"They keened like witches and cut the stars in half." #TodaysPoem #poetry Seagulls at the University by @annaquon.bsky.social (2025 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2025/09/10/s...

BREAKING: A court ruled that the federal government can't pick and choose among viewpoints when deciding who gets a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. We took the Trump administration to court to fight artistic censorship — and won.

Have some respect, it's high tomato season.

"Foster a 'people first' culture that makes Saint Mary’s a desirable place to work and build a career" Priority 2 of the Strategic Plan for @smuhalifax.bsky.social 2024-2029 Empty words or their bargaining team is not on board with this priority? @cupe3912.bsky.social #cdnpse @caut.bsky.social

“This view […] reflects our commitment to helping create a global future that is more equitable and more just” except for Part-Time Faculty. For them, improved working conditions “will never happen.” @cupe3912.bsky.social #cdnpse #canlab @smuhalifax.bsky.social #SMU World without limits?

Put Melissa Etheridge in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, you lesbophobic cowards.

people want to say everything is *like* slavery except slavery

I'm participating in this Fundraiser Thursday, 25 September, 7-8:30PM at PULP Bookstore 3952 Wellington, Verdun. Free donation Cash or Square at event and email [email protected]. Please share 🍉

every butch I know has been yelled at and called a “man” in a women’s restroom, but TERFs will get online and pat themselves on the back for how much they care about lesbians

Just pre-ordered my copy!

Dear people, my new book of essays is here 🧡! In The Field comes out in October, but you can pre-order it from Palimpsest Press now if you like: palimpsestpress.ca/books/in-the.... You can also make a purchase request at your local library and read it that way.

These came and I wasn't quite expecting them yet and it's a small oddity of the writing life that a stranger will come to your door and hand you what you've been working on for years. Here they are among some of their influences, I think they're starting to feel at home with me.

My thanks to On Creative Writing for the chance to talk about the writing process & software that writes for us & other matters.

Complain about the price of books all you want, they are actually kinda wildly cheap these days. Like, a latte is often $8 or so, a sandwich, $17, yet we're upset about a book that will provide somewhere between two hours and a lifetime of entertainment and stimulation costing $23?

A glance at an extraordinary new release from Luke Hathaway. A NYT Best Book of Poems when @biblioasis.bsky.social first published it. Rereleased with a new afterword to his afterword and poems—and man has he travelled, body and spirit. One of our best writers today.

Surfers really out there going after the ocean as if they haven't met the ocean.

#Smallpoemsunday I just memorized this one, because I liked it so much.

“I prefer the absurdity of writing poems / to the absurdity of not writing poems” - Wislawa Szymborska

My students, who attend a working-class rust-belt college, openly talk abt how much they hate AI & are afraid of its consequences. I wonder how much of the oft-reported student enthusiasm for the tech is the merely result of the NYT’s Ivy League bias

One more from Marie Howe

If anyone feels critical of AI and has more energy than I do, you might want to call Cross Country Checkup and share some words. The topic today is "How has AI changed your life?" and all the callers so far use it and love it.

😱 THE! 😱 LAST! 😱 DAY! 😱

There is also a separate Canadian case against Meta (who also used LibGen), so Canadian authors take note: www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

Poetry is the vibiest art

Will someone please teach these men how to use the bcc function.

Tuesday poem #647 : Ronna Bloom : Things he said the last time we visited / @ronnabloom.bsky.social @wlupress.bsky.social ; dusie.blogspot.com/2025/08/tues...

Here it is, the full cover, ready to rock! Big thanks to Tolu Oloruntoba, Annick MacAskill, and Stuart Ross for the blurbs, and to David Altmejd for the sculpture. Everyone at @ecwpress.bsky.social is a dream to work with. I am so fortunate. September. More here: ecwpress.com/products/nmlct

Is it just me, or has the vibe of Ian Hanomansing solidified into biggest narc ever?

supermarket is selling vegan, plant-based raspberries and I'm like ... I should HOPE SO, have you been selling a different kind before now

I like a good joke more than I like being married to a specific school of poetry.

💙📚️Happy National Poet's Day! 💙📚️(Poet's day is every day in our hearts, but in the name of being on the same page 📖, we'll honour the calendar date.)

People are so excited that we might be on the verge of civil war. I’m not. I’m a basic bitch who likes basic things like pumpkin spice lattes and not getting shot at in the grocery store.

QUICK, EVERYONE MAKE SIGNS CRITICIZING OR MOCKING ICE SO THEY SPEND TIME TAKING DOWN SIGNS THAT HURT THEIR FEELINGS INSTEAD OF ARRESTING 9 YEAR OLDS ON THEIR WAY TO CHEMO TREATMENTS! What a bunch of snowflakes…

A mid-summer sonnet that came to mind on our drive out to Prince Edward Island yesterday. First published in Cake Magazine (UK) back in 2013. #smallpoemsunday

I’m at the airport. Where time is frozen and calories don’t count.

Just had a literary festival try to assuage my concerns about their workshop with a “decolonially trained AI” by assuring me the AI isn’t getting paid for their session, as if my concern was grounded in the pay scale for the robots

Today’s action by the federal government to force Air Canada flight attendants back to work without pay is wrong. Like all workers, they deserve to be compensated for every hour on the job and to negotiate a fair contract at the bargaining table. That’s basic fairness.

Lesbian teen claims she was forced to prove she's a woman while using restaurant bathroom

Possible evacuation: Residents of 4800 Block of West Dalhousie Road near Godfrey Lake, Annapolis County should be prepared to evacuate due to wildfire near Hoyt Lake. Follow alerts at novascotia.ca/alerts/

From Sentinel Pass Above Moraine Lake, Rocky Mts. Lawren Harris c. 1929

Shaman and Apprentice Norval Morrisseau ~ Anishinaabe c. 1980-1985

Kinngait Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk 2002

you have to like women to connect with them

An N95 respirator mask can protect you from wildfire smoke, and turn on your air filters, if you have them!

I had a sign made to mount on my rural mailbox post. It's small, but not all wayfinding sings at the top of its voice. This sign’s job is simply to reassure those who already know what they are looking for that they are indeed in the right place (Yes, this long lane leads to your destination').

An excellent time was had by all (or me at least!) reading at @tridenthalifax.bsky.social with the incomparable @thisisannick.bsky.social! Annick’s new collection of poetry, Votive (Gaspereau Press) is delectable. I think you should all read it. ♥️

Just to be clear about what this says--not only is transition rare among the general population (<2%) and not only is detransition rare among those who do (lowest estimate is 1%, highest is 10%), but *transition regret* is only a third of detransition. A fraction of a fraction of a fraction