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jessicaleemcmillan.bsky.social
Poet, teacher, music nerd | New/forthcoming poems in The Malahat Review, QWERTY, Pinhole Poetry, CV2, Canadian Literature, Consilience, The New Quarterly | BLM 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉🌻 www.jessicaleemcmillan.com
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"We stay within the parable that furnishes the formal conditions of its own reading…”. #JudithButler #Democracy lithub.com/judith-butle...

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In the Dark by Uchechukwu Umezurike @canadianpoets.bsky.social poets.ca/in-the-dark-...

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Cool people talkin’ about a cool record? Yes please! #music

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Join us February 16th at 1pm PST/4 PM EST to chat about Chico Buarque’s 1971 masterpiece Construção. We are an inclusive group of music nerds. Any level of participation is welcome. Here’s my write up “The Brazilian Sisyphus” with link and album details: medium.com/p/0f55d2f5e877

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A bright, joyful and inclusive ditty for Feb 14! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzE3...

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"I counted beads on the abacus tallying the loser I was, moving earth beads to heaven beads, hoping to be saved." #TodaysPoem #poetry Not Today by @wrenjones.bsky.social (2023 Pine Row Press) tinyurl.com/njddv493

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Oh man some of my favourite live and dead poets!

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For over 25 years, Joe Maita has been the lovely steward of Jerry Jazz Musician out of Portland, OR. So excited to be in their first print anthology via @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social. Highly recommend reading Joe’s site, submitting and supporting. www.jerryjazzmusician.com/announcing-t...

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Jazz & poetry—two art forms built on rhythm, soul & improvisation. What’s your favorite jazz song that feels like poetry? Drop your picks below! ⬇️ 🎷📖 #KindsOfCool #JazzPoetry

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Really feeling Girls these days. Happy to know Christopher Owns has a new album. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-Y1...

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"But there will come a time when we will see the relevancy of Ragnarok. When a seemingly indestructible villain like Hela arrives from our repressed periphery to wreak total devastation and crack the veneer of our stable system. Oh…wait…". thespool.net/features/fot...

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#Poem We Are Not Responsible by Harryette Mullen

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There will never be a good time to write. Life won't stop until you're dead and then you really can't write. Do it now.

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Playing now on KEXP. I am hearing some great covers (Ranking Roger!!!!), originals and complements to the only band that matters. www.kexp.org/shows/the-mo...

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Wonderful news! Janet is such a champion of the poetry community😍 #NewWestminster #PoetLaureate

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Tomorrow!

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"Presumably it is in the very nature of a breach of civilization to be difficult to imagine.” @uwewittstock.bsky.social lithub.com/between-fear...

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oh yes: did i mention ive a new poetry title? Snow day ( @spuytenduyval.bsky.social, 2025) : my third title w this particular publisher, spuytenduyvil.net/Snow-Day.html thanks much to @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social, @ourweather.bsky.social + @thedaybooks.bsky.social for their generous blurbs!

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I got into poetry because I wanted to hustle endlessly for no material benefit

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I chatted with John Tyner about Laphona’s sophomore album Novellas and his concept of “storycore”. medium.com/p/c1b4bdcdc926

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"Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality. That can only happen if we believe him". www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

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Bill Howell in the Autumn 2024 CV2

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My favourite Canadian body & hair products. They are easy to find. Cake was ahead of the game 20 years ago introducing vegan products with no creepy ingredients. I buy their lotions as gifts for teachers and besties every year: www.cakebeauty.com #CakeBeauty

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youtu.be/4RhKTzVVDno

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