oh the iffy moon after the cover of Simon Brown's above/ground press chapbook, oh the iffy night. #vispo #poetry #art #concretePoetry #typewriterArt

Catastrophic higher education news in New Brunswick: the Liberal government of my MLA @susanholtnb.bsky.social is potentially going to cut 10% of the budget for universities—$50M across 4 schools when much *more* funding is needed, not less. The impact would be devastating. Please share, NBers.

Tis the season for making paper flowers #PaperFlowers #flower #crafts #homemade 🌱💚🌷

above/ground press author spotlights : substack, / @amishtrivedi.bsky.social @orchidtierney.bsky.social @pearlpoet.bsky.social @russellcarisse.bsky.social @mreid.bsky.social @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/02/abov...

I am thrilled, honoured, & humbled to have poems in this amazing anthology edited by @sinaqueyraspoetry.bsky.social, sharing pages with Canisia Lubrin, Lisa Robertson, and Michael Ondaatje & others. Shipping May 12th, pre-order now from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social or your local bookstore!

i may have a little powm in this exciting anthology!

very curious to see this, not only because i have some poems included (but i do have some poems included,

above/ground press author spotlight #19 : russell carisse / @russellcarisse.bsky.social ; , celebrating his fourth title with above/ground press, abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun...

Poem: On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole (Good) Macklin killed by ICE in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. poets.org/2020-on-lear...

Seeds available for trade, larger amounts with sunchoke tubers within Canada. USA, Europe, and possibly other countries I can send smaller amounts, and without larger seeds like corn,peas,and morning glorys I can also do just book and art swaps #SeedSwap #Seeds #plants #penpals #bookTrade🌱💚📨📩📮🐱☃️📚

seeds and chapbooks, what a great idea for a trade

VERSeFest: Ottawa's International Poetry Festival is a registered charity and open for donations! Via Paypal (see the qr code) or by e-transfer to [email protected]. We even issue tax receipts, We're busy working on spring, by the by. check out our email list: verse-ottawa.kit.com/4aab0fd909

Subscribe to Ethel for 2026! www.ethelzine.com/shop/ethel-2...

working on above/ground press titles by Jill Stengel, Pearl Pirie, Sonja Greckol, Gary Barwin, Rose Maloukis, Robert van Vliet, Jon Cone, Ken Sparling, Grant Wilkins + Noah Sparrow; have you thought of subscribing for 2026? abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/10/abov...

Also love Erica Baum's "Dog Ear," published by Ugly Duckling Press. When I got my copy it came with a poster. Squee.

very cool! THE BEST! the absolute best,

Happy 100th birthday to Dick van Dyke

poems! new! mine! posted! now! what! etc. / "from Fair bodies of unseen prose," publicreverie.com/from-fair-bo...

It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.

aimé césaire Notebook of a Return to the Native Land [excerpt] "At the end of daybreak ... Beat it, I said to him, you cop, you lousy pig, beat it, I detest the flunkies of order and the cockchafers of hope. Beat it, evil grigri, you bedbug of a petty monk." poets.org/poem/noteboo...

new from above/ground press: Certain Forces, by N.W. Lea / @invisibooks.bsky.social ; abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/12/new-...

Tantramar Council voted 5–2 to oppose the proposed 500 MW gas/diesel plant and urged the premier to pause the project until public concerns are answered. Climate and health advocates welcomed the decision. Report by Bruce Wark nbmediacoop.org/2025/12/11/t...

Heard bill bissett on CBC radio today. Such an astounding interview. He spoke so movingly about those who have past so I wrote him this.

Orlando Beloved Exploits & Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, 'Pataphysician

"Art is all use." —bill bissett A beautiful rejoinder to "art for art's sake".

Margo Hoff Boy with Bug woodcut on rice paper 12” x 17”

Geneviève Bergeron Maryse Laganière Hélène Colgan Maryse Leclair Nathalie Croteau Anne-Marie Lemay Barbara Daigneault Sonia Pelletier Anne-Marie Edward Michèle Richard Maud Haviernick Annie St.Arneault Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Annie Turcotte Murdered for being women. #Dec6 #EcolePolytechnique

you can't be present tense. / That is, tense about the present Diane Seuss from Modern Poetry

I've tasted my blood too much to abide what I was born to. -Milton Acorn

new from above/ground press: Grotto, by Frances Cannon / @frankyfrancescannon.com ; abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/12/new-...

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Dimana Radoeva : Three poems periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/dima...

new from above/ground press: Cahill, Earl, Cavaleri, Niespodziany, Comay/Fagan, Birchard, Chernoff, la Rocque, carisse, Hill, Nećakov, Siklosi + Bjerg/Jung, / @jungcharlotte.bsky.social @neonpajamas.bsky.social @russellcarisse.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/12/new-...

no. it is the carl schmitt of clauses, and exists solely to suspend human rights

If you are an academic—instructor or grad student—please sign this letter of solidarity for Professor Farhana Sultana who has been vilified by the right for calling CK what he was. They are trying to come for her job. This is the time for solidarity. forms.gle/8MayBcCmtYg1...

hey, Toronto! Come out to the TIFA small press market at Victoria College, Chapel Lobby, UToronto until 5pm!

New Release! That H uman E ffluence A nd P lastic A prose poem exploring this world of garbage, and the rugged individualism that got us here. review and signed copies on request also available from above/ground press @robmclennan.bsky.social #poetry #canlit #smallPress

A new verse from returning contributor @haikuhawk.bsky.social: 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 And lo! There came the AnarChrist! — John Hawkhead

i don't do social media until the afternoon, it has been great for the mental health,

if you hate garbage, you will love this chapbook if you love garbage, you will love this chapbook the garbage dialectic points to you loving this chapbook!!!

hey! apparently the interview Susan Johnson + Brecken Hancock did with me on the book of sentences (launching Sat at 5pm at Plan 99/The Manx Pub) will be on the radio just after 8am today! what! / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social ; www.ckcufm.com

standardised spelling and grammar are poetically counterproductive and have been so for centuries and literature studies should always start with contemporary books and work backwards

don't forget, 2026 above/ground press subscriptions now available! and with canada post opening up again, let's get some further chapbook orders happening! abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/10/abov...

my short piece on the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press, 2025), along with a few excerpts, is now online at The Woodlot; / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @the-wood-lot.bsky.social ; the-wood-lot.ca/2025/10/09/o...

it is upsetting when a human being dabbles in poetry, my parents are still mad

above/ground press: 2026 subscriptions now available! abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/10/abov...

so much good stuff happening here, even a new title by yours truly! still the best poetry deal out there, so subscribe!

hey @mark-carney.bsky.social ; Canada Post should be deemed essential service; every strike affects businesses across the country who rely on it to run smoothly; some of us lose business every time a strike, a shut-down, a delay; im already losing due to US tariff nonsense, we dont need this worse,

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