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About Stephen Bett

Stephen Bett is a widely and internationally published Canadian poet with 24 books in print. His personal papers are archived in the Contemporary Literature Collection at Simon Fraser University. His website is StephenBett.com.

Broken Glosa: an alphabet book of post avant glosa by Stephen Bett

Stephen Bett

containers / credit: em

Note: Stephen Bett’s father took him to sit, age 15 and starting out in poetry, at the feet of his father’s friend P.K. Page, the doyenne of Canadian poetry, who later revived the "glosa" in Canada. … [Read more...]

Lift Off: Poems by Stephen Bett

Stephen Bett

rift - d. raphael

Lift Off 30 : half rimed word I am galled, gulled I am a gull for punish ment Throw me your scraps & I will dine out for days Gluttonous bird starved for months, miscuing on … [Read more...]

Back Principles: Poems by Stephen Bett

Stephen Bett

nest / credit: d.raphael

Back Principles (1) : you have my back You have my back, will teach me buddhist principles for non-fretting If you have my back, nothing to fret about (non?) But seriously, even … [Read more...]

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Empty Mirror

Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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