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Gary Barwin
@garybarwin.bsky.social
writing, multimedia, music, art, Hamilton ON Canada


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“There’s a wisecrack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
Happy Birthday, Gertrude Stein.

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Gertrude Stein Home Movie: A Portrait of Picasso
YouTube video by Gary Barwin
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February 3, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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January 28, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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UPDATE! @garybarwin.bsky.social is the latest poet featured on "In the Third Sleep"!

inthethirdsleep.blogspot.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Why do we worry?
Every word on earth is
in the perfect place.
January 26, 2026 at 6:57 PM
bird song (barn swallow)
January 21, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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wrote about this poem, along with another one I love by William Bronk and the wonderful artwork This Way Brouwn by Stanley Brouwn, at the 🔗 below :)

❄️: piersend.substack.com/p/on-the-par...
January 20, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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22 unreleased poems with 22 accompanying writing prompts from 22 poets running for the next 22 Sundays on my Substack

Can't wait to share these!
January 17, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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January 17, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Bandaged Typewriter (for Dona Mayoora)
January 16, 2026 at 4:18 PM
MY NOBLE PRIZE
we all have our own Nobel Prize.

published in UnderCurrents in 2014.
January 16, 2026 at 2:42 PM
when do you think the first human felt nostalgia?
January 15, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Sleeping with a Tree
January 15, 2026 at 12:31 AM
January 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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January 12, 2026 at 9:39 PM
January 6, 2026 at 2:32 AM
December 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Laura Jensen
December 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Tree clocks, the random and Excel

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Set the Alarm for Spring: why random is better
My friend and collaborator Arnold McBay is an artist and musician.
open.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
At a loose end--since I had free time, enough sleep and lots of good food--I reworked this album today to include saxophone as well as low D whistle and electronics.
garybarwin.bandcamp.com/album/the-bu...
The Butterfly: Irish Tunes (EP), by Gary Barwin
3 track album
garybarwin.bandcamp.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
December 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM