Symphonic Journey: The Great Bear Rainforest Video
Too Great A Risk to the Environment: Enbridge Pipeline
Listen to Joan’s May, 2013 blogtalk radio interview that considers ‘kicking up some spray’ in the youtubing world with a blend of word/movement/music: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ns-writers/2013/05/29/a-live-chat-with-poet-joan-boxall…
The Power of Poetry: A Review by Joan Boxall
‘The Power of Poetry’ by Geoff Olson, writer and political cartoonist, is the centerpiece
article in March, 2012’s ‘Common Ground’ magazine. Looking at our politically and economically …
Having Being’ Parts I, II & III stem from cultures’ creative contemplations: how we got here, how we interact, how we choose to be versus have. Being trumps having. Joan rollicks in verb conjugation rhythms which are laced throughout. ‘Instill …
Vancouverite with Vagabond Tendencies segue to
‘Having Being’ Part I, II,III Read and Sung by Joan Boxall
May 11, 2012 TWSRead @ Take 5 Café, Vancouver
Growing up in a protective environment gives rise to rebellion. The secure home where …
Be Kind To Mother Nature
Don’t miss Mother Nature’s pitch on the Enbridge Northern Pipeline Proposal. Listen to her persuasive podcast: casting out of the pod (aka petroleum’s odourous defect).
Creative Journey: Sketching, Movement and Flow
My first blog on the creative journey. Today I was with my brother, a fabulous artist who combines impressionism with his own style. We were sketching in a three-hour figurative session as we …
When will I see myself
As I truly am?
Stripped down semblance;
Serene, composed, tranquil.
Turn, spin, revolve.
Dizzy the coil.
Obscure turmoil.
Adapted from North Shore Writer’s Association Anthology ‘Still Running’, Rogue Literary Press, used with permission, all …
A travel adventure to Desolation Sound unfathoms some history of Captain George Vancouver while paddling in his wake. In August, 2010, Joan ventured to the Sunshine Coast for a week-long kayak trip with Powell River Sea Kayak out of Okeover …