My chapbook is now out with Pinhole Poetry! @pinholepoetry.bsky.social To Order: pinholepoetry.ca/shoppoetry/

Royal City Literary Arts Society / Pinhole Poetry CHAPBOOK LAUNCH Jessica Lee McMillan will read from SHINE LIKE A DIME IN THE DIRT UNDER THE MOON at the Anvil Centre Studio 417, 4th floor, 777 Columbia St, New Westminster, BC APRIL 24, 2026 6:30 - 8PM

It came. It’s beautiful🥹. My deepest thanks to @pinholepoetry.bsky.social Order here: pinholepoetry.ca/shoppoetry/

Pinhole Poetry Contributors - Past & Present - Do you have news you’d like to share with our readers about upcoming publications, readings or events? Send details (along with any links or relevant images) to [email protected] by March 25 and we’ll include it in April’s newsletter.

A Pinhole Poetry CHAPBOOK LAUNCH Yvette LeClair will read from her new chapbook A GIRL SO EASILY at Hair of the Dog, 2nd floor 425 Church St, Toronto, ON APRIL 19, 2026 2 PM with special guests Julie Cameron Gray & R. Kolewe Copies will be for sale at the event

Tuesday poem #675 : Susan Robertson @snullr.bsky.social : I BEGIN THE POEM WITH A LIE / dusie.blogspot.com/2026/03/tues...

Look at this line-up! 🤩 More poems than we’ve ever shared before! So much to celebrate. Look for issue 5.1 on April 3 at pinholepoetry.ca

Good news! If you missed our Winter Workshop Series on Creative Constraints because it didn’t fit into your schedule, we’re offering full access to the recordings on our website. Sign-up for $25 & work through each workshop at your own pace. pinholepoetry.ca/resources-fo...

We had two beautiful chapbook love letters in our January 2026 issue. Thanks to Rob Madden for his letter to ‘Un/Becoming’ (Baseline Press) by Dagne Forrest and to Kim Fahner for her letter to ‘Ancestral-Wing’ (Porkbelly Press)by Sneha Subramanian Kanta.

Pinhole Poetry’s Spring 2026 chapbooks are now available for preorder individually or as a bundle @pinholepoetry.bsky.social Link: pinholepoetry.ca/shoppoetry/

Our last featured poet from the sixteenth issue is Patrick Grace, who shares his poems ‘Dalliance’ and ‘The Matchstick’ with us today. Thanks, Patrick.

Today we’re featuring David Ross Linklater’s gorgeous poem ‘The Feller’ from our sixteenth issue.

Pinhole Poetry’s SPRING 2026 chapbooks— A Girl So Easily, Yvette LeClair/ Of Rain and Kisses, Robin Susanto/ Shine like a Dime in the Dirt Under the Moon, Jessica Lee McMillan/ Available for pre-order and all three as a spring bundle in our shop now! pinholepoetry.ca/shoppoetry/

Today we are featuring Alexandra McKay’s poem ‘ecological love’ from our sixteenth issue.

Dagne Forrest shares two centos with us today. We’re also very excited to have Dagne leading a workshop for Pinhole Poetry this weekend on the topic of the cento! Thanks, Dagne!

Amber Goodwyn’s poem, ‘Human Bone in Sea-Water’ is our feature today!

Reading for our April issue will end Feb 10. If you’re not quite ready, don’t worry! Subs remain open, but we’ll move to reading for our themed edition— July’s issue will be all about subways, undercurrents, subtext & undertows, anything that moves us, somewhere under the surface. Deadline May 15!

Allister White’s poem ‘Supermoon Special’ is our latest feature from our sixteenth issue.

Today we’re featuring ‘My Meditation Practice’ by Julie Cameron Gray from our sixteenth issue.

To listen closely, to keep the channel open. Love this.

We are now offering yearly subscriptions for the 2026 season! Your subscription includes ten handmade chapbooks: VOLUME FOUR SELECTED & work from ARIEL GORDON, YVETTE LECLAIR, JESSICA LEE MCMILLAN, LM ROCHEFORT, ANDREW FRENCH & ROBIN SUSANTO. 3 Fall poets still TBA! pinholepoetry.ca/shoppoetry/

Today we’re featuring Gary Campanella’s poem ‘WFH’ from our sixteenth issue.

Sky Davis is our featured poet today and she shares her poem ‘the road to lizzy’s’

Kelly Shepherd shares his poem ‘Penumbra’ with us today.

Concetta Principe shares her poem ‘Winter’ with us today.

Anthony Di Nardo shares his poem ‘Made by…’ with us today which was published in our most recent issue. Thanks, Anthony!

“the courses of the droplets on your skin, so given, and gone.” Beautiful. From Alastair Morrison. Thanks for highlighting this one, Vicki. It was such a treat to read.

"Fixed courses, immutable pull; still one could have been elsewhere." #TodaysPoem #poetry Love Poem with Theme from Heraclitus by Alastair Morrison (@alasmorrison.bsky.social) (2025 @theshorepoetry.bsky.social) www.theshorepoetry.org/alastair-mor...

Today, Peter Schireson’s ‘Report from the Afterlife’ is our featured poem from our most recent issue.

Kate Rogers’ “Baba Yaga: Wolf Mother’ is our fourth featured poem from our most recent issue.

Our third feature from our latest issue is Monty Reid @mreid.bsky.social who shares his poem ‘Skate’ with us today! Thanks, Monty

Our second feature from our 16th issue is ‘Yellow Pottery’ by Kathryn MacDonald.

Loch Baillie’s poem ‘Wanna Play?’ from our newest issue! Read the whole issue online here: pinholepoetry.ca/17501-2/

Such an honour to have you as a reader and supporter, Vicki!

Our 16th issue is here! Head over to pinholepoetry.ca/current-issue-pinhole-poetry/ to read all the amazing poems and check out Wenda Salomon’s beautiful pinhole photographs. Please share this issue far and wide. We’re very proud and grateful to be able to publish such good work.

What we did in 2025! Can’t wait to see what 2026 holds.

the beginning, middle, and end of the year all belonged to poetry. I got to put out my poem "Home" last winter with @pinholepoetry.bsky.social

We’re taking a little winter break from our inbox and all social media until the new year. I’m so grateful for all the beautiful poetry and community shared in 2025. See you in 2026!

We are currently OPEN until Jan. 31, 2026 for Issue 34 journal submissions! www.thetemzreview.com/submissions....

Announcing the contributors of our next issue, Pinhole Poetry’s 16th issue! It’s going to be full of amazing poems, pinhole photography and a couple of chapbook love letters! Can’t wait for you to read it soon!

Creative Constraints Workshop Series In a series of 90 minute Zoom sessions, explore how creative limits can reroute writing habits, silence the inner critic and open up new ways of making a poem. register & find out more at pinholepoetry.ca/events

"and on his palette the painter mixes the cheap acrylic reds and blues to make something past periwinkle" #TodaysPoem #poetry After the rain starts by @wynnlibby.bsky.social (2025 @pinholepoetry.bsky.social) pinholepoetry.ca/13982-2/

We’re missing pieces for our next issue! We’re still looking for a few more poems and pinhole photography submissions. Check out our guidelines on our website and send in work by Nov 28 to be considered for the Jan 2026 issue. pinholepoetry.ca

Annie Diamond shares her poem ‘Speak over it as magic’ today, along with one of her favourite books of poetry, how cooking and poetry are related, and her thoughts on revision. Thanks for sharing your time and poetry with us Annie! pinholepoetry.ca/an-interview...

Nancy Daoust shares her poem ‘window lets Tuesday sun’ today, along with some thoughts on creative success, what poetry book is on her nightstand, and how she makes room for poetry in her daily life (hint: it includes reading some of our favourites!) Thanks Nancy! pinholepoetry.ca/an-interview...

Sharing a poem I found today by @shelaghrowanlegg.bsky.social from an interview by @pinholepoetry.bsky.social Love the exquisitely crafted musicality that weaves its way throughout in lines such as: 'in that solitude / that sees any light / as solace and succour.' #poetry #poetrycommunity

Wynn Libby shares his poem ‘After the rain starts’ with us today, along with a favourite book of poetry that he keeps close for inspiration, his thoughts on revision, and what he’s working toward with his art. pinholepoetry.ca/an-interview...

Brett Warren shares her poem ‘Feeding the Bees’ today, along with her thoughts about what creative success means for her, how a poem begins, and a revision technique that uses old drafts to feed new poems - an kind of poetic ecosystem! pinholepoetry.ca/an-interview...

newly posted: Jeremy Luke Hill : on a burrow, a nest, a lea stone / @meetthepresses.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/jere...

Our third and final fall chapbook is ready for orders: Svoboda FSR: a biotext’ by Tosh Sherkat. Order it on its own or bundle it with our other fall chapbooks to save $ (& get more books) Available now from our shop at pinholepoetry.ca