Category Archives: Poetry

Reviews, Interviews, Publishing Poetry, Announcements, Readings, Videos of Poets,

UNDERGROUND INSPIRATIONS

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Black Coffee Poet

Underground Inspirations By Parkdale Street Writers Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos underground inspirations by Parkdale Street Writers is exactly what the title says: inspirations from those who live in the Parkdale neighbourhood and know it’s every corner, stairwell, and alley. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged "Anger" by Nyasha Muntasi, "Everyone In Parkdale Needs Help" by Dizia Raposo-Ferreira, "Ode to George Wass" by Parkdale Street Writers, "Redefinitions" by Parkdale Street Wrtiers, "underground inspirations" by Parkdale Street Writers, Black Coffee Poet, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Parkdale Street Writers | 5 Comments

CELEBRATING QUEER INDIGENOUS VOICES WEEK 2011: POETRY AND SONG BY NICOLE TANGUAY AND ROBBIE MADSEN + A CLOSING SONG BY DAWNIS KENNEDY

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Black Coffee Poet

Nicole Tanguay is a word warrior. She takes seriously the struggles of all women, in particular Aboriginal women and women of colour, in this patriarchal, racist, colonial society. Her pen is her sword and she doesn’t hold back! Listen … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged "Liquid Courage" by Robbie Madsen, "Picture This" by Nicole Tanguay, Aboriginal History Month 2011, Black Coffee Poet, Celebrating Aboriginal History Month 2011 on https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Celebrating Queer Indigenous Voices Week, Dawnis Kennedy, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Nicole Tanguay, Robbie Madsen, Yellow Medicine Review Fall 2010, Yellow Medicine Review: Queer International Voices | 2 Comments

CELEBRATING QUEER INDIGENOUS VOICES WEEK 2011: INTERVIEWS WITH NICOLE TANGUAY AND ROBBIE MADSEN

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Black Coffee Poet

Nicole Tanguay is a Two-Spirit woman of Cree and French descent. She has been writing poetry for over twenty years and has been published in many anthologies from Connie Fife’s Colour of Resistance to Miscegenation Blues. Nicole’s work speaks of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged "Colour of Resistance", "Liquid Courage" by Robbie Madsen, "Miscegenation Blues", Aboriginal History Month, Aboriginal History Month 2011, Belinda Carlisle, Beth Brant, Black Coffee Poet, Celebrating Queer Indigenous Voices Week, Chrystos, Connie Fife, Donnie and Marie, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Interview with Cree poet Nicole Tanguay, Interview with Cree Singer Robbie Madsen, Lillian Allen, Native Women Resource Centre Toronto, Stevie NIcks, The Donnie and Marie Show, Two Spirit People, Two Spirit peots, Yellow Medicine Review Fall 2010 | 5 Comments

CELEBRATING QUEER INDIGENOUS VOICES WEEK: INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL HEATH JUSTICE + YELLOW MEDICINE REVIEW FALL 2010

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Black Coffee Poet

Yellow Medicine Review Fall 2010 The Ancestors We Are Looking For We Have Become: International Queer Indigenous Voices Edited By Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhran Reviewed By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Near the end of my video interview with Daniel Heath Justice for … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhran, Beth Brant, Black Coffee Poet, Celebrating Queer Indigenous Voices Week, Chrystos, Daniel Heath Justice, Gloria Anzaldua, Gregory Scofield, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, International Queer indigenous Voices, Interview with Daniel Heath Justice, Jennifer Lisa Vest, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Lao Niumeitolu, Noel Tovey, Paula Gunn Allen, Yellow Medicine Review, Yellow Medicine Review Fall 2010 | 7 Comments

CELEBRATING ABORIGINAL HISTORY MONTH 2011: A SONG BY THE JOHNNYS

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Black Coffee Poet

The Johnnys are loud, fast, and fun! I met The Johnnys last month at the Hard Rock Cafe in Toronto. A fun bunch, they are kind, charismatic, and very chill. Interviewing Veronica Johnny and Oriana Barbato for XTRA!, The … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged "Donna Juana" by The Johnnys, Black Coffee Poet, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, The Johnnys, West Fest Ottawa 2011 The Johnnys | 1 Comment

CELEBRATING ABORIGINAL HISTORY MONTH 2011: INTERVIEW WITH VERONICA JOHNNY

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Black Coffee Poet

Fronted by the charismatic presence of six-foot, leather-clad Cree Veronica Johnny, The Johnnys sound is an eclectic mix of punk, garage, ’70s hard rock and ’50s rock’n’roll. Originally from the Northwest Territories, the band has built a reputation as an incendiary … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged "Louder Faster More Fun" by The Johnnys, Black Coffee Poet, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, The Johnnys, Veronica Johnny, West Fest Ottawa | 2 Comments

CELEBRATING ABORIGINAL HISTORY MONTH 2011: LOUDER FASTER MORE FUN

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Black Coffee Poet

Louder Faster More Fun By The Johnnys Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos After you hit a Johnnys concert you’re left singing to yourself, shaking your head up and down, throwing your fists in the air, and repeating, “Louder! Faster! More … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged "Art of Starvin'" by The Johnnys, "Bedbug Banquet" by The Johnnys, "Daytime Dancer" by The Johnnys, "It's Better in The Bush" by The Johnnys, "Louder Faster More Fun" by The Johnnys, Black Coffee Poet, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, The Johhnys | 1 Comment

LITERARY NIGHTS AT LUMINATO 2011 PART 2: JOYCE CAROL OATES

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Black Coffee Poet

Literary Nights at LUMINATO 2011 Part 2: Joyce Carol Oates By Jorge Antonio Vallejos After upsetting the crowd with one of my famous “Jorge upsets the crowd questions” (Why is it that Arab writing hasn’t blown up in the West … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Black Coffee Poet, Hanan al-Shaykh, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Joyce Carol Oates, Khalil Gibran, LUMINATO, Mona Eltahawy, Susan G. Cole | 1 Comment

CELEBRATING ABORIGINAL HISTORY MONTH 2011: 2-SPIRIT METIS WRITER SHARRON PROULX-TURNER READS A POEM

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Black Coffee Poet

I remember seeing Sharron Proulx-Turner’s What The Aunty’s Say years ago at First Nations House Library University of Toronto. The title caught my attention and the poetry inside was great. Meeting Turner in winter 2011 was greater. Within the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged "she walks for days/inside a thousand eyes (a two-spirit story) by Sharron Proulx-Turner, "What The Auntys Say" by Sharron Proulx-Turner, Black Coffee Poet, First Nations House U of T, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Sharron Proulx-Turner, University of Toronto | Leave a comment

CELEBRATING ABORIGINAL HISTORY MONTH 2011: INTERVIEW WITH 2-SPIRIT METIS WRITER SHARRON PROULX-TURNER

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Black Coffee Poet

Sharron Proulx-Turner is a member of the Métis Nation of Alberta. Originally from the Ottawa river valley, she’s from Mohawk, Algonquin, Wyandot, Ojibwe, Mi’kmaw, French, Scottish and Irish ancestry. She’s a two-spirit mom of three adult children, Graham, Barb and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Black Coffee Poet, Celebrating Aboriginal History Month 2011 on https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Interview with 2 Spirit Metis Poet Sharron Proulx Turner, Sharron Proulx-Turner | 1 Comment