AS FAR AS YOU KNOW
As Far As You Know, acclaimed poet A. F. Moritz’s twentieth collection of poems, begins with two sections entitled “Terrorism” and “Poetry.” The book unfolds in six movements, yet it revolves around and agonizes over the struggle between these two catalyzing concepts, in all the forms they might take, eventually arguing they are the unavoidable conditions and quandary of human life.
xtraordinaree poets in an xtraordinaree time
Please join me on Saturday, June 3, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. for the secret handshake reading series: xtraordinaree poets in an xtraordinaree time. Come and …
Join me at the Art Bar on May 15, 2023
Please join me at 7:00pm on Monday, May 15, 2023 at the Free Times Café [320 College Street, Toronto] for the Art Bar Poetry Series. …
Congratulations Lillian Allen, Toronto’s Newest Poet Laureate
It is with a warm heart that I welcome Lillian Allen as Toronto’s Next Poet Laureate. By way of introduction, if one is necessary, please …
Active History: Inheriting Her Life, Toronto’s Poet Laureate Remembers Emma Goldman
Active History has published an article about my recent appearance at the Emma Goldman symposium in Toronto and the poem I wrote, “Inheriting Your Life: …
Get your tickets for the Anansi Poetry Bash NOW!
Anansi’s Annual Poetry Bash is Back! This year, the party will be held on April 27th, 7:00 to 10:00pm, at the Museum of Contemporary Art …
Spring Minstrels and Bards
Join me on Tuesday, April 25th at 5:45 pm, in the Southern Cross Lounge at the Tranzac Club in Toronto for Minstrels and Bards. Hosted …
THE GARDEN
The Garden by A. F. Moritz is a passionate denunciation of injustice, especially as seen in the violent injustice directed to the African diaspora in North America. Comprised of a long poem, “The Garden in the Midst”, and an in-depth essay, “The Poet’s Garden,” the book … suggests that only the essence of poetry can prove antithetical antidote—if there can even be one—to this human crime and tragedy..
