Rachael Willis’ poem Listen challenges us to savour the songs of nature in order to heal ourselves and our Earth. Read it at the link below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #earth #motherearth #nature #music #poetry #poet #healing #heal #writer #writingcommunity

Daniela Violin’s Learning to Dance celebrates the poet’s relationships and finds the intersection of music and dance within them. Read it here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #barbrastreisand #music #dance #poetry #poet #writer #literaryjournal #words #love

Shawn McGrory’s poem Let the Evil They Did Be Buried blends Shakespeare and memory with jazz, classical, and gospel music. Read it here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #shakespeare #poetry #poem #music #jazz #gospel #classicalmusic #writingcommunity #writer #poet

Spencer Keene’s poem The Newport Rebellion captures one of the most important moments in music history—when Dylan went electric. Read it here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #music #bobdylan #guitar #electricguitar #poem #poetry #musichistory #writingcommunity #writer

Liana Cusmano’s prose poem Somewhere Else is a story of Disney animation, music, family, and courage. You can read it at the link below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #disney #animation #movie #music #poetry #poet #prose #poem #writer #literaryjournal #family #courage

Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews’ poem The Return is dedicated to her mother, who watched patiently while Josie rode the carousel of life. Read it here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #poetry #poem #poet #writer #music #mother #motherhood #daughter #writingcommunity #children

Float through the winds of history in Henan, China with us. Read Yuan Changming’s poem Intermezzo of the Flute here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #henan #china #chinese #flute #music #poetry #poem #poet #writingcommunity #canadian #writer #history

Marion Lougheed’s poem illustrates the life of a musician—the dedication, the moments of isolation, and the complex emotions. Read it at the link below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #violin #violinist #musician #music #poetry #poem #poet #writer #literaryjournal

Cypher is one of Canada’s young and exciting emerging writers. Her poem A Pianist to Her Piano captures the essence of the creative spirit. Read it here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #piano #pianist #musician #artist #writer #poet #poetry #literaryjournal #creativity

Kerry-Ann Ingram used to think love was a chorus, until she learned the power of singing solo. Read about her healing journey in her poem at the link below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #courage #mentalhealth #selflove #music #poetry #poem #loveyourself #heal

Author and singer-songwriter T.J. Thompson composed Wild Cosmic Trip for a loved one who overcame great adversity. Read the lyrics below and share them with anyone who needs them: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #song #lyrics #songwriter #mentalhealth #poetry #music #heal

Thank you poet Matthew Johnson for interviewing our Founding Editor about our #literaryjournal. To learn more about our publication, read the full interview below: matthewjohnsonpoetry.substack.com/p/in-sync-ru... #interview #editor #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #music #publisher

Marianne Tefft’s poem Seasons of Sound eloquently captures the beauty of every season in #Ontario. Read it now to beat the winter blues. Or to visit this beautiful province: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #winter #winterblues #nature #music #poem #poet #poetry #canada

Volume 5, Issue 1: The Poetry Issue is now live! These fabulous poems pertain to so many genres of music including classical, the blues, hip hop & grunge. Read our Editor’s Issue here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #poetry #poet #music #editor #literaryjournal #read

Thank you to Natalie Welsh for including my poem “Carrion” in the new issue of @syncopationlit.bsky.social. Click this link to read the entire issue: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/volume-5-iss...

Want to take a heart-stirring road trip through Northern Ontario? Read Denis Robillard’s “Old songs on the car radio.” You will find it in our free poetry eBook below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/canadian-poe... #ontario #canada #travel #roadtrip #music #radio #poetry #poet #canadian

There is less than one month to submit your work to Volume 5, Issue 2: Dreams & Fantasy. For full submission details, please click the link below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/call-for-sub... #callforsubmissions #literaryjournal #writer #writingcommunity #poet #poetrycommunity #music

What do music fans do backstage at concerts when they reach their golden years? @krwbooks.bsky.social ponders this in his ditty Classic Rock. Find it in our poetry eBook here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/canadian-poe... #babyboomer #boomer #classicrock #music #poetry #writer #poet

domenico capilongo’s poem bent trumpet 1953 is an imagist retelling of how Dizzy Gillespie’s bent trumpet came to be. Find it in our free eBook below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/canadian-poe... #trumpet #jazz #dizzygillespie #music #poetry #poem #poet #writingcommunity #writer

Plagued with insomnia, you put on an old Moody Blues tape and the hopelessness in your heart shatters. Read Victor Kennedy’s full poem in our free eBook below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/canadian-poe... #music #moodyblues #poetry #poems #book #writingcommunity #mentalhealth #dreams

The best things in life are free, such as our collection Canadian Poets on Music. It contains verses from spectacular writers including Cassandra Myers. Download your free eBook at the link below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/canadian-poe... #canada #canadian #poetry #music #writer

Meg Freer’s poem Sorrows is an elegy for a violinist friend, inspired by a concert in a historic Anglican church. You can read it in our free eBook below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/canadian-poe... #music #musicsky #violin #musician #poetry #poet #writer #writingcommunity

Melanie Flores’ poem Ode to Lazarus and Blackstar pays tribute to David Bowie through references to his final album. Read it by downloading our free eBook here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/canadian-poe... #davidbowie #music #poetry #poems #writingcommunity #album #readingcommunity

Kathleen McHale’s How to Deal with Darkness combines the works of #jamesbaldwin and #carljung with music to tell a story of survival. Read it in our poetry book below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/canadian-poe... #music #poetry #poet #writingcommunity #resilience #book

Can you tell a story in 1000 words or less? We are seeking Flash Fiction for Volume 5, Issue 2. For details, click the link below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/call-for-sub... #callforsubmissions #writer #writingcommunity #flashfiction #music #fantasy #storyteller

In her poem Flaneuse, Kathryn MacDonald uses world travel and elements of jazz to record timeless memories. Read it in our free eBook below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/canadian-poe... #music #jazz #poetry #poem #travel #writer #writingcommunity #book #books #read #reader

Today, @megsdregs.bsky.social takes us back to a music festival in Montreal with her poem Osheaga 2015. There will be poutine! To join us, download a free copy of Canadian Poets on Music: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/canadian-poe... #poetry #canada #music #montreal #writingcommunity

Do you write #creativenonfiction? We are seeking submissions for Volume 5, Issue 2: Dreams & Fantasy. If you love music, check out the details below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/call-for-sub... #callforsubmissions #nonfiction #writer #writingcommunity #music #musicsky #literaryjournal

In HeartWreck, poet Callista Markotich recalls seeing #gordonlightfoot play live on the shores of the #GreatLakes. You can read it in our FREE eBook at the link below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/canadian-poe... #edmundfitzgerald #music #canadian #canada #poet #poetry #writer

Ivan A. Salazar M. wrote a poem using rich imagery of the Canadian landscape to pay tribute to Gordon Lightfoot. Read it in our free eBook at the link below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/canadian-poe... #gordonlightfoot #music #musicsky #poetry #poet #canada #canadian #book

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.

Yorkville in Toronto was once a hippie haven. Gentrification replaced the coffeehouses with luxury boutiques. You can read about it in Honey Novick’s poem by downloading our eBook below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/canadian-poe... #toronto #canada #poetry #music #books #freebook

Had a little story about this very feast published in @syncopationlit.bsky.social a while back … syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

Timothy Maloney is a writer and musician from Toronto. You can read his tribute to Glenn Gould by downloading our FREE poetry eBook below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/canadian-poe... #piano #music #classicalmusic #glenngould #poetry #poet #writingcommunity #musicsky

We are currently accepting submissions for Volume 5, Issue 2: Dreams & Fantasy. For details, click the link below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/call-for-sub... #callforsubmissions #writer #writingcommunity #writer #poetrycommunity #poet #music #musicsky #literaryjournal #fantasy

Lynn Wilson is an artist from York Region in Ontario, Canada. Her painting Listen graces the cover of our ebook Canadian Poets on Music. Download your free copy below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/canadian-poe... #art #artist #painting #coverart #poetry #book #ebook #writer #music

In Ottawa on January 12? Attend the book launch of Kagiso Lesego Molope’s We Inherit the Fire: A Novel—a powerful story about the complex relationship between a teenage girl and her mother, a former political prisoner in South Africa. Don’t miss this opportunity: www.canada.ca/en/library-a...

Paul Anka. Alanis. Drake. Stephen Grant’s poem Oh, Canada! is a musical genealogy. Read it in our eBook at link below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/canadian-poe... #poem #poetry #canada #canadian #music #musichistory #writer #literaryjournal

In her poem Dear United States, Rebecca Clifford uses song titles to express her fears that the long friendship between two nations is being destroyed. Read it in our free eBook below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/canadian-poe... #canada #unitedstates #politics #poetry #writer #music

We have a new #callforsubmissions! Theme: Dreams & Fantasy. For full details, click the link below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/call-for-sub... #literaryjournal #music #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #fantasy #dreams #writingcommunity #fantasywriter #poet #musician

Nancy Walden’s poem Theme and Variations explores our relationship with music—its impact on our minds and our souls. To read it, download our free eBook here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/canadian-poe... #poem #poetry #music #free #ebook #book #writingcommunity #reader #booksky

We are excited to kick off 2026 with our eBook Canadian Poets on Music, a FREE collection of writing from a diverse group of creatives. Download your copy at the link below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/canadian-poe... #poetry #poems #poet #book #ebook #writingcommunity #freestuff

Happy born day to "Old World Wings: Poems of Europe"! If this book was a baby, she'd arrive with a clove cigarette, passport, cafe au lait, stamped train tickets, and a worn out backpack! wild-ink-publishing.com/amanda-hayden/ a.co/d/6PlilWt www.barnesandnoble.com/.../old-worl...

We're still accepting nonfiction submissions for Issue 2! Submit your work by December 20 to be featured! Anonymous submissions are accepted. #nonfiction #nonfictionsubmissions #creativenonfiction #literarymagazine #literaryjournal #florida

Jacqueline Markowitz still remembers where she was when she heard about John Lennon. Her essay Imagine is both a tribute and an apology. Read it below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #johnlennon #music #thebeatles #writer #writingcommunity #nonfiction #literaryjournal

In So This is Christmas, Linda Imbler recalls the solemn holiday season of 1980 after the loss of John Lennon. You can read her true story of healing below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #johnlennon #imagine #music #writer #essay #nonfiction #thebeatles #literaryjournal

Dec. 8, 1980. Outside the Dakota apartments, a woman tries to stop the music from blowing away. Read David L Painter’s poem below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #johnlennon #music #poetry #poem #poet #writer #literaryjournal #writingcommunity #imagine #december

Diane Klammer was at home with the kids when she heard about John Lennon. Read her poem below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... If you remember where you were when you heard the news, feel free to share in the comments. #johnlennon #poem #poetry #poet #writer #music

Congratulations to @windychickenpoet.bsky.social on your new poetry collection Old World Wings. Be sure to get your copy from Amazon or your favourite bookstore. #book #booklaunch #newbook #poetrybook #poetry #poet #poems #newrelease #writer

Happy 86th Birthday Margaret Atwood!🎈 An award-winning Canadian poet, novelist & essayist best-known for The Handmaid's Tale (!). Atwood has written 18 books of #poetry, 18 novels, 11 #nonfiction books, 8 children's books, 2 graphic novels & more. Phew! Born #OTD in 1939. #writing #fiction🖋️ 📚