Salt Spring poet lands CBC Poetry Prize

Alessandra Naccarato’s poem Postcards for my Sister has earned her the 2017 CBC Poetry Prize.
Naccarato, of Salt Spring Island, told the CBC her grandmother and other strong, caring women were her inspiration for the poem.
“The last time I saw my grandmother, she had left her husband and taken the greyhound bus to Toronto to start a new life. She was in her 70s, spoke blended English, and had come to Canada for an arranged marriage. I carry this story with me and it has become a