Tower Poetry Society

Promoting poetry since 1951

TPS was born in the McMaster University tower

Words: powerful, spirited, holy,
pound and pound
at the edge of my temple.
Straining against flesh and bone
they mill, push and crowd,
longing for birth.

— Mary Barnes
excerpt from “Birth of a Poem”
(Tower Poetry, Vol. 63#1)

In 2014 the TPS Website was overhauled and simplified which meant that many aspects of the old site could not be continued. Our historical (archived) Poetry & Information website
towerpoetry.ca/poetryplus
contains a wealth of information, history, poetry and commentary.

Volume 65 #1

THE TWIN COMMITMENTS OF TPS:

TOWER POETRY, published twice annually,
receives open submissions
during February and August.

Monthly poetry workshops
are held at Westdale Public Library
in Hamilton, Ontario.

TPS 60^th Anniversary Anthology