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Meet the Founders of this website.
A word from our current recruiter, editor, and writer, Aurora Antonovic:
Poetry is amazing in the sense that it beautifies, inspires, and gives
voice to many things that need be said. It is also a bridge to
relationships, forging friendships where none would otherwise exist.
Such is the case with relationships developed via A Little Archive of
Poetry.
A Little Archive of Poetry was begun by Pete Collins, and when his time came to turn the site over to another to run, he chose his friend, Jocelyne Marchand. At the time, she shared this biographical information about herself with us:
"I, like Pete Collins (the former webmaster), was introduced into
literature at a young age. I was born in Noranda Quebec and received my
education in Ottawa, Ontario. I had a parochial upbringing and the
Sisters were aware that fine literature, poetry in particular 'has the
power of calling all of us to a loving attention of truth that cannot
make itself known in either reason or belief alone.' I had a bilingual
education but I especially enjoyed English literature most of all.
It brought me such pleasure and amusement with one particular teacher.
She had the ability to communicate her enthusiasm of Shakespeare and
other classical works into sheer pleasure! We would beg her to prolong
her discussions well beyond class time. She was delicate in nature as
she was physically... this petite woman stirred in each of us a thirst
for a deeper understanding of what was being studied with her
passionate convictions. She had a keen insight into the author's most
obscure meanings it seemed."
Her goal was to open up our young minds, and as Tennyson would have it:
"to strive to conquer and never to yield."
In sharing a part of herself freely with us, Jocelyne opened
up the bridge of friendship, through poetry, to many of us. In sharing
my verse with her, and discussing the merits of poetry, we became
friends. And it didn’t just stop there because, as I look through the
list of modern poets included on this site, I realize that most all of
them have now become my friends as well.
While Pete Collins built the foundation for this archived site to highlight his love of poetry, Jocelyne is the one who beautified it. Through her time, talent, and devotion, Jocelyne has taken A Little Archive of Poetry to
where it is today: an exciting archive of poetry that blends the best
of classical poetry with the freshness of today’s new poets. Now my
turn to add to this string of friendship founded on poetry has come. At
Jocelyne’s invitation, I am beginning my stint at A Little Archive of Poetry, and extend my hand in welcome to you to come in, explore this site, and enjoy the beauty that poetry brings. ©May, 2006.
Jocelyne & Clive
November, 2006
[Clive is our resident webmaster.]
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