Happy that my poem "Day Break" is in Anacapa Review, thanks to guest editor Santa Barbara Poet Laureate @gyatchisin.bsky.social. I learned of the mag when Ottawa poet friends David O'Meara & Katherine Leyton had work in the prior issue so I took the chance to submit. anacapareview.com/frances-boyle/

If you're in or near Ottawa, don't miss this!

talking about strawberries all of the time seeks submissions for our 15th issue of unpublished poetry, including visual and concrete poetries, as well as lyric and postcard prose. Send as .doc or .docx with author biography. No homophobia, racism or hate. October 1. [email protected]

What a joy to come home from vacation to this gorgeous new book by my friend @kimfahner.bsky.social ! Bees and magic and fantastic poetry -- I've been looking forward to this for a while!

Received my contrib copy of dream publication @prisminternational.bsky.social with my poem "Likeness". My brother Peter's been gone 25 years but grief remains fresh. Happy to see friends @rsitoski.bsky.social, Susan Wismer, @snehaskanta.bsky.social here. Thanks to Poetry Editor Ayda Niknami & team!

Annexing territory by force is illegal under international law. 🚫🌍 The UN Charter and the Geneva Conventions are clear: no country can take land during war or occupation. ⚖️📢

@pinholepoetry.bsky.social makes gorgeous chapbooks! If you have something to send them, now's the time!

I'm not doing #sealeychallenge this year (too many other deadlines/projects) but if you're looking for a book to add to your list, please consider downloading (for free) my Light-carved Passages from Doubleback Books @doublebackreview.bsky.social doublebackbooks.wordpress.com/poetry-books...

Just finished Zilla Jones's stunning novel The World So Wide. I can't say enough good things about it. Fascinating immersion in the world of opera and political upheaval in Grenada, a nail-biting plot, and a fierce, flawed and beautifully nuanced main character, Felicity Alexander. A fantastic read!

Thanks so much to @redogrereview.bsky.social for replaying my Buffyverse poem from last fall. (And for choosing to publish it in the first place!)

Happy to have my contrib copy of @theampersandreview.bsky.social with my poem "Pelagic"! I've loved the mag since the 1st issue, and glad to appear alongside mentor/friend Barry Dempster. The great @razovsky.bsky.social is on the cover! Thanks to EIC @paulvermeersch.bsky.social and the entire team!

Want all the news about VERSeFest @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social and other VERSE Ottawa goings-on (including what Ottawa's Poets Laureate are up to)? Do sign up for the newsletter - see the link below and the fancy QR code.

Another incredible and moving essay from the wonderful @nancyhuggett.bsky.social. Up now on @theforge.bsky.social

I'm delighted that "Saskatchewan Power", a chapbook ms about my childhood home of Regina SK, is one of four finalists for the NDSU Press (@ndsuofficial.bsky.social) 2025 Poetry of the Plains & Prairies (POPP) Award that spans the US plains & the Cdn prairies. Winner gets letterpress publication!

I was excited to learn yesterday that work I submitted is a finalist for an amazing prize. (Veils of vaguepost to be lifted soon!)

Delighted to have one of my poems accepted by @wildroofjournal.bsky.social. I love that the mag's name comes from a William Blake poem "a roof, shaggy, wild, enclos'd / In an orb his fountain of thought". Thanks to EIC @aaronlelito.bsky.social! Looking forward to the issue's fall release.

So happy to have my poem "Lilies" in this lovely (digital and limited edition print) chapbook! Thanks to @vallummag.bsky.social and editors!

I saw "How Deep is Your Love" at @hotdocs.bsky.social about scientists at the Clarion Clipperton zone. www.sandboxfilms.org/films/how-de.... Amazing film!

Check out this beautiful journal! (Subs open until May 15)

So pleased to have my dreamy poem "Remnants" in the lovely journal Book of Matches. Go to www.bookofmatcheslitmag.com page 77 for my poem, and stay for other work by fine writers including friend Meg Freer. Thanks to editors Kelli Allen and Nicholas Christian for choosing my work for this issue!

Such a great book! (and thanks for the mention of me and my fairy tale channeling story @amandaearl.bsky.social !)

This has happened in the UK, and is threatened to be legislated here in Canada. Vote to make sure it doesn't.

"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps. This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped" snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror

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AFTER: Poems in Dialogue A Canadian Anthology of Response Poems Edited by Kyeren Regehr & Zoe Dickinson Published by Caitlin Press And in collaboration with Planet Earth Poetry. We invite poets across Canada to contribute to AFTER: Poems in Dialogue. Www.planetearthpoetry.com/after

These beauties arrived from @karenschindler.bsky.social 's Baseline Press! I don't use the term "beauties" lightly-- the chapbooks are absolutely gorgeous inside& out. Congratulations to friends @snullr.bsky.social & Dagne Forrest!. I love Eve Joseph's work, so I added her chapbook to my order.

I can't draw to save my life, but here are MY birds in a poem.

So happy to once again have poems in @talking-time.bsky.social , a beautiful magazine!

I am very happy to have my poem "what theatre people believe in" in Sumac Literary Magazine, paired with this great illustration. Sumac is a student-run mag out of Carleton University here in Ottawa, and it's an honour to be among their contributors. sumacliterarymagazine.com/what-theatre...

Thrilled that my poem, "Combustion" is up on @glasspoetry.bsky.social Thanks to EIC Anthony Frame for giving it a home in this lovely magazine & for asking me to talk about where the poem came from! See the full poem & my brief discussion & hear me read it here: www.glass-poetry.com/journal.html

Tonight's events curated by @inourtongues.bsky.social and Urban Legends will be livestreamed. Please register for the Zoom link by emailing [email protected]. Also, there are a still a limited number of free tickets for the in person events. Email [email protected] for details.

Livestreaming info -- please register in advance.

@talking-time.bsky.social is a lovely magazine, and they've just extended their submission deadline. Take a look at their past issues and do considering submitting if you have something that might fit.

New projects are special, so I'm very pleased to have two poems in @obindomag.bsky.social . Thanks so much to poetry editor @adefemifagite.bsky.social for choosing them, and to the entire team (who hail from the US south and my home province of Saskatchewan) for the beautiful magazine. obindomag.com

Only a few more days until @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social VERSeFEst 2025 starts up. Get your tickets now at www.verseottawa.ca/en/versefest. You can buy a single event, a pass for any of the evenings, or a pass for all festival performances!

Here's my poem from the latest issue of Concision. One especially wonderful thing about this beautiful mag is that it includes reflection on the poem as well as book recs. Sarah Yu-Mei Tsiang features in both of mine. Thanks to EIC @haleylasche.bsky.social ! www.concisionpoetry.com/francesboyle

I am a big fan of new projects and the energy that editors bring to them, so I was delighted to receive a poetry acceptance this morning from @obindomag.bsky.social . Thanks to poetry editor @adefemifagite.bsky.social and team!

A wonderful poem by @nancyhuggett.bsky.social , in one of my favourite magazines!

Here's my poem, "Hejira" (after Joni Mitchell, natch) that appeared last weekend in @major7th.bsky.social (Major 7th Magazine), edited by @keersteemack.bsky.social . I love the concept of the mag, and am so grateful to have my work published here: www.major7mag.com/post/hejira-...

So it goes without saying, but let's say it anyway: the concentration of attacks on trans people isn't because trans people are the only people fascists hate (although they absolutely do hate them). It's because they're the people they think non-fascists are least likely to defend.

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There is an incredible archive of past readings and conversations available, both on the @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social website and on the VERSeFest youtube channel! www.youtube.com/channel/UC0_...

full schedule posts soon! VERSeFest: Ottawa's International Poetry Festival! March 25-29, 2025 : Eileen Myles! Zoe Whittall! Phil Hall! Kimberly Quiogue Andrews! Em Dial! Salem Paige! Terese Mason Pierre! Alexis Vollant! Andy Weaver! Xénia Gould! Jessica Heimstra! etc www.verseottawa.ca/en/versefest

So happy to have my poem "Hejira", inspired by one of my fave Joni Mitchell songs, in this uber-cool magazine, edited by the equally cool @keersteemack.bsky.social !

So happy to have my poem "Kindled" in this gorgeous new issue of @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social , along with a recording of the poem. It's a little less lyrical/narrative than a lot of my writing, so I am delighted it's found such a good home, thanks to EIC @leiabutler.bsky.social !

The great actor Gene Hackman has died. My dad and I saw The French Connection when I was a teen, rare that it was just the two of us, so I always link him & Hackman. Here's my poem about The Conversation, one of my fave films, from my book Light-carved Passages from @doublebackreview.bsky.social

Hey Capital Region poets! If you’re an Ottawa/NCR author with an English poetry book published in 2024, mail 4 copies to Arc by March 31 for your chance at Arc's Archibald Lampman Award. More information on the award here: buff.ly/3wU8HoK

Thanks so much to @carawaterfall.bsky.social for inviting me to be part of Archipel's interview series. She's done some great interviews there -- do check out the archive (and read mine as well!)

So exciting!