Rogue Stimulus
2:00 PM on Saturday Feb. 27th, 2010
Parliament Hill, Parliament Hill
2:00 PM on Saturday Feb. 27th, 2010
Parliament Hill, Parliament Hill
aunch of a poetry anthology inspired by the Prime Minister's prorogation of Parliament.
Speakers, poetry readings, artists and performers come together in a lighthearted protest against the prorogation of Parliament.
Edited by Stephen Brockwell and Stuart Ross
When Prime Minister Stephen Harper prorogued Parliament (for the second time in a year!) on December 30, 2009, he punted many vital bills into oblivion. But he also inspired hundreds of poems after Mansfield Press announced this government-toppling anthology. This book gathers a range of responses—from outrage to slapstick—by acclaimed poets (including Canada’s first Parliamentary Poet Laureate and several winners of the Governor General’s Award for Poetry), previously unpublished poets and, to paraphrase Stephen Harper, ordinary working Canadians.
Speakers, poetry readings, artists and performers come together in a lighthearted protest against the prorogation of Parliament.
Edited by Stephen Brockwell and Stuart Ross
When Prime Minister Stephen Harper prorogued Parliament (for the second time in a year!) on December 30, 2009, he punted many vital bills into oblivion. But he also inspired hundreds of poems after Mansfield Press announced this government-toppling anthology. This book gathers a range of responses—from outrage to slapstick—by acclaimed poets (including Canada’s first Parliamentary Poet Laureate and several winners of the Governor General’s Award for Poetry), previously unpublished poets and, to paraphrase Stephen Harper, ordinary working Canadians.