{"id":6042,"date":"2025-12-21T16:28:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T20:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.caraquet.ca\/culture-and-leisure\/poetry\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T15:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T18:07:11","slug":"poetry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/en\/culture-and-leisure\/poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6042\" class=\"elementor elementor-6042 elementor-6032\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2d18fa e-flex e-con-boxed ob-is-container-extras e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d2d18fa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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                 <span class=\"ue-home-icon\"><i class='fas fa-home'><\/i><\/span>                                \n                              <\/span>\n                            <\/a>\n                                                    <\/li>              \t\t    \n                                                <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n\n            \n<!-- end Breadcrumbs -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e38252 ob-harakiri-inherit ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6e38252\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_harakiri&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_harakiri_writing_mode&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;_ob_harakiri_text_clip&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Poetry<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-337b34e ob-harakiri-inherit ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"337b34e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_harakiri&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_harakiri_writing_mode&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2021, the City of Caraquet, in collaboration with its Acadian Poetry Festival, established the position of official poet. Its mandate is to act as a literary ambassador for the City within its territory and beyond, and to contribute to the development of its citizens through the appreciation of writing and the spoken arts in French. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f751275 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f751275\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ob_use_container_extras&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0618f18 ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-ucaddon_uc_icon_accordion\" data-id=\"0618f18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"ucaddon_uc_icon_accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- start Icon Accordion -->\n\n<style>\/* widget: Icon Accordion *\/\n\n#uc_uc_icon_accordion_elementor_0618f18 *{\n\tbox-sizing: border-box;\n}\n\n#uc_uc_icon_accordion_elementor_0618f18 .uc_container .uc-heading{\n\tcursor:pointer;\n    display:flex;\n    align-items:center;\n    transition:0.3s;\n}\n\n#uc_uc_icon_accordion_elementor_0618f18 .uc_container .uc-heading span.bbb{\n\tdisplay:block;\t  \n}\n\n#uc_uc_icon_accordion_elementor_0618f18 .uc_ac_box.uc-item-active span.uc_dactive{\n\tdisplay:none;\n}\n\n#uc_uc_icon_accordion_elementor_0618f18 .uc_ac_box:not(.uc-item-active) span.uc_active{\n\tdisplay:none;\n}\n\n#uc_uc_icon_accordion_elementor_0618f18 .ue_icon_holder,\n#uc_uc_icon_accordion_elementor_0618f18 .ue_icon_spacing{\n  flex-grow:0;\n  flex-shrink:0; 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During her Bachelor of Arts studies at Universit\u00e9 Laval, she became interested in glass as a material, exploring the wide range of heat-based transformations.  <\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;letter-spacing: 0.1px\">It was partly this research that led her to share her expertise during the development of the college-level glass training program in Quebec. She also taught at Espace VERRE from 1988 to 2008. Upon settling in the Acadian Peninsula, her body of visual work took on a new form, while remaining rooted in the context of current events.   <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;letter-spacing: 0.1px\">Having moved away from the typical urban window and its societal metaphors, the artist\u2019s sculptural panels embrace the transformations born of the complete fusion of glass layers. In this dialogue with a favored medium, words serve as guides, inscribed within both the artwork and the title. Read more   <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;letter-spacing: 0.1px\"><span style=\"font-family: &apos;Aptos&apos;,sans-serif\">Between the x-axis and the y-axis<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;letter-spacing: 0.1px\"> focuses on our world\u2019s current drift toward a future societal model. Each painting is accompanied by a handmade book, with poetic texts that bear witness to the conceptual work.  <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;letter-spacing: 0.1px\">For her, the seeding of thoughts into verbalized ideas makes the creation of something yet to come probable. Her poetry questions, proposes, and invites the sharing of the change to come.  <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;letter-spacing: 0.1px\">As the official poet of the city of Caraquet, she connects the moment, the place, and the purpose of the gatherings to which she is invited. She shares her personal perspective in relation to a community with whom she shares important issues. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be71158 ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"be71158\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_spacerat_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-659e3cc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"659e3cc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_container_extras&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c025c03 ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c025c03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_photomorph_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/elisabeth_marier.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"\u00c9lisabeth Marier\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTI4MDEsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9jYXJhcXVldC5jYVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvZWxpc2FiZXRoX21hcmllci5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/elisabeth_marier.png\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-12801\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/elisabeth_marier.png 940w, https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/elisabeth_marier-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/elisabeth_marier-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n     \n    \n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"uc_uc_icon_accordion_elementor_0618f18_item2\" class=\"uc_ac_box  elementor-repeater-item-24dac14\">\n  <div class=\"uc-heading uc_trigger\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"uc_uc_icon_accordion_elementor_0618f18_item2-content\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n    \n        \n    <div id=\"uc_uc_icon_accordion_elementor_0618f18_item2-title\" class=\"ue_title\">Poet from April 2024 to March 2026 - Joannie Thomas<\/div>    \n    \n          <div class=\"ue_expand_spacing\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_expand\">\n        <div class=\"ue_expand_inside\">\n          <span class=\"uc_dactive bbb ue_accordion_icon\" ><i class='fal fa-long-arrow-down'><\/i><\/span>\n          <span class=\"uc_active bbb ue_accordion_icon\"><i class='fal fa-long-arrow-up'><\/i><\/span>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n        \n  <\/div>\n  \n  <div id=\"uc_uc_icon_accordion_elementor_0618f18_item2-content\" class=\"uc_content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"uc_uc_icon_accordion_elementor_0618f18_item2-title\" >\n     \n    \n          \t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"single-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6077\" class=\"elementor elementor-6077 elementor-6052 elementor-6052\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d84c7e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2d84c7e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_container_extras&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c7605 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28c7605\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_container_extras&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-578566a ob-harakiri-inherit ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"578566a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_harakiri&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_harakiri_writing_mode&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Poet and theatre artist Joannie Thomas has been appointed the new Poet Laureate of the Town of Caraquet. Her appointment by the selection committee was announced by her predecessor to elected officials and citizens of the community at the regular town council meeting on May 13, 2024. <\/p><p>Appointed for a two-year term running until March 2026, multidisciplinary artist Joannie Thomas says she wants to base her work on humanist values, particularly by giving voice and poetry to groups whose voices our societies still struggle to value: children, women, and the elderly. &#8220;I want our poetry to flood the public space like an overflow, like a need to burst forth!&#8221; she says. <\/p><p>With her project entitled &#8220;Weaving our links&#8221;, she will initiate writing workshops with students in the territory in the coming weeks, and then meet with groups of women and seniors during the 28th Acadian Poetry Festival, which will take place from August 1 to 4, 2024. During the year, she will also speak in poetry at various public events in the municipality. <\/p><p>Joannie Thomas succeeds poet and cultural worker Jonathan Roy, who was appointed to inaugurate the position in 2022.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be71158 ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"be71158\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_spacerat_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-659e3cc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"659e3cc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_container_extras&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c025c03 ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c025c03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_photomorph_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Poete-Joannie-Thomas.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"The poet and playwright, Joannie Thomas\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Poet and theatre artist Joannie Thomas has been appointed the new Poet Laureate of the Town of Caraquet. Her appointment by the selection committee was announced by her predecessor to elected officials and citizens of the community at the regular town council meeting on May 13, 2024. \" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NjA3NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NhcmFxdWV0LmNhXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9Qb2V0ZS1Kb2FubmllLVRob21hcy5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"844\" height=\"976\" src=\"https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Poete-Joannie-Thomas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-6076\" alt=\"The poet and playwright, Joannie Thomas\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Poete-Joannie-Thomas.jpg 844w, https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Poete-Joannie-Thomas-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Poete-Joannie-Thomas-768x888.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 844px) 100vw, 844px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n     \n    \n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"uc_uc_icon_accordion_elementor_0618f18_item3\" class=\"uc_ac_box  elementor-repeater-item-3f43554\">\n  <div class=\"uc-heading uc_trigger\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"uc_uc_icon_accordion_elementor_0618f18_item3-content\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n    \n        \n    <div id=\"uc_uc_icon_accordion_elementor_0618f18_item3-title\" class=\"ue_title\">Poet from April 2022 to March 2024 - Jonathan Roy<\/div>    \n    \n          <div class=\"ue_expand_spacing\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_expand\">\n        <div class=\"ue_expand_inside\">\n          <span class=\"uc_dactive bbb ue_accordion_icon\" ><i class='fal fa-long-arrow-down'><\/i><\/span>\n          <span class=\"uc_active bbb ue_accordion_icon\"><i class='fal fa-long-arrow-up'><\/i><\/span>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n        \n  <\/div>\n  \n  <div id=\"uc_uc_icon_accordion_elementor_0618f18_item3-content\" class=\"uc_content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"uc_uc_icon_accordion_elementor_0618f18_item3-title\" >\n     \n    \n          \t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"single-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6074\" class=\"elementor elementor-6074 elementor-6061 elementor-6061\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70d1c28 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"70d1c28\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_container_extras&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5af5d48 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5af5d48\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_container_extras&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69fc388 ob-harakiri-inherit ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69fc388\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_harakiri&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_harakiri_writing_mode&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Born in Bathurst in 1986, he has lived in Caraquet for about fifteen years. He is the author of the collections *Sav\u00e8ches \u00e0 fragmentation* (Perce-Neige, 2019) and *Apprendre \u00e0 tomber* (Perce-Neige, 2012), both winners of the Antonine-Maillet Acadie-Vie Literary Prize. His third book, *M\u00e9lamine m\u00e9duse*, will be published in spring 2023 by the same publisher. Over the years, he has contributed to journals and anthologies, designed artists&#8217; books, written songs for C\u00e9dric Vieno and Les H\u00f4tesses d\u2019Hilaire, and created video poems. In addition to numerous public readings, he participated in the literary performances *Manifeste scal\u00e8ne* and *Fuites &#8211; Les pipelines se couchent \u00e0 l\u2019Est*, and then played himself in *Sav\u00e8ches*, a theatrical adaptation of his collection produced by Th\u00e9\u00e2tre populaire d\u2019Acadie in 2021. Alongside his artistic practice, he directs the Festival acadien de po\u00e9sie, to which he has contributed since 2010; he is also co-director of the Po\u00e9sie collection at \u00c9ditions Perce-Neige. Serving a two-year term, he is the first Official Poet Laureate of the Town of Caraquet.      <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-586b50d ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"586b50d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_spacerat_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02d7468 elementor-align-justify elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-widget__width-inherit culture-loisirs-section ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"02d7468\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/poeme-assermentation-du-conseil.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Po\u00e8me - Je vous offre mon \u00eele\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Poem - Je vous offre mon \u00eele<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81e6a76 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"81e6a76\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_container_extras&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-459c293 ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"459c293\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_photomorph_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Poete-Jonathan-Roy.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Poet from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024: Jonathan Roy\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Born in Bathurst in 1986, he has lived in Caraquet for about fifteen years. He is the author of the collections *Sav\u00e8ches \u00e0 fragmentation* (Perce-Neige, 2019) and *Apprendre \u00e0 tomber* (Perce-Neige, 2012), both winners of the Antonine-Maillet Acadie-Vie Literary Prize. His third book, *M\u00e9lamine m\u00e9duse*, will be published in spring 2023 by the same publisher.  \" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NjA3MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NhcmFxdWV0LmNhXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9Qb2V0ZS1Kb25hdGhhbi1Sb3kuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1079\" height=\"1221\" src=\"https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Poete-Jonathan-Roy.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-6073\" alt=\"Poet from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024: Jonathan Roy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Poete-Jonathan-Roy.jpg 1079w, https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Poete-Jonathan-Roy-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Poete-Jonathan-Roy-905x1024.jpg 905w, https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Poete-Jonathan-Roy-768x869.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1079px) 100vw, 1079px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n     \n    \n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Icon Accordion -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2021, the City of Caraquet, in collaboration with its Acadian Poetry Festival, established the position of official poet. Its mandate is to act as a literary ambassador for the City within its territory and beyond, and to contribute to the development of its citizens through the appreciation of writing and the spoken arts in French. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6041,"parent":6015,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_jet_sm_ready_style":"","_jet_sm_style":"","_jet_sm_controls_values":"","_jet_sm_fonts_collection":"","_jet_sm_fonts_links":"","iawp_total_views":5,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6042","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6042"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12774,"href":"https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6042\/revisions\/12774"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caraquet.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}