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Francois Lachance
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World Citizen since forever. Scholar-at-large since 1996, interested in discourses of technology, sensoria, social reproduction, and poetry as cognitive device.

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A Garden By The Sea: A Zine Inspired By The Words And Films Of Derek Jarman

BLACK LODGE PRESS

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turnip off the truck rube

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - turnip
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
newsprint yellowing
brittle pages
of classifieds past

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - yellowing
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
feathering on glass melts
into hot breath circle
comet-patterned by forefinger

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - frost
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Of Poetry Podcast (from the archive - Episode 3 Season 1)

Tom Snarsky (Of Games, Francis Bacons, and Ducks, Newburyport)

great line to remember:

difficulty is besides the point

@hanvanderhart.bsky.social @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
fright wig
red nose
clown smile

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - fright
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Reposted by Francois Lachance
And you, what did you pay to enter this world?

—Benjamin Garcia, with many voltas this morning 🥰
Egg Tooth
Ears are the eyes on the sides of your head. / Memory lives here, between these apostrophes.
poets.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
a land without grandfathers
a quaver of song
an empty fireplace

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - fireplace
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
flamingos imbibe
brine shrimp
and turn a pretty pink

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - imbibe
November 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Reposted by Francois Lachance
Do folks have recommendations for good feminist STS discussions of biostatistics or stats in healthcare? I’m craving a good background to these applied methods while I’m taking MPH courses
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
wind-snarled strands
of withered grass
frost magnets

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - withered grass
November 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
tending to the body
a nice hot cup of tea
after a long walk

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - hot tea
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Reposted by Francois Lachance
effigies and bonfires
marking
a foiled plot

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - bonfire
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The food has been eaten; the buildings and people are gone. Only the words remain.

Leslie T Chang

www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
‘The English person with a Chinese stomach’: how Fuchsia Dunlop became a Sichuan food hero
The long read: The author has been explaining Sichuan cuisine to westerners for decades. But ‘Fu Xia’, as she’s known, has had a profound effect on food lovers in China, too
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
effigies and bonfires
marking
a foiled plot

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - bonfire
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A testament to frugality and joy:

Luck, baby. Good fortune.

It helps to live simply.
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
tea leaf withering
prelude to
oxidization

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - withering
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
rake left lying
an accident
waiting for the unwary tread

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - rake
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
painted pine
furniture
antique feel

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - pine
November 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
snow shovel
rusted
after so many winters

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - rust
November 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Reposted by Francois Lachance
New homepage. #updates
kirbyfairy.ca
KIRBY
FAIRY Spring 2027 Palimpsest Press
kirbyfairy.ca
November 15, 2025 at 2:13 AM
classic
caesar
salad

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - classic
November 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
silent orb
speechless
winter moon

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - winter moon
November 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Reposted by Francois Lachance
"Shame lied to you when it said that you were the only one."

#TodaysPoem #poetry
Certificate of Normalcy by Enia Oaks in From a Studio in Oakland California - 108 Notes on Existence (2025) paigesmith.net/2025/08/08/f...
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
dampening shapes
soft so soft
first snow falls

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - first snow
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM