periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics
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est. March 2020 : editor/publisher rob mclennan https://bsky.app/profile/robmclennan.bsky.social built as a curious extension of above/ground press (b. 1993 https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/ member of Literary Magazines Canada Collective,
newly posted: Process Note #76 : John Cross : “Endangered Animals of Ohio”: Mathias Sets Out / @mawsheinwin.bsky.social @omnidawn.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/proc...
Process Note #76 : John Cross : “Endangered Animals of Ohio”: Mathias Sets Out
The 'process note’ pieces were originally solicited by Maw Shein Win as addendum to her teaching particular poems and poetry collections for...
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Andy Butter : Three poems periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/andy...
Andy Butter : Three poems
Why Can’t I Touch It? de Kooning ’s “Women Singing II” , aurora borealis, Sarah ’s knee, his buried face The Boy-Mother The...
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newly posted: Melanie Marttila : My Mother Joins the Resistance, by Richard Harrison / @melaniemarttila.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/mela...
Melanie Marttila : My Mother Joins the Resistance, by Richard Harrison
My Mother Joins the Resistance , Richard Harrison Wolsak & Wynn, 2026 Richard Harrison’s My Mother Joins the Resistance is a med...
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Carrie Hunter : Four poems periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/carr...
Carrie Hunter : Four poems
"I'm Waiting for the Ecology of District 6 to Right Itself" Dreamed that there were regular housewarming parties at someone else...
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Jennifer May Newhook : How does a poem begin? / @riddlefence.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/jenn...
Jennifer May Newhook : How does a poem begin?
How does a poem begin? I do not know how a poem begins, only that it does . . .and if I’m very lucky, in my own work, at some poin...
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newly posted: Jennifer May Newhook : How does a poem begin? / @riddlefence.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/jenn...
Jennifer May Newhook : How does a poem begin?
How does a poem begin? I do not know how a poem begins, only that it does . . .and if I’m very lucky, in my own work, at some poin...
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newly posted: Process Note #75 : Mai-Linh Hong / @mawsheinwin.bsky.social @triohousepress.org ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/proc...
Process Note #75 : Mai-Linh Hong
The 'process note’ pieces were originally solicited by Maw Shein Win as addendum to her teaching particular poems and poetry collections for...
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newly posted: Louis Bourgeois : THE FLAT EARTH EXCAVATION COMPANY : (Conversation with Ernest Hekkanen) periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/loui...
Louis Bourgeois : THE FLAT EARTH EXCAVATION COMPANY : (Conversation with Ernest Hekkanen)
Arguably, The New Orphic Review is one of the most important literary journals in Canada, and its influence is certainly felt in smal...
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newly posted: Michael Sikkema @michael-sikkema.bsky.social : An interview with Aakriti Kuntal (part two, periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/mich...
Michael Sikkema : An interview with Aakriti Kuntal (part two,
Small Press Intravues: Occasional Interviews with writers working and publishing in the small press ecosystem Interview #21 (part two...
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newly posted: Cary Fagan : Four poems from Useful Poems / @bookhugpress.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/cary...
Cary Fagan : Four poems from Useful Poems
Painting Poem I don’t want to paint a mural a cathedral’s ceiling the brick wall beside the Korean grocery I want to paint a da...
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newly posted: Clare Thiessen : on Broke Press / @brokepress.bsky.social @gaspereaupress.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/clar...
Clare Thiessen : on Broke Press
Alright, fine, after years of rob hounding me for a little write-up of broke press I’m finally gonna do it! I’m gonna do it guys!!!...
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Clare Thiessen : on Broke Press / @brokepress.bsky.social @bcbooklook.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/clar...
Clare Thiessen : on Broke Press
Alright, fine, after years of rob hounding me for a little write-up of broke press I’m finally gonna do it! I’m gonna do it guys!!!...
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Michael Sikkema : An interview with Aakriti Kuntal (part two, / @michael-sikkema.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/mich...
Michael Sikkema : An interview with Aakriti Kuntal (part two,
Small Press Intravues: Occasional Interviews with writers working and publishing in the small press ecosystem Interview #21 (part two...
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Cary Fagan : Four poems from Useful Poems / @bookhugpress.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/cary...
Cary Fagan : Four poems from Useful Poems
Painting Poem I don’t want to paint a mural a cathedral’s ceiling the brick wall beside the Korean grocery I want to paint a da...
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newly posted: rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social : SUBTEXT, by Nicole Raziya Fong / @talonbooks.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/rob-...
rob mclennan : SUBTEXT, by Nicole Raziya Fong
SUBTEXT , Nicole Raziya Fong Talonbooks, 2026 The third full-length collection from Montreal poet and collaborator Nicole Raziya Fon...
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newly posted: Peter Hrastovec : TWO BOOKS, TWO FRIENDS, TWO VIEWS OF LIGHT periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/pete...
Peter Hrastovec : TWO BOOKS, TWO FRIENDS, TWO VIEWS OF LIGHT
THE SHAPE OF DISAPPEARING LETTERS , Marty Gervais Mosaic Press, 2026 WHEN YOU’RE DOWN ON YOUR KNEES IN A FIELD CALLED FOREVER , John B. L...
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newly posted: Harold Hoefle : Three poems / @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/haro...
Harold Hoefle : Three poems
To Be Gibraltar , James Wilson Morrice, c.1913. Oil and graphite on wood. It dominates. A massive gold rock shaped like a ...
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newly posted: Christina Wells : Letters from the Field: (mostly) St. John’s, Newfoundland periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/chri...
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social : The Character Actor Convention, by Guy Elston periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/kim-...
Kim Fahner : The Character Actor Convention, by Guy Elston
The Character Actor Convention , Guy Elston The Porcupine’s Quill, 2025 As a fellow poet, I first encountered Guy Elston’s work when...
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newly posted: Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social : The Character Actor Convention, by Guy Elston ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/kim-...
Kim Fahner : The Character Actor Convention, by Guy Elston
The Character Actor Convention , Guy Elston The Porcupine’s Quill, 2025 As a fellow poet, I first encountered Guy Elston’s work when...
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newly posted: Michael Sikkema @michael-sikkema.bsky.social : An interview with Aakriti Kuntal (part two, periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/mich...
Michael Sikkema : An interview with Aakriti Kuntal (part two,
Small Press Intravues: Occasional Interviews with writers working and publishing in the small press ecosystem Interview #21 (part two...
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newly posted: Cary Fagan : Four poems from Useful Poems / @bookhugpress.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/cary...
Cary Fagan : Four poems from Useful Poems
Painting Poem I don’t want to paint a mural a cathedral’s ceiling the brick wall beside the Korean grocery I want to paint a da...
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newly posted: Clare Thiessen : on Broke Press / @brokepress.bsky.social @gaspereaupress.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/clar...
Clare Thiessen : on Broke Press
Alright, fine, after years of rob hounding me for a little write-up of broke press I’m finally gonna do it! I’m gonna do it guys!!!...
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save the date! above/ground press thirty-three: anniversary reading, , you know how we love anniversaries, abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/save-the-d...
above/ground press author spotlight #34 : Jennifer Baker , celebrating her three titles with above/ground press, / @jenniferbaker.bsky.social @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social ; abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun...
happy thirty-third birthday sale, above/ground press! , in which an anniversary continues to be celebrated, abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/07/happ...
happy thirty-third birthday sale, above/ground press!
Today is the thirty-third anniversary of above/ground press ! And that first ever above/ground press event held at the (long gone) Stone Ang...
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Now available! New chapbooks by Bob Holman and rob mclennan cccpchapbooks.bigcartel.com
CCCP Chapbooks
CCCP Chapbooks. New chapbooks from Bob Holman, rob mclennan!
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