Format: Trade Paperback
Category: Poetry
Price $16.95 Cdn $14.95 US
Pub Date:September 2011
ISBN: 978-0-9811376-3-6
Rights: World

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PENELOPE Poems

This collection of one hundred poems by Penelope reflects her experience, insight and wisdom gained as a

performer,

observer,

traveller,

writer,

mother and

social activist.

These are extraordinary poems.

Penelope Verkerk - Poet

Penelope Verkerk was born in Victoria and grew up in Halifax.
In the sixties, she wrote and acted in an award winning art film, Zero the Fool. She went on to write radio scripts and lyrics and performed poetry with Bruce Cockburn, Irving Layton and Duke Redbird.
She has travelled extensively and lived in Crete, in Peru and in California, where she was on staff at a Buddhist Art Centre.
Penelope currently resides in Victoria where she writes and performs.
She has contributed to numerous anthologies including, Poetry Nation, Poetry is Agency, Poetry of Relevance 1 and 2 , Image 5 and Big Words.
She also publishes on International websites such as World Dharma, and Native Women's Assoc. of Canada. She has published in various magazines, calendars and journals such as Third Space and Focus Magazine.