Moose Jaw Times-Herald: National Poetry Month marked with poetry greeting at council

Greg Simison, Moose Jaw poet, reads a
selection of five of his poems at the April
21, 2014 council meeting at city hall.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy


In Greg Simison’s poem called Moose Jaw, he compares the city to places such as Rivendell and Gotham City.

“When I learn of distant acquaintances diagnosed with cancer, Alzheimer’s or heart disease, I give thanks for living in a place the rest of the world believes only exists in fiction, just another name belonging to a long list including Gotham City, Rivendell, and, more appropriate to this particular region, the village of Dog River,” he said, quoting the first stanza of two in his poem.

It was one of five poems the local poet read at the beginning of Monday’s council meeting at city hall.

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