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Pearl Pirie
Pearl Pirie is a well-known Ottawa poet. In 2008, Pearl was one of Tree’s Hot Ottawa Voices. Pearl’s blog, “Humanyms” , which she subtitles “a verbal sketchpad of being positively human” has been widely followed for 8 years. Pearl is a workshop facilitator of some note. Since 2009 she has coordinated the Tree Seed Poetry Workshop Series.
In 2009, Pearl spoke in a poetics talk on the subject of authorship and “the authorial role in poetry” which is something few of take time to question but which is significant to every writer who picks up a pen with poetic intent.
Her author site is pearlpirie.com
From Pearl Pirie
a night's years pass
