PQ Callout for Jan / Feb 2024

The Dead of winter

Winter is approaching rapidly.

If we are to judge the seasons as the cycle of life itself, then the dead of winter – the coldest days of the year – is a time of reckoning, a time for reflection on what has come before and what is yet to come. And how better than through the lens of poetry? From the coziness of home, we look out on winter, frigid in its most still moment. We call on poets to share their ruminations of the mind and heart, as they turn inward and acknowledge what the year has wrought.

As usual, poems should be:

• Original and unpublished in any medium (no poems submitted elsewhere, please);
• No more than 30 lines each;
• On any aspect of the theme within the bounds of public discourse;
• Submitted on or before Monday, January 22

Poets in the National Capital Region of all ages welcome (school-age poets, please indicate your grade and school). Please send your entries (up to 5 poems that meet the criteria) to editor@ glebereport.ca. Remember to send us your contact information.

Deadline: Monday, January 22, 2024