Paul Edward Costa

Paul Edward Costa, poet

Paul Edward Costa is a literary artist, former Poet Laureate for the City of Mississauga, and the current Director of Toronto's Art Bar Poetry Series. He has featured at many poetry readings in person and online like Shab-e She’r and the Victoria Poetry Project and has published widely in literary journals such as Train: A Poetry Journal, Pinhole Poetry, and Subterranean Blue Poetry. His collection God Damned Avalon is available from Mosaic. He has also won the Mississauga Arts Council’s Emerging Literary Arts Award.

There’s Wisdom in the Crimson Mural— Volume 7, Issue 3

One of the most difficult aspects of growth is knowing when something is a true change in ourselves and when we are going through an impulsive, knee-jerk reaction. Paul Edward Costa's poem There’s Wisdom in the Crimson Mural is an attempt to explore this moment of reflection and personal development