Published in the Toronto Star today
Help wanted: Poet laureate
CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA - Wanted. Poet. Must be Canadian resident. Pay $12,000 a year. Ability to rhyme an asset.
The federal government is advertising for a poet laureate to replace George Bowering, whose two-year term is up.
Bowering was Parliament's first poet laureate.
A job description says the new poet laureate must demonstrate excellence through a substantial history of published work.
He or she must also have influenced other writers.
The job also pays $10,000 maximum in domestic travel expenses.
Final selection will be made by the Speakers of the Senate and Commons.
CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA - Wanted. Poet. Must be Canadian resident. Pay $12,000 a year. Ability to rhyme an asset.
The federal government is advertising for a poet laureate to replace George Bowering, whose two-year term is up.
Bowering was Parliament's first poet laureate.
A job description says the new poet laureate must demonstrate excellence through a substantial history of published work.
He or she must also have influenced other writers.
The job also pays $10,000 maximum in domestic travel expenses.
Final selection will be made by the Speakers of the Senate and Commons.