London Public Library’s 2022 Environmentalist-in-Residence Jennifer Chesnut is in conversation with Penn Kemp. Poetry is a way to connect to the wonder of natural spaces that are sacred and magical, and to bring our inner lives and what we feel and value into the public realm.
Author Archives: Mary McDonald
#Stay at Home River Revery Updates
#Stayathome River Revery updates
River Revery launched at Wordsfest 2019
Penn’s latest book, River Revery (Insomniac Press) is now out! River Revery features photographs by Mary McDonald and QR codes linking to poetry films by Mary McDonald and by Dennis Siren. Diana Beresford-Kroeger joined Penn Kemp with a reading “In Conversation”, moderated by Nina Desjardins, on November 2, at Wordsfest, Museum London. After watching Mary MacDonald’s poetry film, Wishing Well, we launched RIVER REVERY along with Diana’s […]
River Revery Book of Poems Coming Soon!
River Revery Book of Poems is coming soon! Penn’s latest book, River Revery (Insomniac Press) will be launched Nov. 2, 2-3 pm at Wordsfest, Museum London. Admission is free.River Revery features photographs by Mary McDonald and QR codes linking to poetry films by Mary McDonald and by Dennis Siren. For pre-orders, see Amazon. Penn’s reading from River Revery is sponsored by The League of Canadian […]
Get Creative at the Library
Join me at the Central Library for some creative discovery. We’ll be drawing with Augmented Reality, and editing photos and videos with mobile apps to harness the creative power of that smartphone in your pocket. Creating with technology calls for a poke and play mindset. There are no wrong answers. Let your curiosity, your courage […]
International Travel for River Revery
Wishing Well and Silicon Valley have been selected for the Newlyn Film Festival occurring this weekend in Penzance, UK. Both of these films were shown at the wonderful Reel Poetry festival in Houston, Texas. And on April 11 Wishing Well will be shown here at the London public library for Gathering Voices, and across the […]
You are invited to Gathering Voices
Join in the Gathering Voices reading to celebrate April, National poetry month! Celebrate poetry, and our natural Canadian beauty at London Public Library! Thursday, April 11, 2019. 7-8:30 pm. Gathering Voices. Katerina Fretwell, Penn Kemp, Susan McCaslin and Susan McMaster are reading for National Poetry Month on the theme of Nature: poets.ca/npm. We’ll be showing Mary McDonald’s 4-minute film interpreting Penn’s poem, “Wishing […]
Exploring the text of River Revery
Harold Rhenish is the author of a beautiful blog series, Okanagan Okanagan — Reclaiming the Art of Living on the Earth., featuring gorgeous photographs and a detailed investigation into the language of poetry. He has explored text from “River Revery” in intricate detail on two of his extraordinary blogs: Towards a New Cartography Part 3 […]
People are talking about River Revery!
The news is spreading across Canada and people are talking about River Revery. Radio host Carmelo Militano recorded an interesting conversation with Penn on River Revery for his show at the University of Winnipeg. Susan McCaslin commented: “Just listened to this very deep and engaging interview with Carmelo Militano, Penn. You two are a good team as […]
River Revery at Wordsfest!
River Revery is stepping out into the world!! The first half of River Revery was exhibited at Wordsfest, held at Museum London, Nov 2 to 4. The Augmented Reality Art Exhibit was on display throughout the weekend in the brand new, gorgeous Centre at the Forks space. Three of the short film animations were screened […]
