{"id":3283510,"date":"2026-10-07T15:52:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T18:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3283510"},"modified":"2026-10-08T15:53:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T18:53:55","slug":"interview-marla-lesage-faa-air-poetry-playing-with-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/interview-marla-lesage-faa-air-poetry-playing-with-words","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Marla Lesage (FAA AIR): poetry: “Playing With Words”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Words are magical containers for thoughts, both shaping and being shaped by them.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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My guest today is Marla Lesage<\/a><\/strong>, who spent her time in the FAA artist residency rediscovering of writing poetry, rather than the illustrated children’s books she had usually been writing. She had fun inspiring others to “pick a word” to create their own poems from her words, as well as finding ways to process life and thought through expression.<\/p>\n

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Words are magical containers for thoughts, both shaping and being shaped by them. My guest today is Marla Lesage, who spent her time in the FAA artist residency rediscovering of writing poetry, rather than the illustrated children’s books she had usually been writing. She had fun inspiring others to “pick a word” to create their<\/p>\n

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Podcast: Play in new window<\/a> | Download<\/a><\/p>

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