What's the Edmonton Poetry Festival bringing you this weekend?!? Quick poems at The Blinks! Cool words at Naked Tongue! Local poets and an open mic at Celebration of Poetry! #YYC & #YEG unite at Night Martins at the Diner! And SO MUCH MORE! Details here: edmontonpoetryfestival.com/2026-festiva...

Listen to some of the haikus penned by CJSR volunteers and listeners: soundcloud.com/cjsrfm/sets/... These and more are being shared on-air across our schedule throughout Poetry Month aka April. It’s all in support of @edmpoetryfestival.bsky.social. #yegarts #yegpoems #poems #poetry #edmonton

So many more events to come this month! Perhaps more pet patrons too! 🤞 www.edmontonpoetryfestival.com

Tonight #YEG friends! If you need an antidote to world fear. Poetry always gives a little hope, imo 💙🖤

I'm thrilled to be facilitating this year's Poetry & Stillness showcase: Saturday April 11 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m at Unity of Edmonton. For those who've never been, I've referred to this event as "poetry church". A space of attentive presence, communal listing, and poetry. It is lovely.

#YEG wordsmiths! You have an official #NationalPoetryMonth assignment!

Happy #NationalPoetryMonth! #YEG friends, check out cool #EdmontonPoetryFestival events ALL MONTH LONG, including Poetography with @thejeffday.bsky.social, Trisia Eddy Woods and Wendy McGrath that I curated and get to host! 💙 edmontonpoetryfestival.com/2026-festiva... It's Free! See you soon!

Delighted to host NeWest's Crow Said Poetry Showcase as part of the Edmonton Poetry Festival featuring: Jide Salawu, Jaspreet Singh & Sarain Frank Soonias. April 15 7 pm Arts Hub Gallery 10131-97 street @newestpress.bsky.social @jidesalawu.bsky.social @edmpoetryfestival.bsky.social

Excited to be part of the POETOGRAPHY event along with the very talented Jeff Day and Trisia Eddy! PoFest sched: edmontonpoetryfestival.com/2026-festiva... @newestpress.bsky.social @edmpoetryfestival.bsky.social @prairiedarkroom.bsky.social @thejeffday.bsky.social

One of many great #EdmontonPoetryFestival events happening in April! We're so happy to collaborate with and shine the spotlight on the wealth of creative talent in #YEG!

Our month-long celebration of poetry is days away! More event info coming soon!

(now less than) One month to go until the 2026 Edmonton Poetry Festival!

Exciting Edmonton Poetry Event Alert! 🚨

Accurate. #Poetry #PoetsOfBluesky

Yay! An interview with Marco Melfi, the excellent #YEG poet and dedicated @edmpoetryfestival.bsky.social Board Member!

Meet our new social media coordinator...Brooklyn!

3 days left to enter this contest!! We want your poems! ❤️

Poets near and far...have you subscribed to The Magpie, our monthly newsletter? Full of info, interviews, contests and events! Our sign-up portal is back in tip-top shape! edmontonpoetryfestival.com/the-magpie/

There is a cool new @oncreativewriting.bsky.social #poetry contest afoot, and I get to help judge!! Please enter and share this post to make it a tough but fun job for me. 😁 www.oncreativewriting.com/on-creative-...

Chris Hutchinson is an Edmonton poet, an Assistant Professor at MacEwan University, and currently serves on the board for the Olive Reading Series. Read his brilliant essay in the December issue of our monthly newsletter, The Magpie, and subscribe here: edmontonpoetryfestival.com/the-magpie/

Hope to see you there! #yeg #poetry #booklaunch

A note for current and future readers of our monthly newsletter, The Magpie! If you're interested in festival news, events and feature content from Canadian poets, please email [email protected]! 💙🖤💙

Poet Chris Hutchinson's words for new poets: trust your instincts and remain open to the world’s complexities. Chris in conversation with poet Marco Melfi. #podcast https://www.oncreativewriting.com/podcast-1/episode/508b5c0f/poetry-navigates-the-complexities-of-communication-in-the-digital-age

Edmonton friends, Jide Salawu launches Contraband Bodies at Audreys Books on October 16. This is his debut poetry collection. Congratulations, Jide! https://bit.ly/46OhQ0s @jidesalawu.bsky.social @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social

No attempts at clever advertising today. I'm just really excited about this book launch, and I love this book. Please join us on Oct 5 at 2:00 PM!

Love social media and poetry? Volunteer with us! Application and info here: tr.ee/m8jIk3GCK7 #YEG #Poetry #Volunteer

Love social media and poetry? Volunteer with us! Application and info here: tr.ee/m8jIk3GCK7 #YEG #Poetry #Volunteer

There’s still time to catch a few more events before we wrap our Twenty Festival year!

At the University of Alberta Press event hosted by Aaron Kreuter featuring artists Shannon Arntfield, Lisa Baird, & Omar Ramadan!

Coming tomorrow... our Week 4 line up! Check out our website for the events schedule! edmontonpoetryfestival.com/2025-festiva...

Edmonton, you sure know how to make us feel special! 🫂 Let's recap Week Three festival!

You read that right - our full 2025 festival schedule is now live on our website! The magpies are officially flocking to YEG, and we are so excited to celebrate our 20th anniversary all month long with poetry lovers across the city. 🎉🎂💙💛

The Edmonton Poetry Festival Society is commemorating its 20th anniversary by engaging 20 emerging poets from the Greater Edmonton Area to develop a poem to be included in a published volume; launched as part of our 2025 festival. More info: edmontonpoetryfestival.com/youth-publishing-project-2025/

Hello to the Greater Edmonton Area! This is the official EPF account for Blue Sky. We will be migrating out posts from X. Where are all our poets at?