Montreal International Poetry Prize
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The Montreal Poetry Prize is committed to poetry and poets around the world. For our 2024 winner and finalists, visit us at:
https://www.montrealpoetryprize.com/
The next competition opens in January 2026.
https://www.montrealpoetryprize.com/
The next competition opens in January 2026.
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Spread the word—the Montreal International Poetry Prize returns in January 2026.
Once again, we will award $20.000 CAD for a single poem of 40 lines or fewer. For more information visit us at www.montrealpoetryprize.com.
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
Once again, we will award $20.000 CAD for a single poem of 40 lines or fewer. For more information visit us at www.montrealpoetryprize.com.
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
KAYLA CZAGA
Kayla Czaga is the author of “Midway” (@houseofanansi.bsky.social, 2024), “Dunk Tank” (Anansi, 2019), and “For Your Safety Please Hold On” (@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social, 2014).
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
KAYLA CZAGA
Kayla Czaga is the author of “Midway” (@houseofanansi.bsky.social, 2024), “Dunk Tank” (Anansi, 2019), and “For Your Safety Please Hold On” (@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social, 2014).
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
November 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
KAYLA CZAGA
Kayla Czaga is the author of “Midway” (@houseofanansi.bsky.social, 2024), “Dunk Tank” (Anansi, 2019), and “For Your Safety Please Hold On” (@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social, 2014).
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
KAYLA CZAGA
Kayla Czaga is the author of “Midway” (@houseofanansi.bsky.social, 2024), “Dunk Tank” (Anansi, 2019), and “For Your Safety Please Hold On” (@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social, 2014).
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
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More poetry from issue 47! Hear Alex O’Neill read at our launch party on December 1, and prepare to read more in our upcoming print edition.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
More poetry from issue 47! Hear Alex O’Neill read at our launch party on December 1, and prepare to read more in our upcoming print edition.
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
IONA LEE
Iona Lee is a writer from Edinburgh whose debut poetry collection, Anamnesis (Polygon, 2023), won the Somerset Maugham Award.
Follow Lee at www.ionalee.com!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
IONA LEE
Iona Lee is a writer from Edinburgh whose debut poetry collection, Anamnesis (Polygon, 2023), won the Somerset Maugham Award.
Follow Lee at www.ionalee.com!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
IONA LEE
Iona Lee is a writer from Edinburgh whose debut poetry collection, Anamnesis (Polygon, 2023), won the Somerset Maugham Award.
Follow Lee at www.ionalee.com!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
IONA LEE
Iona Lee is a writer from Edinburgh whose debut poetry collection, Anamnesis (Polygon, 2023), won the Somerset Maugham Award.
Follow Lee at www.ionalee.com!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
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So pleased that Jaswinder Bolina is joining the jury of the Montreal International Poetry Prize! He’s such an original talent.
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
JASWINDER BOLINA
Jaswinder Bolina's most recent book is the award-winning ”English as a Second Language and Other Poems” (@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, 2023).
Find him at www.jaswinderbolina.com and @jaswinderbolina.bsky.social!
#poetry #poet #poetrycommunity
JASWINDER BOLINA
Jaswinder Bolina's most recent book is the award-winning ”English as a Second Language and Other Poems” (@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, 2023).
Find him at www.jaswinderbolina.com and @jaswinderbolina.bsky.social!
#poetry #poet #poetrycommunity
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
So pleased that Jaswinder Bolina is joining the jury of the Montreal International Poetry Prize! He’s such an original talent.
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
JASWINDER BOLINA
Jaswinder Bolina's most recent book is the award-winning ”English as a Second Language and Other Poems” (@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, 2023).
Find him at www.jaswinderbolina.com and @jaswinderbolina.bsky.social!
#poetry #poet #poetrycommunity
JASWINDER BOLINA
Jaswinder Bolina's most recent book is the award-winning ”English as a Second Language and Other Poems” (@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, 2023).
Find him at www.jaswinderbolina.com and @jaswinderbolina.bsky.social!
#poetry #poet #poetrycommunity
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
JASWINDER BOLINA
Jaswinder Bolina's most recent book is the award-winning ”English as a Second Language and Other Poems” (@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, 2023).
Find him at www.jaswinderbolina.com and @jaswinderbolina.bsky.social!
#poetry #poet #poetrycommunity
JASWINDER BOLINA
Jaswinder Bolina's most recent book is the award-winning ”English as a Second Language and Other Poems” (@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, 2023).
Find him at www.jaswinderbolina.com and @jaswinderbolina.bsky.social!
#poetry #poet #poetrycommunity
Congratulations to our 2024 finalist Bren Simmers for winning the Latner Griffin Writers' Trust Poetry Prize. 👏👏👏
Bren Simmers wins the $60,000 #LatnerGriffin Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize, supported by The Albert and Temmy Latner Family Foundation and Scott Griffin. Congratulations! #WTAwards #canlit
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Congratulations to our 2024 finalist Bren Simmers for winning the Latner Griffin Writers' Trust Poetry Prize. 👏👏👏
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November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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S*BSTACK ALERT: so i didn't win the ottawa book award (and other mournful tales,
, but the ottawa small press fair is this weekend, so that's cool,
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, but the ottawa small press fair is this weekend, so that's cool,
robmclennan.substack.com/p/so-i-didnt...
November 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
S*BSTACK ALERT: so i didn't win the ottawa book award (and other mournful tales,
, but the ottawa small press fair is this weekend, so that's cool,
robmclennan.substack.com/p/so-i-didnt...
, but the ottawa small press fair is this weekend, so that's cool,
robmclennan.substack.com/p/so-i-didnt...
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
SACHIKO MURAKAMI
Sachiko Murakami published four collections, including "Render" (@arsenalpulp.bsky.social, 2020) and "Get Me Out of Here" (@talonbooks.bsky.social, 2015).
Find out more about Murakami at sachikomurakami.com!
#poetry #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
SACHIKO MURAKAMI
Sachiko Murakami published four collections, including "Render" (@arsenalpulp.bsky.social, 2020) and "Get Me Out of Here" (@talonbooks.bsky.social, 2015).
Find out more about Murakami at sachikomurakami.com!
#poetry #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
SACHIKO MURAKAMI
Sachiko Murakami published four collections, including "Render" (@arsenalpulp.bsky.social, 2020) and "Get Me Out of Here" (@talonbooks.bsky.social, 2015).
Find out more about Murakami at sachikomurakami.com!
#poetry #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
SACHIKO MURAKAMI
Sachiko Murakami published four collections, including "Render" (@arsenalpulp.bsky.social, 2020) and "Get Me Out of Here" (@talonbooks.bsky.social, 2015).
Find out more about Murakami at sachikomurakami.com!
#poetry #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Shani Mootoo / @bookhugpress.bsky.social ;
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Shani Mootoo
Shani Mootoo’s novels include Starry Starry Night , Polar Vortex , and Cereus Blooms at Night . A four-time nominee for the Giller Prize, h...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
12 or 20 (second series) questions with Shani Mootoo / @bookhugpress.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/12-o...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/12-o...
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
SHERYDA WARRENER
Sheryda Warrener is the author of the three poetry collections and was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize 2023. She is a lecturer in Creative Writing at UBC @ubccrwr.bsky.social.
#poetry #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
SHERYDA WARRENER
Sheryda Warrener is the author of the three poetry collections and was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize 2023. She is a lecturer in Creative Writing at UBC @ubccrwr.bsky.social.
#poetry #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
SHERYDA WARRENER
Sheryda Warrener is the author of the three poetry collections and was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize 2023. She is a lecturer in Creative Writing at UBC @ubccrwr.bsky.social.
#poetry #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
SHERYDA WARRENER
Sheryda Warrener is the author of the three poetry collections and was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize 2023. She is a lecturer in Creative Writing at UBC @ubccrwr.bsky.social.
#poetry #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
Congratulations to our 2022 Finalist Leanne Dunic for winning the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize!
Congratulations to Leanne Dunic on winning the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize (@bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social) for her book "Wet."
You can read my interview with Leanne about the book over at @readlocalbc.bsky.social:
You can read my interview with Leanne about the book over at @readlocalbc.bsky.social:
Amphibious Poetics: An Interview with Leanne Dunic
Poets Leanne Dunic and Rob Taylor talk about genre-crossing art, mask wearing, and desire and restraint.
www.readlocalbc.ca
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Congratulations to our 2022 Finalist Leanne Dunic for winning the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize!
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We are delighted that Leanne Dunic and Fred Wah both took home awards at the 2025 BC & Yukon Book Awards Gala!
Wet by Leanne Dunic won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and literary icon Fred Wah received the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence!
Congratulations, Leanne and Fred!
Wet by Leanne Dunic won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and literary icon Fred Wah received the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence!
Congratulations, Leanne and Fred!
September 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We are delighted that Leanne Dunic and Fred Wah both took home awards at the 2025 BC & Yukon Book Awards Gala!
Wet by Leanne Dunic won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and literary icon Fred Wah received the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence!
Congratulations, Leanne and Fred!
Wet by Leanne Dunic won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and literary icon Fred Wah received the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence!
Congratulations, Leanne and Fred!
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
ROBIN S NGANGOM
Robin S Ngangom is a bilingual poet and translator who writes in English and Manipuri. His latest collection is “My Invented Land” (Speaking Tiger, 2023).
Find out more at www.montrealpoetryprize.com!
#poetry #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
ROBIN S NGANGOM
Robin S Ngangom is a bilingual poet and translator who writes in English and Manipuri. His latest collection is “My Invented Land” (Speaking Tiger, 2023).
Find out more at www.montrealpoetryprize.com!
#poetry #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
ROBIN S NGANGOM
Robin S Ngangom is a bilingual poet and translator who writes in English and Manipuri. His latest collection is “My Invented Land” (Speaking Tiger, 2023).
Find out more at www.montrealpoetryprize.com!
#poetry #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
ROBIN S NGANGOM
Robin S Ngangom is a bilingual poet and translator who writes in English and Manipuri. His latest collection is “My Invented Land” (Speaking Tiger, 2023).
Find out more at www.montrealpoetryprize.com!
#poetry #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
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Cannot wait to read your work!
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
BORIS DRALYUK
Boris Dralyuk is the author of “My Hollywood and Other Poems” (@pauldrybooks.bsky.social, 2022), and an award-winning translator and critic.
Find him @bdralyuk.bsky.social and bdralyuk.wordpress.com!
#poetry #PoetryPrize #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
BORIS DRALYUK
Boris Dralyuk is the author of “My Hollywood and Other Poems” (@pauldrybooks.bsky.social, 2022), and an award-winning translator and critic.
Find him @bdralyuk.bsky.social and bdralyuk.wordpress.com!
#poetry #PoetryPrize #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Cannot wait to read your work!
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
BORIS DRALYUK
Boris Dralyuk is the author of “My Hollywood and Other Poems” (@pauldrybooks.bsky.social, 2022), and an award-winning translator and critic.
Find him @bdralyuk.bsky.social and bdralyuk.wordpress.com!
#poetry #PoetryPrize #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
BORIS DRALYUK
Boris Dralyuk is the author of “My Hollywood and Other Poems” (@pauldrybooks.bsky.social, 2022), and an award-winning translator and critic.
Find him @bdralyuk.bsky.social and bdralyuk.wordpress.com!
#poetry #PoetryPrize #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
BORIS DRALYUK
Boris Dralyuk is the author of “My Hollywood and Other Poems” (@pauldrybooks.bsky.social, 2022), and an award-winning translator and critic.
Find him @bdralyuk.bsky.social and bdralyuk.wordpress.com!
#poetry #PoetryPrize #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
BORIS DRALYUK
Boris Dralyuk is the author of “My Hollywood and Other Poems” (@pauldrybooks.bsky.social, 2022), and an award-winning translator and critic.
Find him @bdralyuk.bsky.social and bdralyuk.wordpress.com!
#poetry #PoetryPrize #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
ANNOUNCING THE FIRST JURY MEMBER OF THE 2026 MONTREAL POETRY PRIZE
FELICITY PLUNKETT
Felicity Plunkett is an award-winning poet and critic living in Sydney, Australia. Follow her @felicity-plunkett.bsky.social !
#poetry #PoetryPrize #poet #poem #englishpoetry #poetrycommunity
FELICITY PLUNKETT
Felicity Plunkett is an award-winning poet and critic living in Sydney, Australia. Follow her @felicity-plunkett.bsky.social !
#poetry #PoetryPrize #poet #poem #englishpoetry #poetrycommunity
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
ANNOUNCING THE FIRST JURY MEMBER OF THE 2026 MONTREAL POETRY PRIZE
FELICITY PLUNKETT
Felicity Plunkett is an award-winning poet and critic living in Sydney, Australia. Follow her @felicity-plunkett.bsky.social !
#poetry #PoetryPrize #poet #poem #englishpoetry #poetrycommunity
FELICITY PLUNKETT
Felicity Plunkett is an award-winning poet and critic living in Sydney, Australia. Follow her @felicity-plunkett.bsky.social !
#poetry #PoetryPrize #poet #poem #englishpoetry #poetrycommunity
Spread the word—the Montreal International Poetry Prize returns in January 2026.
Once again, we will award $20.000 CAD for a single poem of 40 lines or fewer. For more information visit us at www.montrealpoetryprize.com.
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
Once again, we will award $20.000 CAD for a single poem of 40 lines or fewer. For more information visit us at www.montrealpoetryprize.com.
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Spread the word—the Montreal International Poetry Prize returns in January 2026.
Once again, we will award $20.000 CAD for a single poem of 40 lines or fewer. For more information visit us at www.montrealpoetryprize.com.
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
Once again, we will award $20.000 CAD for a single poem of 40 lines or fewer. For more information visit us at www.montrealpoetryprize.com.
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
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Nick Thran (Existing Music) is headed to the Fraser Valley Writers Festival in Abbotsford! Catch him on Sat, Nov 8 running a poetry workshop + reading new work on the theme of Sound during a panel. Don’t miss it!
#poetry #FVWF #NickThran
#poetry #FVWF #NickThran
October 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Nick Thran (Existing Music) is headed to the Fraser Valley Writers Festival in Abbotsford! Catch him on Sat, Nov 8 running a poetry workshop + reading new work on the theme of Sound during a panel. Don’t miss it!
#poetry #FVWF #NickThran
#poetry #FVWF #NickThran
To anyone who is currently looking to place their work: The Moth Poetry Prize is back, adjudicated this year by Ishion Hutchinson.
Thank you for putting on your contest again, @themothmagazine.bsky.social!
Thank you for putting on your contest again, @themothmagazine.bsky.social!
The Moth Poetry Prize is now OPEN!
One of the biggest prizes in the world for individual unpublished poems is back for 2025 – and we're very excited to announce that this year Ishion Hutchinson is joining us as judge.
More info below and on our website: bit.ly/mothpoetry25
One of the biggest prizes in the world for individual unpublished poems is back for 2025 – and we're very excited to announce that this year Ishion Hutchinson is joining us as judge.
More info below and on our website: bit.ly/mothpoetry25
October 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
To anyone who is currently looking to place their work: The Moth Poetry Prize is back, adjudicated this year by Ishion Hutchinson.
Thank you for putting on your contest again, @themothmagazine.bsky.social!
Thank you for putting on your contest again, @themothmagazine.bsky.social!
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Longlisted for the 2025 Toronto Book Awards, SHADOW PRICE by Farah Ghafoor is an “Urgent debut.” — Winnipeg Free Press
💛 SHADOW PRICE is available now. You can purchase it from your favourite bookseller here: houseofanansi.com/products/sha... #booksky #canadian #poetry
💛 SHADOW PRICE is available now. You can purchase it from your favourite bookseller here: houseofanansi.com/products/sha... #booksky #canadian #poetry
September 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Longlisted for the 2025 Toronto Book Awards, SHADOW PRICE by Farah Ghafoor is an “Urgent debut.” — Winnipeg Free Press
💛 SHADOW PRICE is available now. You can purchase it from your favourite bookseller here: houseofanansi.com/products/sha... #booksky #canadian #poetry
💛 SHADOW PRICE is available now. You can purchase it from your favourite bookseller here: houseofanansi.com/products/sha... #booksky #canadian #poetry
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Reading this Wednesday in Calgary at Pages Books with the wonderful @toluini.bsky.social and @josephkidney.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Reading this Wednesday in Calgary at Pages Books with the wonderful @toluini.bsky.social and @josephkidney.bsky.social
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📚 #NMAReadingList
🏆 Poetry — @arcpoetry.bsky.social
@josephkidney.bsky.social ’s Gold-winning poem is a surreal, lyrical take on Alberta mythmaking. “All my sorrows cauterized into desire.”
🔗 zurl.co/5FIXF
#NMA25 #CanadianPoetry #ArcPoetry
🏆 Poetry — @arcpoetry.bsky.social
@josephkidney.bsky.social ’s Gold-winning poem is a surreal, lyrical take on Alberta mythmaking. “All my sorrows cauterized into desire.”
🔗 zurl.co/5FIXF
#NMA25 #CanadianPoetry #ArcPoetry
August 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📚 #NMAReadingList
🏆 Poetry — @arcpoetry.bsky.social
@josephkidney.bsky.social ’s Gold-winning poem is a surreal, lyrical take on Alberta mythmaking. “All my sorrows cauterized into desire.”
🔗 zurl.co/5FIXF
#NMA25 #CanadianPoetry #ArcPoetry
🏆 Poetry — @arcpoetry.bsky.social
@josephkidney.bsky.social ’s Gold-winning poem is a surreal, lyrical take on Alberta mythmaking. “All my sorrows cauterized into desire.”
🔗 zurl.co/5FIXF
#NMA25 #CanadianPoetry #ArcPoetry
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"held in no hands, made
without love, lovelier
than the intense attraction
between your eye-songs
and these desperate invocations of your little wanting heart."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
To Feel by Tim Bowling (2025 @montrealprize.bsky.social)
without love, lovelier
than the intense attraction
between your eye-songs
and these desperate invocations of your little wanting heart."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
To Feel by Tim Bowling (2025 @montrealprize.bsky.social)
To Feel by Tim Bowling — Montreal International Poetry Prize
The past tense of the verb ...
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August 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"held in no hands, made
without love, lovelier
than the intense attraction
between your eye-songs
and these desperate invocations of your little wanting heart."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
To Feel by Tim Bowling (2025 @montrealprize.bsky.social)
without love, lovelier
than the intense attraction
between your eye-songs
and these desperate invocations of your little wanting heart."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
To Feel by Tim Bowling (2025 @montrealprize.bsky.social)
New work from our 2024 juror @sarahwolfson.bsky.social out @thewalrus.ca.
Happy to have a new poem in the summer reading issue of @thewalrus.ca . Thanks to @cstarnino.bsky.social for the editorial stewardship. thewalrus.ca/and-then-cam...
And Then Came the Day | The Walrus
Afterward, let’s go home and lay failure, longing, / and some lost cicada husks all belly up on the table
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August 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
New work from our 2024 juror @sarahwolfson.bsky.social out @thewalrus.ca.