Plus how social media has made us passive and streaming services have spoiled us. Then I end with an apropos Emily Dickinson poem! Enjoy.

The titular poem from her 2017 collection. Sensuous science. Enjoy!

In which you get a tour around the books, plants, knick-knacks and other wonders of my world. What’s your writing studio like? And I close by reading a section of Mark Strand’s Dark Harbor from 1993. Enjoy!

In which I begin with his tin whistle, then natter on about conversations in the hood, and then give you some bits of how I met Tim, his bio and end with a little satirical lyric on Professors of Poetry. Enjoy!

The first edited by Carmine Starnino with the focus being on craft and style and the latter edited by John Barton and attending to identity. The numbers of varied types is distinct; are the poems by Suzanne Buffam and Armand Garnet Russo I opted to read at the end? Or has our focus and inclusivity just changed?

For Labour Day as this Canadian poet who lived from 1909-1996 was a passionate defender of worker’s rights and feminism. I talk a bit about her bio (read Journey with my Selves for much more!) and recite her poem The Unquiet Bed. Enjoy!

Yeah. It’s September! No wonder I need to purge my brain. Here ya go: scrawlings about Iceland, CC grants, book tours, mushrooms, rodeos, students, new poetic forms and a short lyric about nothingness. Enjoy!

That I didn’t mention is of course also from Best Canadian Poetry 2023. A beautiful piece. Though I am down. This did help. Enjoy!

A book of solidarity with worker-poets around the world! I read its descriptor, chapter headings, explain its essential premises and read one of the poems by a hole-punch operator, a woman called Zheng Xiaoquiong. Poetry is freedom beyond institution and safety.

With a recitation from Roan Stallion for my Inhuman drummer Aren (RIP March 13, 2023) and a chat about my absence and various audience reflections! Enjoy.