Tuesday poem #578 : Noah Berlatsky : Someone Else / Noah Berlatsky Lachlan J McDougall (LJMcD Communications) Ben Yehuda Press ;
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the home stretch! day 28 of National Poetry Month via Chaudiere Books with a new poem by George Shelton,
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the penultimate day of this year's #NationalPoetryMonth via Chaudiere Books features a new poem by Renée Sarojini Saklikar, / Renee Sarojini Saklikar Nightwood Editions League of Canadian Poets ;
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Gunnar Wærness, friends with everyone (trans. Gabriel Gudding / Action Books Poetry International PoetryInTranslation ;
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there's only one day left in the Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] tenth anniversary subscription sale? what!?
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new from above/ground press: Process, by Julia Polyck-O’Neill abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2024/04/new-fr…

the penultimate day of this year's #NationalPoetryMonth via Chaudiere Books features a new poem by Renée Sarojini Saklikar, / Renee Sarojini Saklikar poetry in canada Nightwood Editions BC BookLook City of Surrey ;
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Fought through some overthinking and got a handful of words on the page yesterday, but mostly continued flipping through this Caketrain. This Jon Cone poem is devastating and perfect.

there's only one day left in the Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] tenth anniversary subscription sale? what!?
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Robert Kroetsch: What is a letter? Sometimes it is a star that fell.

the home stretch! day 28 of National Poetry Month via Chaudiere Books with a new poem by George Shelton, / Academy of American Poets Poetry Foundation ;
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rob mclennan is a poetry light, and we need all of our lights 🕯️ gift of this new poem this morning…

“To kneecap grief. What might that look like.”

I'm so old I remember when it caused a national panic to have snipers on campus – Charlie Whitman at UT Austin. Now the deans escort them to the best killing spot and bring them coffee and donuts.

1. The The Guardian points out today that 'Israel has also destroyed every university in Gaza, in addition to killing at least 5,479 students, 261 teachers and 95 university professors, according to the UN, which has condemned Israel’s actions as “scholasticide”.'
2. And yet there…

”Polyvocal and explorative”

rob mclennan packs a lot of thoughts, observations into this compact review of Gunnar Waerness’s Friends with Everyone (@action__books 2024).

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The Ottawa International Writers Festival (Ottawa Writers Festival) has issued a statement clarifying they are not the same org as the Ottawa International Food and Book Expo.

They’ve gotten angry feedback, in part because the Ottawa Book Expo bought the URL: ottawawritersfestival dot ca.

Gunnar Wærness, friends with everyone (trans. Gabriel Gudding / Action Books Poetry International PoetryInTranslation ;
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Read rob mclennan’s “Dream, with an interior,” and a prompt circling multiple revisions and expansions, here: moistpoetryjournal.com/2024/04/29/dre…

'An event, of saltwater. Rubble. Dreams of flying, falling.

And then, she woke. Our bedroom doorknob, rustles.' - Oh my. An amazing piece by rob mclennan at Moist Poetry Journal is on Bluesky 🏳️‍⚧️. rob mclennan
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a recent poem + a writing prompt, via Moist Poetry Journal; / UCalgaryPress League of Canadian Poets TWUC Poetry Foundation #NationalPoetryMonth ;
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