Patrick Connors
@81912con.bsky.social
Author of The Other Life and The Long Defeat: https://mosaicpress.ca/products/the-long-defeat
Irving Layton, in a poetry writing workshop he taught at York University in 1973. This is from an email from one of his students, Janes Dewar.
Layton said, “The poet only has to do three things in this world:
Admit to being a poet. (and NEVER apologize for it)
Write poetry.
Deliver it to the world."
Layton said, “The poet only has to do three things in this world:
Admit to being a poet. (and NEVER apologize for it)
Write poetry.
Deliver it to the world."
October 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Irving Layton, in a poetry writing workshop he taught at York University in 1973. This is from an email from one of his students, Janes Dewar.
Layton said, “The poet only has to do three things in this world:
Admit to being a poet. (and NEVER apologize for it)
Write poetry.
Deliver it to the world."
Layton said, “The poet only has to do three things in this world:
Admit to being a poet. (and NEVER apologize for it)
Write poetry.
Deliver it to the world."
(A) 100,000 Poets for Change Toronto Event
Sunday, September 28th, 4-7 PM
Free Times Cafe, 320 College Street, #Toronto
#poetry #100000PoetsforChange
#Fundraiser for #ShannensDream
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Sunday, September 28th, 4-7 PM
Free Times Cafe, 320 College Street, #Toronto
#poetry #100000PoetsforChange
#Fundraiser for #ShannensDream
fncaringsociety.com/shannens-dream
September 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
(A) 100,000 Poets for Change Toronto Event
Sunday, September 28th, 4-7 PM
Free Times Cafe, 320 College Street, #Toronto
#poetry #100000PoetsforChange
#Fundraiser for #ShannensDream
fncaringsociety.com/shannens-dream
Sunday, September 28th, 4-7 PM
Free Times Cafe, 320 College Street, #Toronto
#poetry #100000PoetsforChange
#Fundraiser for #ShannensDream
fncaringsociety.com/shannens-dream
www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FPLV172... New #Connors #poetry available from Amazon for $6.70 plus shipping, or from the author for $10 including free autograph!
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September 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FPLV172... New #Connors #poetry available from Amazon for $6.70 plus shipping, or from the author for $10 including free autograph!
"Compassion is the intention and capacity to relieve and transform suffering -- in ourselves, in the other person, and in the world." - Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Listen, page 45 #compassion
August 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
"Compassion is the intention and capacity to relieve and transform suffering -- in ourselves, in the other person, and in the world." - Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Listen, page 45 #compassion
If you dig a little, you will find my poem "Dig". Dig? @canadianpoets.bsky.social #MemberAppreciationWeek #Connors #Poetry #Dig
Poetry Pause: 2025 Member Spotlight - League of Canadian Poets
Grab a drink and settle in to browsing over 60 poems, published in dozens of journals and websites from all across Canada - and all by members of the League.
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August 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
If you dig a little, you will find my poem "Dig". Dig? @canadianpoets.bsky.social #MemberAppreciationWeek #Connors #Poetry #Dig
riffsandripplesfromzenrivergardens.blogspot.com/2025/07/list... #Connors #poetry #Listen published in the latest Tower Poetry magazine posted on #ChrisFaiers blog #riffsandripplesfromzenrivergardens with commentary
Listen: new poem from Patrick Connors
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July 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
riffsandripplesfromzenrivergardens.blogspot.com/2025/07/list... #Connors #poetry #Listen published in the latest Tower Poetry magazine posted on #ChrisFaiers blog #riffsandripplesfromzenrivergardens with commentary
www.spiritfirereview.com/post/today-t... #Connors #Christian #poetry #SpiritLifeReview #Preparation #Today
Today: two poems by Patrick Connors
scribbles, image by H G, on Pixabay, slightly modifiedPreparation "Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the powerand the glory and the victory and the majesty,for all that is in the heavens and the ear...
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June 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The power of art is to convey powerful personal experiences in distilled language and memorialize them in a cogent manner. Such communication will resonate in the context of larger culture." - @iamfujimura.bsky.social Refractions, page 25-26
June 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The power of art is to convey powerful personal experiences in distilled language and memorialize them in a cogent manner. Such communication will resonate in the context of larger culture." - @iamfujimura.bsky.social Refractions, page 25-26
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E... #Connors #poetry #TheLongDefeat #MosaicPress #TorontoPublicLibrary
The long defeat
"After the remarkable success of Patrick Connors’ first book of poetry, The Other Life: Poems, and the impact Covid had on our lives, the poet’s new collection, The Long Defeat, is now available. As t...
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May 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Reading #poetry at a May Day celebration with #GEC Giovanna Riccio Honey Novick with #JuliusArscott speaking!
April 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Reading #poetry at a May Day celebration with #GEC Giovanna Riccio Honey Novick with #JuliusArscott speaking!
Christian Life Today are very pleased to share Patrick Connors Poetry. Please visit Patrick Connors to see his bio and his poetry.
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Patrick Connors
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March 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Hoping to add to this dedicated page on Spirit Fire Review: www.spiritfirereview.com/blog/search/... #Connors #religious #poetry
Spirit Fire Review | A Magazine of Celebration!
Spirit Fire Review is a Magazine of Celebration-Changing the world through love! Honoring the Holy Spirit through Poetry, Visual Art, Testimony, and Song.
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March 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hoping to add to this dedicated page on Spirit Fire Review: www.spiritfirereview.com/blog/search/... #Connors #religious #poetry
Poetry Crosses Borders. Saturday, May 9th, 7:00-10:00, doors open at 6:30. #poetry #reading #featuring @janinalapapita.bsky.social and me.
March 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Poetry Crosses Borders. Saturday, May 9th, 7:00-10:00, doors open at 6:30. #poetry #reading #featuring @janinalapapita.bsky.social and me.