Discover an unpublished poem by Rose Després, part of the second season of the Poésie Moncton Poetry anthology series.
Text: Rose Després
Video and music: Étienne Boivin (Atlas Film)
ROSE DESPRÉS
A committed Acadian poet, Rose Després is also a multidisciplinary artist: theater, song, dance, mentor and writing workshop leader. She has participated in cultural events and literary festivals in Canada and abroad for over 40 years. She is a literary translator: femme rivière/ river woman by Katherena Vermette, Le pluvier Kildir/ Killdeer by Phil Hal. Her 7th collection, Séjour à Belle-Côte, has just been published. Her collection Si longtemps déjà won the Éloizes literary prize in 2010, and La vie prodigieuse won the Prix Antonine-Maillet Acadie-Vie in 2000.
ABOUT POÉSIE MONCTON POETRY
Greater Moncton has long been a vibrant locale thriving with poets and writers. “A city of words”, as Gérald Leblanc wrote, our city is a place where many languages and cultures meet. The unique oral and literary excellence of the region is celebrated in this project: Poésie Moncton Poetry. Poésie Moncton Poetry is a living archive of video poetry that honours poets who live or have lived in Moncton and in the Mi’gmaq communities of Amlamgog (Fort Folly), Elsipogtog (Big Cove), Tjipõgtõtjg (Bouctouche) and L’nui Menikuk (Indian Island). Poésie Moncton Poetry was conceptualized by inaugural Poets Laureate/Poets Flyés, Kayla Geitzler and Jean-Philippe Raîche, as a legacy of unity and literary excellence to be carried on by future Poets Laureate.
