What's the most appetizing double spondee you can think of. Mine's flapjack shortstack.
Sarah Wolfson
@sarahwolfson.bsky.social
Poet & Teaching Artist Lecturer, McGillU UmichWriters MFA book: A COMMON NAME FOR EVERYTHING Montreal & Vermont | writing pedagogy | ferns 🌱 poems forthcoming in EVENT, Nimrod, Bennington Review & Best Canadian Poetry www.sarahwolfsonwriter.com
Have you been dreaming of seeing your work in the pages of EVENT? We are currently accepting fiction and poetry submissions from Canadian citizens and residents. We encourage you to submit early, as spaces are limited. Read our full guidelines and submit here: www.eventmagazine.ca/submit/
Irresistible. The marriage of poets & lexicographers is my sweet spot. oh, shark repellent you earth-sheltered megahit sweet warp speed yuzu [year redacted; I grew up fearing acid rain] Wanna play? 👉 Write a 5-7-5 haiku with 3+ words from your birth year — at least 1 per line. Link below.
Carlos A. Pittella@pittella.bsky.social · 5d agoTWEAKING THE ASSIGNMENT: 😇 👉 Write a 5-7-5 haiku with 3+ words from your birth year — at least 1 per line. [1983] Defunct CD-ROMs... Funny to be WAN of them —cyberpunk Jedi www.merriam-webster.com/time-travele...
TWEAKING THE ASSIGNMENT: 😇 👉 Write a 5-7-5 haiku with 3+ words from your birth year — at least 1 per line. [1983] Defunct CD-ROMs... Funny to be WAN of them —cyberpunk Jedi www.merriam-webster.com/time-travele...
Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 5d agoFind the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️ www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/
What a pleasure to judge this poetry contest. Congrats to the winners and the participants! I delighted in delighting in your delight in words. Citations at the link below.
CV2 Magazine@cv2magazine.bsky.social · last wk.These poets used all 10 of our treacherous words to craft stunning poems in 48 hours, which you can read in our Fall 2026 issue! Follow the link to read @sarahwolfson.bsky.social 's comments, and be sure to join us next spring for the 2027 contest! contemporaryverse2.ca/congratulati...
The 2026 2-Day Poem Contest Winners!! We're thrilled to announce this year’s winners, as selected by our judge Sarah Wolfson, our editors, one of our editors' moms, and you! Congrats to Dessa Bayrock, @cincinnatusc.bsky.social , @jadeyuliu.bsky.social , Natalie Rice, Hayley Clin, and Tea Gerbeza!
Happy birthday to Vera Rubin, born on this day in 1928! An acclaimed scientist, Rubin's observations established the presence of dark matter in galaxies. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences & awarded the National Medal of Science. Photo: NOIRLab, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Half Time of Extra Time would be a good poetry book title.
“There was a pattern to the pattern my breath made on the air / as it extended towards the motorway.” — Sinéad Morrissey, from “In Need of a Funeral,” in Parallax
Pleased to have a new poem (my first abecedarian) in the summer 2026 issue of @nimrodjournal.bsky.social. Gratitude to Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social for his fine editorial stewardship. Thanks also to my neighbours for giving away such whacky items online, which first inspired the poem.
Instead of a meditation app: the poems of Nelson Ball.
In our latest interview poetry editor Chuqiao Yang asks Melanie Power, winner of our 2025 Poetry Contest, about the creation and construction of her winning poem "Ode to the Bakeapple." thefiddlehead.ca/content/inte...
This was a fun event. Check out the chapbooks!
rob mclennan@robmclennan.bsky.social · last mo.Misha Solomon and Stephanie Bolster above/ground press chapbook launch in Montreal! July 9, 2026 / @mishasolomon.bsky.social @montrealprize.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social ; abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/06/mish...
Best Canadian Poetry 2027 will be published on November 17, 2026. It was the honour of a lifetime to serve as guest editor, working alongside the brilliant series editor, Anita Lahey.
My dad was a poet so I could never really join in when the other boys would argue about whose dad could beat up the other dads, but I was confident that my dad could make your dad feel seen in ways that would quietly devastate him.
My superhero persona: fighting for access to print materials for myself and my wider educational community. 📚🤓🎠🦸🏻♀️🌟
From 'The writing in the sand' series by photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, documenting life on the beaches in the North East of England, 1973-1998 #WomensArt
“…That all the things are liquified at death and run into the same shimmering pool. That everything alive is one sweet-tempered creature mangled in the spokes of the sun.” — Bruce Taylor, from “X-Ray” in We Drove All Day for This, just out from Véhicule’s Signal Editions.
Micro-season: milkweed blossoming in such high humidity that the air smells like sauna.
A favourite of mine, this season and always.
phillip crymble@phillipcrymble.bsky.social · last mo.Another poem featuring fireflies as it first appeared in CV2
Have just been re-reading Ruth Stone and (oh wow!) that always shakes me to my core & reminds me of what’s what in poetry & most things.