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

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-...

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.

“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.

Yay new poem in Bywords! bywords.ca

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

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.

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

come hear poetry, Ottawa.

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

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

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

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.

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

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...

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...

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

A truly great event!