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An honour and delight to have my small poem honouring my mother included. Can’t wait to see the issue!

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don't forget that the the ottawa small press book fair : spring 2025 edition, is this weekend, yes? and there's always a FREE STUFF table; and on Friday, also: The Factory Reading Series pre-small press book fair reading, June 20 : at Anina's Cafe! abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...

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I’ll be at the Ottawa Small Press Book Fair this Saturday with my Baseline Press chapbook & free Baseline bookmarks. If I get my act together, there will also be cookies. And you can preorder Baseline’s summer titles now. Saturday, June 21 Tom Brown Arena 141 Bayview Station Rd Noon-5:00 p.m.

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“Song, which I am equating with poetry, creates a feeling in the hearer; if the feeling gives pleasure, you have understood the song.” — Mary Ruefle One reason those vomitous AI summaries of poems help you understand precisely nothing.

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Yay new poem in Bywords! bywords.ca

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The June issue of Bywords.ca is out and features poems by Anna Jordan, Ian Li, Helen Roberston, and Rob Thomas. bywords.ca

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This is an abomination considering the environmental impact. And one of the whole points is to get people (not computers) curious about what others have encountered. Please reconsider @inaturalist.bsky.social and please value the planet and community—please value anything besides money.

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Thrilled to have a poem in @scrivener1980.bsky.social ‘s Summer Feature.

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come hear poetry, Ottawa.

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Tuesday, June 10 at 6:00pm! Join Canada's Parliamentary Poet Laureate, Chimwemwe Undi, in her 1st Ottawa reading since her appointment. She'll share the stage w/ Ottawa Poets Laureate David O'Meara + Véronique Sylvain. @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social Sunnyside Branch, OPL (1049 Bank St) : Free

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We are open for submissions! All genres, always free! June 1-July 15! psalteryandlyre.org/submissions/

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If you missed Kaveh Akbar’s Blaney Lecture on Poetry & Spirituality you can still listen to it here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=4NDx...

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Spend a literary afternoon with Amanda Earl, Christine McNair, & rob mclennan on Sunday, June 1. 2025 2pm, The Lieutenant's Pump, More info: AngelHousePress.com. Thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts and the Writers Union of Canada for sponsorship of readers.

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I’ll be there selling my Baseline chapbook with samples of others from their shop and possibly some goodies to give away.

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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

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the FINAL DAY of National Poetry Month 2025 via Chaudiere Books offers a new poem by Helen Robertson! / @helendestroy.bsky.social ; chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/2025/04/nati...

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Join @amnesty.ca for an online discussion with award-winning novelist & journalist Omar El Akkad, in conversation with host @pacinthe.bsky.social. Sunday, May 4, 7pm ET Register for the free Zoom presentation at octopusbooks.ca/amnesty

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A truly great event!

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