Poetry is alive, young, and sexy

Amanda Earl nicely posted about this on her blog here.
Hopefully this is the party favour she's after.

In/Words Magazine and Press is proud to present Ottawa’s best young literary talent at the Avant-Garde Bar on March 29th. We're publishing more works this month than in all of 2006, and we'll be celebrating this milestone with an open mic featuring music, prose and poetry. Join us.

In/Words has gathered an eclectic collective of prolific, young writers, all of whom contribute to the creative community quickly growing at Carleton University. It is being fostered by weekly writer’s circles and events such as the open mic, which normally takes place the last Thursday of every month.

“They all look really sexy on-stage,” says Jeff Blackman, writer and regular at the monthly event.

One such “sexy” writer is Mark Sokolowski, whose poem is featured below. This poem is included in his chapbook entitled Pruning the Catalpa. It is one of the many publications available for free on March 29th.

This also marks the release of the second issue of Blank Page, the magazine’s sister publication. Blank Page exclusively features first year students from Carleton University.

“It feels great to be published by Blank Page,” quotes Caitlin Oleson, “As a first year undergrad, it’s nice to get a word in edgewise once in awhile.”

In/Words has hosted a wide variety of performers including Juno-award winner Buck 65 in November of 2005.

S&M
Mark Sokolowski

Don’t try
and tell me Mother
Nature’s not
into kink –

I’ve seen the red
and purple welts
left from the way
she makes the
sun go down on her.