#SealeyChallenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social 17/31 #TodaysPoem #poetry Dropping Grandad off at the bridge by Freddy Hyun Smith (2026 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2026/06/20/d...

Dropping Grandad off at the bridge by Freddy Hyun Smith

“Dropping Grandad off at the bridge” is a poem by Freddy Hyun Smith. Designed by Annick MacAskill, this pamphlet is published in a limited run of 50 copies. Out of print. about the poet…

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The latest addition to the Ekphrastic Poem Project honouring Kay Sage and her painting "In the Third Sleep" is from none other than @thisisannick.bsky.social! Enjoy the poem! inthethirdsleep.blogspot.com

"Teach me the beauty of being radiant with indignity, show me how to point to heaven and cry to God of being forsaken." #TodaysPoem #poetry Confessions by Drew Lavigne (2026 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2026/06/20/c...

"may the dishes you broke in that rage clean themselves up quietly" #TodaysPoem #poetry May you by Jessica Joy Hiemstra (@jessicajoyhiemstra.bsky.social) (2026 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2026/06/29/m...

Float Plane Coming in for a Landing Franz Johnston 1927

her shroud like washing / blown onto the grass Carol Ann Duffy

The rainier the city the more useless the umbrella.

"A dumb blankness full of meaning Flense these memories or whatever, nevermind." #TodaysPoem #poetry White Whale by Geordie Miller (2026 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2026/06/22/w...

New Westminster's Poetry in the Park series lineup has been announced! This Summer, they'll feature @raoulfernandes.bsky.social, @allegorically.bsky.social, @christinashah.bsky.social, @jkirton.bsky.social, @isabellawangbc.bsky.social, @kevinspenst.bsky.social, and more. @rclas.bsky.social

Together Forever Jim Oskineegish ~ Anishinaabe n.d.

Guest post for The Woodlot -- thank you Chris for letting me into the conversation!

Chris Banks@chrisbanks6625.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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all the primitive caveman diet stuff is so funny because wdym cavemen never ate vegetables, what do you think the gatherer in hunter-gatherer means, are they gathering steak sauce

🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ One milkshake to rule the boys, one milkshake to find them, one milkshake to bring the boys and in my yard to bind them 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️

Somehow forgot to include the poetry collections I’ve loved this year. I doubt I’ll be able to read this many next year but I feel like this is an excellent sampling of contemporary Canadian poetry.

Alex@alexplatt.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I can’t pick a favourite book of 2025. This isn’t even all of them (library books, ebooks, audiobooks & ARCs)! I’m lucky. Titles in the alt text. ❤️

i will never finish reading all of this poetry if i keep buying more poetry

I didn't do a "favourite books" post last year, as I was judging a prize, so here are some of my favourite books from 2024 and 2025 combined. Read them and be happy! (If it's hard to read, the titles and authors are in the alt text.)

Transatlantic is delighted to welcome Annick MacAskill! Read more: transatlanticagency.com/2026/01/29/t...

Transatlantic is delighted to welcome Annick MacAskill!

Annick MacAskill is the author of four full-length poetry collections, including Shadow Blight (Gaspereau Press, 2022), winner of the Governor General's Award and a best Canadian poetry of 2022 pick b...

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"My mother / yells into the Alexa: 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝐴𝑣𝑟𝑖𝑙 𝐿𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑒 / 𝑓𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑠𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠!" Excerpt from Emma Rhodes's "Anything Buried," imposed on the cover of Annick MacAskill's 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑤 𝐵𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 (2022). Read two of Emma's poems—which borrow lines from MacAskill and Kayla Czaga—in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/em...

Where they went I cannot name— those liquefying emissaries or my aunt’s wishes, whatever it was that she held tight that morning— —from Votive by Annick MacAskill, Gaspereau Press, 2024 Read the full excerpt: www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2025/8/... @gaspereaupress.bsky.social

My debut chapbook "when a country teaches you" is available for pre-order now at Baseline Press! Thank you to Karen Schindler for making my dream come true, Emily Jung for the beautiful cover art, and @thisisannick.bsky.social for being super editor! Pre-order link: share.google/0xpO2rGMgW43...

Kinda hate the term "happy place," but here I am, back with my printer and bone folder. annickmacaskill.com/2026/06/20/c...

Anyone reading the press about Israeli daily mass terror killings of civilians in Palestine is aware that when they’re caught red-handed without any pretext they announce an official investigation. This has happened hundreds of times.

Peterborough friends, remember this great event is happening today!

🎙️ The 11th Annual Digital Publishing Awards — Best Podcast: Arts, Culture & Society: 🥈: Sœurs de lutte : 1975, la révolution inachevée, @info.radio-canada.ca 🥇: Forged, CBC / ABC #DPA26

✍️ The 49th National Magazine Awards — Poetry: Gold: "Coat of Arms," Maisonneuve Silver: "I Want to Be a Good Person," Grain Magazine #NMA26

📖 The 49th National Magazine Awards — Fiction: Gold: "The Miraculous Return of Khalid from the Dead," @thewalrus.ca Silver: "Forest Hill Gothic," @thewalrus.ca #NMA26

🖊️ The 49th National Magazine Awards — Personal Journalism: Gold: "Perhaps a Wolf & a Lamb," @thenewquarterly.bsky.social Silver: "Paper Trail," @thewalrus.ca #NMA26

🏅Gold at the 49th National Magazine Awards — Publisher of the Year: Florence Gagnon — lstw #NMA26

🏆 Gold at the 49th National Magazine Awards — Best Magazine: Special Interest: lstw #NMA26

Absolutely love Natalie Southworth's debut, There's Always More to Say.

49th Shelf@49thshelf.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Here are some short fiction collections we're loving this spring! 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... @newestpress.bsky.social @breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social @guernicaeditions.bsky.social @greatplainspress.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social #CanLit