friday september 26, from Montreal:
McGill
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Hello Jenn.
I am a Reg. Nurse working with “street people” at Street Health Centre in Kingston. I’m also a poet. Each year SHC hosts a 5 day ”Art in the Street’ show for our clients’ work. I’m responsible for the Poetry Evening (Oct.24) and this year we are launching our first antholgy of poems by our staff, clients and volunteers. (venue to be announced soon…let me know if you want info.)
It is our belief, confirmed through daily experience, that art and literature form an essential part of our humanity and wellbeing.
Bravo to you and your dept. for’ taking it to the streets’!
We will probably bump into your students next week as I’m performing poetry in downtown Kingston as part of the “Random Acts of Poetry event across Canada. (We approach people in the street and ‘poem’ them!)
Very best regards,
R.D. Roy
(Doug)
