Little bits Here and there Scratch an itch Pay the fare In this world Nothing's free except a little Poetry.

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Ready to throw up the towel. Well, throw in. But if I'd eaten a towel I'd be ready.

Tonight there was so much going on in Halifax! I was at the Found in Translation art something at the Mayworks Festival at BusStop Theatre and it was hugely fun and beautiful too... but mostly mesmerizingly entertaining. 1/2

My feel feel like they've died and gone to a fiery hell. The rest of me's ok. I wonder if my feet have been up to something I know nothing about? Wish it were more scintillating than it is. Standing. Walking. SCANDALOUS!

Has the forsythia bloomed in halifax yet? I'm afraid if it has I have forgotten. My memory is not cooperating. It's like a toddler whose favourite word is "no" Tantrum. Laughing fit . Nap. A good life but hard on other people.

If you want to see some of the work discussed in CBC's interview today, I featured it on my website: #visualart #painting #landscapes #novascotia #canadianpainting #halisky

Does anyone know if the cafe in the Public Gardens opened on this foggy rainy day.

Wonderful poetry tonight at the Halifax Centtal library. Margo Wheaton always brings poets together with such warmth and gentleness.

I'm getting left further and further behind, in a multitude of ways... but I see friends, manage to cook simple meals keep my dad and myself alive. Somehow it feels like a big enough a job. Sometimes too big. So if you're wondering about my writing, this is it. A bluesky post followed by a big sigh.

I'm so out of every possible loop that I barely know what I'm doing let alone what's going on in this city. But I do know that El Jones will be on the Commons tomorrow with her words streaming from an aerial banner among the kite flyers and those in solidarity with Palestinians. I'll be looking up..

Better late than never. I've been sitting on this for a little while. The story is not new, nor will it stop repeating itself. annaquon.wordpress.com/2026/04/19/n...

$2.4 billion per year. That’s what the federal fuel tax suspension will cost Canadians, while doing little to support those struggling most. 1/3 #SenCA #CdnPoli #AffordabilityCrisis #BasicIncome #HousingCrisis

I feel like i'm a bag of sand with broken chair legs for limbs. Just plop me on your lawn and I'll scare all the kids off. Or maybe stave off a flood, or help with an icy driveway. Those are my super powers today.

Just so you know... there's a basic income conference put on by BIG- NS at Halifax Central Library this coming Friday, April 17th! Check it out here: Basic Income Nova Scotia BIG-NS share.google/Jrq8mFpSdapt...

#Halifax's poet laureates @annaquon.bsky.social, Asha Abdosh, and Daniel Parks are presenting in council chambers now. Fantastic and profound work and words! Go back and listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKzM...

Goodniight peculiar ones, You who are my people. Goodnight awkwardites, Undersocialites, quieteers, And avoidancers.

Another day and no National poetry month Poem. I suck grass. #haiku #nohaikuforyou

I'm barely functioning as a human being today. Should have woken up as grass. Or pepperoni. Or anything a goat would eat.

I admit to having an aversion to seeing certain words in poems these days. Like the word "whisper". Maybe in combination with certain other words it feels ok. Like "whispering stone" or "green whisper" or something. But the word itself sets off bells of... dislike. Which is too bad. For me. 🤔

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YAY!!!

a poem for today! Naw Ruz, Baha'i New Year was celebrated starting last night and today before sunset. annaquon.wordpress.com/2026/03/21/n...

i wrote this poem in Antigonish in 2014., and was looking for a poem to post about Spring and birds and this came to mind. annaquon.wordpress.com/2026/03/19/t...

i wrote this poem in Antigonish in 2014., and was looking for a poem to post about Spring and birds and this came to mind. annaquon.wordpress.com/2026/03/19/t...

HRM's funding for 75 Library Support Specialists, one in every HRCE school, runs out on March 31. Council hasn't promised to renew it. Find your councillor at halifax.ca/councillors and send a quick email today. #SchoolLibrariesNS #HRMBudget

here's a poem for today. The Premier may think he's done but there's thousands who would beg to differ. In this poem think about an abusive partner, destroying the things we hold dear. annaquon.wordpress.com/2026/03/10/c...

Happy International Women's Dbay. A few of us talked about feeling pressured to do more than we can or want to, about forgiving ourselves and giving ourselves permission to rest and play. And now I'm.wondering how many women were murdered today, by men who hate women. Just another day like any other

Here's somewhere to be Tuesday at noon!

Spent a couple hours this afternoon making a sign at the wonderful Wonder'neath for the rally on a Tuesday for a new provincial budget. Forgot to take a photo... can't go Tuesday but wanted to add my voice. " Houston, r u Budgeting 4 a culture desert? Heartless in Nova scotia"

We are NOT done. Keep an eye on this link over the weekend for details about an all-province rally (across all affected sectors) on March 10, in advance of the budget vote in the Nova Scotia legislature.

A medical thing happening in my family so can't get to to protest against provincial cuts to arts and culture at the legislature today. Please give artists and culture workers your love and support, and tell this government where your heart is and where you want your taxes to go too!

My God. People are dying, eating, reading, writing, singing, being born out there in the hell of this world. And here I am on my phone,thinking about how the best time to find money in the street is the morning after a drinking night. Bus stop pocket change. Lost sidewalk bills. Abandoned paychecks.

Spend a lot of time on the couch in the evening . My dad watches TV and I keep him company. It's a waste of time and brain but not a waste of heart. He might not even want company. But I do.and like to know he's not keeled over in his chair.

Deadline 11:59 pm tonight! HRM residents, send me your mental- health related poem by deadline to be included in this project!

Cuts to arts and culture are cuts to wealth, well being and community

Here’s the full list of the Houston government’s grant cuts to organizations. Tell us what you think. By @timbousquet.bsky.social

first the desktop messenger app disappeared. Soon messenger.com will not be accessible leaving only the messenger app on our phones. Wonder when that too will disappear. Well probably time i got off it anyway... before they force Facebook on the world... again.

a painting of the Qwertybet i made a few years back and donated to the Writers Federation of Nova Scotia for a fundraiser. I still really like it!

a reminder that the deadline for the Poet Laureate Mental Health Poem Project is coming up Saturday February 28, 2026! If you'd like the invitation letter and consent form to submit with your poem emailed to you, please contact me at [email protected].

Riding the ferry in the dark.. what willi i see? A red light a green light, a fuschia head of hair over a black leather jacket. Salty blue floor... heading out the door.

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More hearts. Happy healthy harmonious lunar new year!

Happy heart day!

LINDSEY Harrington wrote this lovely poem for me to give my dad at the bakesale for Gaza fundraiser at the Glitter Bean! She's there til 1 accepting donations...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ2L... happening now!

The headline said “Breaking News” I read “heart-breaking news” and braced myself only a little because it’s always the same when the President’s name is in the headline. 1/2