Niagara Falls Poetry Project

25th Anniversary Celebration - Niagara Falls Poetry Project Join in a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Niagara Falls Poetry Project, during National Poetry Month

Please join me in celebrating 25 years of the Niagara Falls Poetry Project website going live. Thursday, April 9, at the Niagara Falls History Museum.
#poetry #poems #NiagaraFalls #poetsofbluesky
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Figure Eights by Keith Inman - Niagara Falls Poetry Project Keith Inman has written a prize-winning short poem about an incident in a factory located in the Niagara area

I got a copy of Arborealis: A Canadian #Poetry Anthology 2018. Niagara area #poet Keith Inman has 4 #poems in it - 1st & 3rd prize winners, & 2 Judges Choices awards. Links to "Figure Eights" niagarapoetry.ca/2026/01/31/k...
& "Rock Paper Scissors"
niagarapoetry.ca/2026/02/03/r... #poetsofbluesky

Falls of Niagara as Seen From the Table Rock by William H. Coyle - Niagara Falls Poetry Project Coyle has written a long poem describing Niagara Falls and area in 1836 including the activities of locals and tourists

I've spent the last few days adding a long poem from 1835 by William H. Coyle "Falls of #Niagara, as Seen From the Table Rock,"
In a note Coyle laments the lack of #poetry about the falls. There are 27 (of over 700) written by 1835 on the site.

#NiagaraFalls #Poems
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Me too - I keep a generator by the back door on these wintery days.

Niagara Falls by Morris Rosenfeld - Niagara Falls Poetry Project Rosenfeld 's poem of Niagara Falls invokes the tumultuous cacophony of the falls reflecting the workings of Nature and the spirit

Just added a #poem written in the late 1800's/early 1900s with a decidedly different take on #NiagaraFalls than usual. Morris Rosenfeld's "Niagara Falls"
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#poetry #poetsofBluesky

Stephanie Nielsen’s #poem "Have You Ever Been to #Niagara?" is now a children’s book, illustrated by Bronagh Morgan.Ordered from vnproductions@cogeco.ca
Local arts newspaper reviewer John Law reviewed it in the St. Catharines Standard on December 29, 2025.

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#poetry

Author Search A-Z - Niagara Falls Poetry Project An author search page listing poets in alphabetical order on the Niagara Falls Poetry Project, with titles of the poems that they have written

T.W. Kriner has been writing 4-by-4 poems lately - 4 lines with 4 beats per line, with a pair of rhyming couplets. 3 are about Niagara Falls - "The Niagara Dead," "Niagara Gorge 1993," and "The Late Fisherman in the Niagara Gorge." niagarapoetry.ca/author-search/ and scroll down to his name.

COLUMN What's Your Favourite? - CAA Magazine | NIA | Winter 2025

Last summer I got an unexpected call from the Niagara CAA magazine asking if they could feature me in their "What's Your Favourite" column, which features local people talking about the area. The digital copy arrived this morning.

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City of St. Catharines seeks Poet Laureate in celebration of the city’s 150th anniversary

The City of St. Catharines is inviting applications from local poets for a one-year appointment as Poet Laureate, coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the City's incorporation.

Get the details here www.stcatharines.ca/en/news/city...

#poetslaureate #Poet_Laureate #poetry #poets #St.Catharines

Upcoming Sijo poetry workshop. Contact Keri Switzer bryant.keri@gmail.com for details

Earlier this year I indexed "Behind the Bricks", a history of the #MohawkInstitute. On Tuesday it was launched at the Woodland Cultural Centre, where the Institute building was reopened as a museum. A powerful book, and a powerful museum.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

woodlandculturalcentre.ca

I've posted a "new" poem on the website - "Falls of Niagara: A Sketch" by Newton orig. publ. in 1825 in the American #Baptist Magazine.

Check out this #poem & hundreds of other #poems about #NiagaraFalls at niagarapoetry.ca/2025/10/01/s... #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets

Thank you. Hope you enjoy them.

A historic picture of a man reading at Prospect Point in Niagara Falls

I've recently published #poetry from over 2 centuries apart - Lines Written at #Niagara by Oldschool (1807) & Once Walking in Old Niagara by Kriner (2025) Check out these & hundreds of other #poems about #NiagaraFalls at niagarapoetry.ca
#poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets

Episode 4 Death and the Photographer: Joseph Avery and Platt Babbitt YouTube video by Niagara Falls Poetry Project

Episode 4 of #Niagara #History & #Poetry #podcast now up. The story of Avery & the photo Babbitt took of him clinging to a tree before his #death. #Poems by A. Duringer, W.D. Howells & @jamespenha.bsky.social
Youtube youtu.be/tWfRKluO_bA audio niagara-history-and-poetry.castos.com/episodes/nia...

The Battle of Cook’s Mills and the Evacuation of Canada, 19 Oct., 1814 by J. P. Merritt - Niagara Falls Poetry Project A short poem by Jedediah Prendergast Merritt commemorating the Battle of Cook's Mills, near Welland, in the War of 1812

I've just posted a poem about the Battle of Cook's Mills by J. P. Merritt, about one of the last skirmishes in the #Warof1812. I've been looking for a #poem about this skirmish for a while, many thanks to Arden Phair for digging this one up for me #poetry #warpoems

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A Panamanian white-faced capuchin monkey in a tree in Costa Rica

Recently in #CostaRica visiting a couple who wintered there. Here is a Panamanian white-faced capuchin #monkey (more pics on my fb page www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...)

I still have a bunch of floppies around. They are used as coasters for my coffee mugs.

Many thanks.

Tried changing my handle to my website, but it didn't like it. I have a .ca suffix, is it only accepting .com at this point?

Niagara by Joanne De Simone Reynolds - Niagara Falls Poetry Project Joanne De Simone Reynolds wrote this poem of Niagara Falls describing the impressions that a visitor to Niagara has.

Vivid images abound in Joanne De Simone Reynolds' #poem "Niagara"

#poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #poetry #NiagaraFalls #blueskypoets #writingcommunity

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A photograph of author Nolan Natasha and the cover of their book "I can heard you, can you hear me?"

Romance at #NiagaraFalls is alive and well, as Nolan Natasha describes in their #poem "Niagara Falls." Nolan also performs their poem on a video that is linked to on the page - it's well worth a view.
#poetry #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity
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Niagara Falls History and Poetry Podcast - Niagara Falls Poetry Project The Niagara Falls History and Poetry podcast showcases historical events at Niagara Falls through the lens of the poetry written about them

Got a message from my #podcast aggregator congratulating me for being # 97 in the category #History (Indonesia). Thanks for that. I guess @jamespenha.bsky.social may have something to do with that! (BTW - Avery/Platt is the next episode) #Niagara #poetrycommunity #poetry
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The 1st episode is an introduction to the podcast, the 2nd is about bears at the falls, & the 3rd is about Captain Webb, who attempted to swim the rapids & whirlpool. The 4th episode, will talk about the tragedy of Avery & the story of the famous photo of Avery by Platt Babbitt
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A picture of Niagara Falls with the text Niagara Falls History and Poetry

I’ve finally started a #podcast - #Niagara History and Poetry, in which I discuss the #history of Niagara Falls through the #poetry that has been written about it.
Youtube www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Audio only niagara-history-and-poetry.castos.com
more..
#Poetrycommunity #PoetsofBluesky #poems

Lines to Harriet by Traveller - Niagara Falls Poetry Project Lines to Harriet is a poem written by an anonymous traveller about an infatuation he had as a schoolboy in Niagara Falls

Just added an 1857 romantic #poem, "Lines to Harriet," about a man reminiscing about his first love at the abandoned schoolhouse on Clifton Hill, #NiagaraFalls. Includes a #history of the schoolhouse.
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#poetry #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets

Poster for the Brock University UNESCO Chair's sustainability poetry contest

Brock Univ. #UNESCO #Sustainability #Poetry #Contest is open to #Niagara Residents until February 14, 2025. 2 themes - Int'l Year of Peace & Trust & Int'l Year of Glaciers' Preservation.
Prizes!
Click link to see past winners
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#PoetsOfBluesky #PoetryCommunity #Poets #Poems

Poster for the Salon of the Refused event held at the Niagara Artists Centre in St. Catharines, March 20, 7-9 pm

Salon of the Refused - St. Catharines

Join us at the Salon of the Refused at the Niagara Artists Centre in S. Catharines on March 20, 2025. Hosted as part of the Phylum Press reading series. phylumpress.ca
#poetrycommunity #poetry #readings

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