Susan Robertson
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Borderline Luddite. Sometimes writes.
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Gobsmacked, honoured and thrilled to have a Baseline chapbook coming in the spring.
about 1 year ago
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Check out Baseline's 2026 lineup!
7 days ago
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phillip crymble
11 days ago
Who would cut / her home to pieces and row away for that? Maggie Smith, from Good Bones (2017)
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KIRBY
17 days ago
Love me a good love poem (or two, or three...)
@helendestroy.bsky.social
@knifeforkbook.bsky.social
www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p210/H...
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I can't wait!!
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18 days ago
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Thank you, Vicki, for this and all you do to promote the love of words.
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21 days ago
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Tom Snarsky
21 days ago
happy first
#smallpoemsunday
of 2026! 💜 feel free to participate by posting small poems you wrote, +/or small poems you love by somebody else :) in the spirit of new beginnings, here’s one I love by Steve Scafidi~
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rob mclennan
21 days ago
newly posted at
@periodicities.bsky.social
: Salma Hussain : THE MORNING LIGHT
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/01/salm...
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Salma Hussain : THE MORNING LIGHT
My sister / the older one / the one not estranged / the one who continues to / is the one to deliver the news – / ...
https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/01/salma-hussain-morning-light.html
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Amanda Earl
24 days ago
Bywords.ca
invites current & former Ottawa residents, students & workers to submit poems. Deadline of February 2026 issue is January 15, 2026. See guidelines on site. Queries:
[email protected]
. Please share this call.
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Rob Taylor
2 months ago
Dear sweet God almighty, what a lineup. Tolu Oloruntoba and Karen Solie, one week from today, online!
www.eventbrite.ca/e/lunch-poem...
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Lunch Poems presents Tolu Oloruntoba & Karen Solie (Online)
Lunch Poems at SFU is a unique opportunity to celebrate poetry and is held the third Wednesday of every month, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/lunch-poems-presents-tolu-oloruntoba-karen-solie-online-tickets-1778454337799
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I can't be there, but you should if you can.
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3 months ago
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So timely. But it shouldn't have to be timely for these stories to matter. I just registered.
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3 months ago
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Evan Jones (Ευριπίδες Ιωάννου)
3 months ago
Meanwhile in the social media multiverse. My poem for Steven Heighton.
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What a treat to meet and hear Steve McOrmond and Jeremy Luke Hill.
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3 months ago
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Come out Friday for poetry and ghosts galore!
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3 months ago
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Michael Goodfellow's chapbook Cleft is gorgeous.
3 months ago
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Come hear Steve, Jeremy, and me and help celebrate Baseline Press!
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3 months ago
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Amazing poem by Joy Harjo.
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3 months ago
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Amanda Earl
4 months ago
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Read this astonishing work!
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4 months ago
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For
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social
's
#smallpoemsunday
one from
@roblucastaylor.bsky.social
's Weather.
4 months ago
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Victoria Chang
4 months ago
Join Poetry@Tech for a Virtual Poetry Craft Talk with Rick Barot: Lavish Syntax. Oct. 25, 2pm ET/11am PT. Register here:
gatech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Poetry@Tech Rick Barot Virtual Craft Talk on Syntax. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join us for Poetry@Tech's poetry craft talk with Rick Barot Lavish Syntax The problem at the heart of writing a poem is the problem of dramatization. That is, how do we dramatize in language—a very limited means—the dynamics of thought, sensation,
https://gatech.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Lb4jc3TvQ1qtGCCkwYBEmA#/registration
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It's not fall without the Small Press Book Fair!
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4 months ago
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One of my favourites by Jean Valentine
#smallpoemsunday
4 months ago
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Come help Dagne Forrest and me celebrate our Baseline Press chapbooks along with special guest
@nancyhuggett.bsky.social
. Saturday, September 20, 2:00 p.m. at the Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank St., Ottawa.
5 months ago
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In Ottawa November 14!
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5 months ago
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Scrivener Creative Review
5 months ago
One month only. Submit now:
scrivenerreview.com/submit
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This poem. Why does this season I love so much make me sad?
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5 months ago
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Heather Christle online! I'm signing up now!
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5 months ago
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Two poems for
#smallpoemsunday
, one by Charles Simic (the master!) and one from my Baseline Press chapbook.
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social
5 months ago
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Frances Boyle
5 months ago
If you're in or near Ottawa, don't miss this!
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Come help Dagne Forrest and me celebrate our Baseline Press chapbooks along with special guest
@nancyhuggett.bsky.social
. Saturday, September 20, 2:00 p.m. at the Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank St., Ottawa.
5 months ago
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Rose Knapp 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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Heather Christle
5 months ago
Reading about neuroscience leads me to reconfirm that a fundamental quality I value in poetry is its ability to "perturb those restless proactive seas." Poetry loves to get in the way.
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Steve McOrmond
5 months ago
My new chapbook “Jacaranda Trees, Mexico City” is here and available to preorder from Baseline Press:
www.baselinepress.ca#/jacaranda-t...
#poetry
#poem
#chapbook
#CDMX
#Mexico
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What a great list! I’m particularly eager for
@nicolavulpe.bsky.social
’s latest.
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5 months ago
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phillip crymble
5 months ago
Ada Limón, from Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets (2025).
@rachaelboast.bsky.social
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
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6 months ago
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Bywords is the best! A great selection of local poetry every month and a constantly updated literary calendar. Easy to submit and a delight to read!
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6 months ago
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phillip crymble
6 months ago
This important anthology's available here in Canada as of today, folks. Received confirmation this morning that my copy has just shipped.
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Amanda Earl
6 months ago
Poets receive an honorarium upon publication. Poems published in
Bywords.ca
between September, 2025 & August, 2026 will be eligible for consideration for the 2026 John Newlove Poetry Award.
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Bywords: Poetry and Ottawa Literary Events
Bywords publishes poetry, a Calendar of Literary Events, and the Bywords Quarterly Journal. Its aims are to publish emerging and established poets who reside, study or work in Ottawa.
https://Bywords.ca
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Got buzzed by a hummingbird on its way to visit the bee balm I started in yoghurt containers in the snow. Thank you Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library for the seeds and directions.
6 months ago
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phillip crymble
6 months ago
For the last day of
#DisabilityPrideMonth
, a poem that first appeared in Couplet Poetry back in 2022.
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Always a great event!
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6 months ago
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Highly recommend!
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6 months ago
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Are the grasshoppers unusually large this year?
6 months ago
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Glorious morning at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden with a friend, frogs, a toad, tadpoles, and birds from large (pileated woodpecker) to small (hummingbird). The ravine is non-stop wildflowers.
6 months ago
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Thank you,
@pinholepoetry.bsky.social
!
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6 months ago
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Thank you, Phillip. I’m thrilled I’ll be included! (This poem is from my chapbook, So I Go, out with the remarkable Baseline Press.)
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7 months ago
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Love this by Steven Heighton from the preface to his “Selected Poems 1893-2020.”
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Helen Robertson
7 months ago
Shameless self promotion go! In all honesty though it's a privilege and delight to be included in this series. Thank you so much
@robmclennan.bsky.social
for all that you do for the poetry community.
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