Kamal Parmar’s term as the City of Nanaimo’s Poet Laureate is coming to an end so she is reflecting on the work she has done and the lessons she has learned.
Parmar, who has a deep love for writing poetry, took on the position three years ago to connect the community with poetry as a literary ambassador.
Throughout her term, she has worked on serval projects for the City of Nanaimo including writing a poem for Canada Day in 2023 and organizing the Poems for Windows project in 2022. Two bigger projects she worked on were the Hidden Messages Poetry project, which saw haikus she wrote combined with public art, and the the Poetry in the Park project which added poetry to the natural landscape of Bowen Park.
Parmar speaks to CHLY reflecting on her time as the Poet Laureate, the people she has met and how the city and community have inspired her work.
