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niagarapoetry.bsky.social
Poetry of & about Niagara Falls & Niagara River – the waterfalls, the city, the history, the stunters etc. Also poetry written by Niagara poets. Curated by retired librarian Andrew Porteus @acporteus.bsky.social . Website at niagarapoetry.ca
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Brock Univ. #UNESCO #Sustainability #Poetry #Contest is open to #Niagara Residents until February 14, 2025. 2 themes - Int'l Year of Peace & Trust & Int'l Year of Glaciers' Preservation. Prizes! Click link to see past winners brocku.ca/unesco.../su... #PoetsOfBluesky #PoetryCommunity #Poets #Poems

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Salon of the Refused - St. Catharines Join us at the Salon of the Refused at the Niagara Artists Centre in S. Catharines on March 20, 2025. Hosted as part of the Phylum Press reading series. phylumpress.ca #poetrycommunity #poetry #readings

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Family includes everyone! ❤️

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Preparing an episode of my upcoming #podcast on the #history of #NiagaraFalls through #poetry, the sad tale of Joseph Avery, using #poems by William Dean Howells, James Penha @jamespenha.bsky.social as main poetic sources, & then found a poem by Alexander Duringer @alexanderduringer.bsky.social

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Unfortunately, my website is down for some reason. I have contacted customer support but it hasn't reappeared yet. As I'm Canadian, I can still access my TikTok account, which I did for the first time in ages. Probably also the last time in ages also.

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Nikola Tesla had a huge influence in the development of #NiagaraFalls, inventing the AC electrical system. There are #statues of him on both sides of the Falls. E.R. Baxter III wrote this #poem featuring the American statue #Blueskypoetry #poetry #electricity niagarapoetry.ca/2025/01/17/n...

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Join us for the Poetry Exchange, at the Niagara Falls Exchange, 5943 Sylvia Place, Niagara Falls, Ont., January 16, 5-9 pm. Bring along your #poetry, or your favourite #poem by someone else, to read, and listen to other local poets reading their poems. Light refreshments are provided.

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Just spent a challenging 2 days adding a long Spanish-language #poem to the website - El Poema del Niágara by Juan Antonio Pérez Bonalde, written in 1880. Now looking for an English-language translation to add also. niagarapoetry.ca/2025/01/12/b... #poetry #Blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity

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In my memories from 8 years ago a post came up. The tree near my house always reminded me of the giant #grasshopper thing in Andrew Smith's Grasshopper Jungle, which looks like it is being made into a movie. Sadly, the tree is gone now. #books #bookshelf #booksky #yalit

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A #poem on the NFPP website- "Barn" by Lorette Luzajic was just referenced in a post on the Ontario Barn Preservation @obp.bsky.social website about #barn #poetry in Canadian #history. The link to the post is at the bottom of her poem niagarapoetry.ca/2024/08/02/b... #BlueskyPoetry #Poetrycommunity

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2025 Just Buffalo Literary Center @justbuffalolit.bsky.social #poetry fellowship applications are now open. www.justbuffalo.org/apply-for-th...

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Continuing the #poetry of the #Warof1812 theme, I've just added Charles Mair's rousing #poem "Sir Isaac Brock to His Soldiers" published in 1893. Richly illustrated by a painting of Brian Deines, housed at @brockuniversity.bsky.social. niagarapoetry.ca/2024/12/23/s... #warpoetry #poetrycommunity

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I'm in the midst of posting a few #poems written about the #Warof1812 in the #Niagara area on the Niagara Falls Poetry Project website. I've created a separate index page to make it easier to find them #poetry. #warpoetry #poetrycommunity niagarapoetry.ca/sample-page/...

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I get stats reports on niagarapoetry.ca which tell countries & referrals are coming from. 3 of the top 6 countries in the last few days are Russia, Ukraine, & Kazakhstan. The 2nd referrer (after Google) is @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social. I'd love to find out if it's being used as a course resource.

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In March, 1848 the #Niagara River & #NiagaraFalls, dried up due to an ice jam. I just ran across this #poem by John Newmark @gavroche.org about that event. I've included a link to information about the day Niagara Falls ran dry. #poetry #poetrycommunity niagarapoetry.ca/2024/12/14/n...

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I just ran across this #poem by J. H. Chant called "Niagara's Rainbow," . The last 2 stanzas remind us about Canadian-American relations (written in 1915, when Canada was still using the British Union Jack as its flag) #poetry #Poetrycommunity #NiagaraFalls niagarapoetry.ca/2024/12/09/c...

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Jetpack stats cut off my free account as I accepted donations on the website. They wanted $12/month for a corp account. I used the "buy a cup of coffee" site & got 1 $3 donation 2 yrs ago. I took it off the site, appealed, & got the free account back. I would have needed 48 cups/year to break even!

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I've just added a #poem about Laura Secord and her trek during the War of 1812, which led to Canadian success at the Battle of Beaverdams, near #NiagaraFalls. The poem is by Charles Edwin Jakeway, published in 1897. #Warof1812 #BattleofBeaverdams #poetry #heroines niagarapoetry.ca/2024/12/08/l...

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One of my favourite words is slubberdegullion, a filthy, slovenly person. @susiedent.com

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For 25+ years I have been collecting, sharing, & discussing the #poetry of #NiagaraFalls. There's over 600 #poems on my website, & many other resources too. My landing page shows the latest poem that I have posted, now a #haiku by Mia C. I hope you will enjoy them as much as I do. niagarapoetry.ca

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