Since 1995, Planet Earth Poetry (PEP) has been providing a celebratory space for both established and emerging poets to launch their new work. That’s right, we’ve been supporting local and national poets in Victoria B.C. for nearly 30 years! Our work includes both weekly and monthly readings in accessible spaces, online Community Writing Practices, and the longest running community all-poetry open mic in the city! Over the years we’ve offered many educational programs, including: Poetry Master Classes, Poetry Workshops, Summer Poetry Retreats and our Poets in Schools program, and during the pandemic we created Poets Caravan, a digital archive of Southern Vancouver Island poets. We are always brainstorming fresh ways to bring poetry into our community where it is needed the most. 

Planet Earth Poetry is a registered charitable society! Our online donations are now managed through the trusted Canada Helps platform. Please use the form below to donate and automatically receive a tax receipt. Please also consider contributing to our Sponsor a Poet program!

For donations of cash or cheque we can offer tax receipts for amounts of $25 or more.

We deeply appreciate the generous support of our amazing community. Your donations help us present featured poets from BC and across Canada. Join us to celebrate poetry.