
only heard, but each of us carries a message, not just an
observation, but a solution to how we can make a difference to
how mankind reaches his full potential, where our voices are a
part of how culture is shaped, and where war, disease, drugs,
illiteracy, immorality, and crime become something we read about
in history books.
Just something to think about as you put together
your writing plans for 2008.
Something Can Be Done About It!
I thank you for being a part of the Canadian Federation of
Poets' community, and as for the members of the CFP, I am deeply
grateful you have chosen to support this organization, and are
including me as a part of your journey.
CFP MEMBERSHIP
BENEFITSOver 20 benefits including a free subscription to Poetry Canada
magazine, contest and anthology benefits.
JOIN TODAY!
UNITING TO CREATE ONE VOICE
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THE POETRY OF... ANTHOLOGIES
Call open until March 31st, 2008
Enter them ALL!
The call is open for all 10 anthologies.
The Poetry of
(TM)
....
www.thepoetryof.com
World-wide Call
CHECK THEM ALL OUT!!
Marriage
Relationships
Food
Birth
Children
Love
Peace
Seasons
Spirituality
Travel
CFP EVENTS
First Tuesday of Every Month - 7pm
Oakville Federation Critique Night
Contact: George Arnold
Timothy's World Coffee
321 Lakeshore Rd. E, Oakville, ON
Bring some of your work for critiquing and work-shopping
Third Thursday of Every Month - 7pm
Oakville Federation
Contact: George Arnold
Timothy's World Coffee
321 Lakeshore Rd. E, Oakville, ON
Open mic event for all members, non members and Federation
Affiliate members to participate in.
Third Wednesday
of Every Month - 7pm
Halifax Federation of Poets
Mollyz Diner
2104 Gottingen Street, Halifax, NS
Every third Wednesday of each month
contact Donelda Kent at doneldak@federationofpoets.com
Last
Thursday of Every Month - 7pm
New Brunswick Federation
Pizza Delight
9362 Main St. Richibucto, NB
Contact: Rebecca Cuevas De Caissie
Rebecca@federationofpoets.com
Admission: Free
Open mic event where poets and performers can get together and share both poetry and short stories.
*** NEW ***
Brand New Federation is about to open its doors - located in the
Peel Region (Brampton/Mississauga).
This group will be run by Cheryl Xavier - you can contact her for more
details or we will be updating the Chapter site as details unfold.
Peel Region Federation
Contact: Cheryl Xavier
CherylX@federationofpoets.com
Admission: Free
Durham Region Federation of Poets
contact Stella Ducker at
StellaD@federationofpoets.com
Penticton, BC Federation of Poets
contact Donna Thompson
at: DonnaT@federationofpoets.com
Calgary, Alberta Federation of Poets
contact Wei Yin
at: weiyin@federationofpoets.com
NEW**
India Federation of Poets
contact Nikhil Parekh
at: nikhilp@federationofpoets.com
Check out all the details on the calendar
CFP
MEMBER NEWS
I f you are a CFP member with exciting news, let us know. Send an email
with the news in it, and a subject line of CFP Member News.
Tracy Repchuk -
Nikhil Parekh -*
Nikhil has received his third world-record certificate from Limca Book of
Records
You can view his recent awards at:
http://nikhilparekh1.blogspot.com
Charlie Galan
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About
to launch his first book of poetry entitled "Poems from the
Point"
which is a collection of reflections of Vancouver Island
Cheryl Xavier -
*
Cheryl is opening up a new federation for the CFP in the Pell Region
(Mississauga, Brampton) area. The location is being selected, but be
sure if you live in this area, contact her for more information, or more
will start to be posted at:
Peel Region Federation
WELL DONE EVERYONE!
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