Uproarliterary
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We are a literary blog based out of the Lawrence House Centre for the Arts in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. We publish two themed issues, plus we host the Carmen Ziolkowski Poetry Prize, in honour of Sarnia poet Carmen Ziolkowski
Some more memories of home ending with a definition of what home is.
#home #nonfiction
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#home #nonfiction
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This Old House–The Place We Called Home – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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February 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Some more memories of home ending with a definition of what home is.
#home #nonfiction
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#home #nonfiction
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homeless greenway – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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February 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This poem from "A Place To Call Home" describes the horror of losing one's home to war. lawrencehouse.ca/bellum/
#war #homelessness #poetry
#war #homelessness #poetry
Bellum – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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February 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This poem from "A Place To Call Home" describes the horror of losing one's home to war. lawrencehouse.ca/bellum/
#war #homelessness #poetry
#war #homelessness #poetry
Another fine piece. A fictionalized account of someone who lives in an encampment. lawrencehouse.ca/ednas-mouth/
#homelessness #fiction
#homelessness #fiction
Edna’s Mouth – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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February 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Another fine piece. A fictionalized account of someone who lives in an encampment. lawrencehouse.ca/ednas-mouth/
#homelessness #fiction
#homelessness #fiction
Poet Penn Kemp provides us with an alternate read of the Epiphany. lawrencehouse.ca/a-short-hist...
#LondonOntario #Poetry
#LondonOntario #Poetry
A Short History of Epiphany – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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February 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Poet Penn Kemp provides us with an alternate read of the Epiphany. lawrencehouse.ca/a-short-hist...
#LondonOntario #Poetry
#LondonOntario #Poetry
Today's poem from "A Place To Call Home" is another poem from Sarnia's Michelle Beauchamp about the plight of the homeless. lawrencehouse.ca/the-most-hum...
#homelessness #poetry
#homelessness #poetry
The Most Humble – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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February 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Today's poem from "A Place To Call Home" is another poem from Sarnia's Michelle Beauchamp about the plight of the homeless. lawrencehouse.ca/the-most-hum...
#homelessness #poetry
#homelessness #poetry
Today's poem from "A Place To Call Home: describes the plight of one losing their home by going to a nursing home.
lawrencehouse.ca/parched/
#longtermcare #poetry #eldercare
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#longtermcare #poetry #eldercare
Parched – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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February 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Today's poem from "A Place To Call Home: describes the plight of one losing their home by going to a nursing home.
lawrencehouse.ca/parched/
#longtermcare #poetry #eldercare
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#longtermcare #poetry #eldercare
From our "A Place To Call Home" issue, an evocative short story about a homeless man. Something many communities can relate to: lawrencehouse.ca/life-stories/
#homelessness #home #Fiction #writingblogs
#homelessness #home #Fiction #writingblogs
Life Stories – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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February 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
From our "A Place To Call Home" issue, an evocative short story about a homeless man. Something many communities can relate to: lawrencehouse.ca/life-stories/
#homelessness #home #Fiction #writingblogs
#homelessness #home #Fiction #writingblogs
One more week to submit to "A Place To Call Home." We are especially searching for poems and prose about the indignity of being unhoused. We are also a paying market: ten dollars per poem and twenty dollars per prose piece. Deadline is January 31st, 2025. Submit here: lawrencehouse.ca/uproar/theme/
Theme Submit – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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January 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
One more week to submit to "A Place To Call Home." We are especially searching for poems and prose about the indignity of being unhoused. We are also a paying market: ten dollars per poem and twenty dollars per prose piece. Deadline is January 31st, 2025. Submit here: lawrencehouse.ca/uproar/theme/
Looking for submissions for “A Place To Call Home.” Think of the unhoused, encampments of all kinds, our environmental home, the effects of war and the loss of homes. Think of home as a basic human right. Deadline: January 31st, 2025. Click here to submit: lawrencehouse.ca/uproar/theme/
December 3, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Looking for submissions for “A Place To Call Home.” Think of the unhoused, encampments of all kinds, our environmental home, the effects of war and the loss of homes. Think of home as a basic human right. Deadline: January 31st, 2025. Click here to submit: lawrencehouse.ca/uproar/theme/
Our final #poem to showcase is "Actias Luna" by Kathryn MacDonald . lawrencehouse.ca/actias-luna/
Actias Luna – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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November 29, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Our final #poem to showcase is "Actias Luna" by Kathryn MacDonald . lawrencehouse.ca/actias-luna/
Sam Hendrian from Los Angeles writes about the #homeless in this bittersweet #poem.
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Discarded Life – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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November 28, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Sam Hendrian from Los Angeles writes about the #homeless in this bittersweet #poem.
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Caitlin Cacciatore is today's poet with her poem "Prodigal Daughters."
"submerged in a sorrow so sweet I could not help but drink.
there are only scars where all my stars used to be."…
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"submerged in a sorrow so sweet I could not help but drink.
there are only scars where all my stars used to be."…
lawrencehouse.ca/prodigal-dau... more
Seed Futures – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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November 27, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Caitlin Cacciatore is today's poet with her poem "Prodigal Daughters."
"submerged in a sorrow so sweet I could not help but drink.
there are only scars where all my stars used to be."…
lawrencehouse.ca/prodigal-dau... more
"submerged in a sorrow so sweet I could not help but drink.
there are only scars where all my stars used to be."…
lawrencehouse.ca/prodigal-dau... more
A magnificent poem with a magnificent photograph. A #poem by Kate Rogers.
"The birds will launch, retrace memory
between the tug of the moon
and the hum of the earth. Fly south."
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"The birds will launch, retrace memory
between the tug of the moon
and the hum of the earth. Fly south."
lawrencehouse.ca/migrants-of-...
Migrants of the Marsh – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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November 26, 2024 at 2:40 PM
A magnificent poem with a magnificent photograph. A #poem by Kate Rogers.
"The birds will launch, retrace memory
between the tug of the moon
and the hum of the earth. Fly south."
lawrencehouse.ca/migrants-of-...
"The birds will launch, retrace memory
between the tug of the moon
and the hum of the earth. Fly south."
lawrencehouse.ca/migrants-of-...
Katharine Weinmann was our 2024 Carmen Ziolkowski Award Winner, and is back again with a beautiful poem about aging. #poetry #aging
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Where A Poem Resides – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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November 25, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Katharine Weinmann was our 2024 Carmen Ziolkowski Award Winner, and is back again with a beautiful poem about aging. #poetry #aging
lawrencehouse.ca/where-a-poem...
lawrencehouse.ca/where-a-poem...
Michelle Beauchamp creates an exquisite winter scene, using the haibun form. #poetry #haibun #winter
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Mèlange – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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November 24, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Michelle Beauchamp creates an exquisite winter scene, using the haibun form. #poetry #haibun #winter
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lawrencehouse.ca/melange/
Ashley Oakes muses about her grandmother in this thoughtful prose poem. #poetry #grandparents lawrencehouse.ca/photosynthes...
Photosynthesis – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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November 23, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Ashley Oakes muses about her grandmother in this thoughtful prose poem. #poetry #grandparents lawrencehouse.ca/photosynthes...
Haunted Bride – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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November 22, 2024 at 1:28 PM
A magical story from one photograph. lawrencehouse.ca/a-relic-by-t...
A Relic by the Sea – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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November 21, 2024 at 3:27 PM
A magical story from one photograph. lawrencehouse.ca/a-relic-by-t...
This non-fiction piece from a writer whose work has appeared at CBC captured our attention. #prose #literaryblog #women
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Things My Mother Taught Me – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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November 20, 2024 at 8:53 PM
This non-fiction piece from a writer whose work has appeared at CBC captured our attention. #prose #literaryblog #women
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We had many outstanding prose and poetry entries to choose from for this season's issue A Moment in Time. Everything from writing inspired by personal family photographs to stunning nature scenes. We hope you enjoy reading the 8 poems and 2 prose pieces that we selected.
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lawrencehouse.ca/uproar/
Uproar – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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November 18, 2024 at 7:43 PM
We had many outstanding prose and poetry entries to choose from for this season's issue A Moment in Time. Everything from writing inspired by personal family photographs to stunning nature scenes. We hope you enjoy reading the 8 poems and 2 prose pieces that we selected.
lawrencehouse.ca/uproar/
lawrencehouse.ca/uproar/