Center for Mennonite Writing

CMW Journal

"New" Mennonite Voices in Poetry

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  Three Poems

  by Cheryl Denise

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  Three Poems

  by Elise Hofer Derstine

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  Three Poems

  by Carla Funk

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  Five Poems

  by Becca J.R. Lachman

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  Five Poems

  by Joanne Lehman

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  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 ...

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  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 ...

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  Five Poems

  by Elsie K. Neufeld

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  Four Poems

  by Larry Nightingale

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  Five Poems

  by John Weier

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  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 ...