Rev. Danny Fisher

TMcG at Full Contact Enlightenment points us to news about the upcoming Montreal Zen Poetry Festival. The festival, which is organized by seven people who practice and volunteer at Enpuku-ji/Centre Zen de la Main, is described this way:

“Forget the words!” is the theme of the second biennial Montreal Zen Poetry Festival, an ambitious and enigmatic affair that will take off the weekend of March 06 to 08, 2009. The festival, launched in 2007 and fast becoming a must-attend cultural event, draws on the deep interconnection of Zen and poetry as it aims to bring an awareness of Zen and Zen culture to a wider audience.

Poets, translators, calligraphers, scholars, literary publishers, and Zen monks from across North America will come together to explore how Zen embraces a paradoxical relationship with language. The festival organizers invite everyone to take part in this meaningful and entertaining line-up of events with our lively and thought-provoking speakers and artists.

For more information, visit the festival’s website here.