CMW Journal

"New" Mennonite Voices in Poetry
Vol. 1, No. 6

A Celebration of “New” Voices in Mennonite Poetry

In a recent talk broadcast on TED, the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie warns against “the danger of a single story.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg

Although her focus is on African writers, and the ways in which western readers ...

  • Three Poems
    Three Poems
    by Cheryl Denise

  • Three Poems
    Three Poems
    by Elise Hofer Derstine

  • Three Poems
    Three Poems
    by Carla Funk

  • Five Poems
    Five Poems
    by Becca J.R. Lachman

  • Five Poems
    Five Poems
    by Joanne Lehman

  • Three Poems from The Illuminations
    Three Poems from The Illuminations
    by Keith Miller

    Translator’s Note:

    At the time I first read The Illuminations, I was making ink drawings of Cairo. I’d lay down water and drop ink into it, letting the colors swim into each other, then go back in with a fine nib and clarify shapes. The Illuminations seemed to ...

  • Three Poems
    Three Poems
    by Jesse Nathan

    These poems are from a collection in progress, “Fugue,” which explores the story and the state of mind of a man named William whose mother was a German Mennonite and whose father was a Polish Jew. William's parents encountered one another in Germany during World War II. Despite everything ...

  • Five Poems
    Five Poems
    by Elsie K. Neufeld

  • Four Poems
    Four Poems
    by Larry Nightingale

  • Five Poems
    Five Poems
    by John Weier

  • Letters Home:  An Informal Report on “Mennonite/s Writing: Manitoba and Beyond”
    Letters Home: An Informal Report on “Mennonite/s Writing: Manitoba and Beyond”
    by Ann Hostetler

    The fifth Mennonite/s Writing conference took place from October 1-4, 2009 at the University of Winnipeg. It was co-chaired by historian Royden Loewen, Chair of Mennonite Studies at the University of Winnipeg, and literary scholar Hildi Froese Tiessen, Professor of English and Peace Studies at the University of Waterloo ...