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Poet Laureate Hugh MacDonald begins work
Hugh MacDonald (with granddaughter Zahra and Casper the cat in photo, left) is the new Poet Laureate for Prince Edward Island. Read the press release and a short biography here.
Photo by Sandra MacDonald.
Regular features on this site
When visiting this site, be sure to see:
- Poetry by currently active Prince Edward Island poets — check back regularly to see if your favourite poet has a new poem on the site ;
- A link to a randomly selected poem from our archives;
- Podcasts of poets reading their own work, which can be downloaded, added to a feed, or played within your browser window;
- Video and audio from the University of PEI’s “Island Voices” series, featuring former Poets Laureate Frank Ledwell and John Smith;
- A selection of poetry for children
- Poetry at school is the newest section on our site, and we are pleased to welcome a large group of poets from Montague Regional High School
- The Historical poets section of our site, which features a long poem, Chaim the Slaughterer, by the late Joseph Sherman; four poems by Lucy Maud Montgomery four poems by Milton Acorn and audio files of readings by Sherman and Acorn;
- Information about the PEI Poet Laureate Program and its current incumbent, Hugh MacDonald;
- A detailed bibliography of island poets ;
- A facility for poets to submit one poem of their choice to the online archive.