Paul Vermeersch
@paulvermeersch.bsky.social
Human poet/artist. Latest book NMLCT: POEMS from ECW Press. Professor at Sheridan College. Senior editor at Wolsak and Wynn. Editor-in-chief at The Ampersand Review of Writing & Publishing. wererabbit on Bandcamp. https://linktr.ee/paulvermeersch
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LONDON, ONTARIO! Mark your calendars: I'm bringing NMLCT to you with thanks to Antler River Poetry! I'll see you at Little Wren Books on Dec 09, 2025. 7PM.
From my early childhood in London in the 1970s, to my time as a student at Western in the 1990s, it will feel like a homecoming. See you then!
From my early childhood in London in the 1970s, to my time as a student at Western in the 1990s, it will feel like a homecoming. See you then!
Do you know the difference between someone who supports a fascist government because they actually support fascism and someone who supports a fascist government because they feel they will somehow benefit from it personally?
Neither do I.
Neither do I.
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Do you know the difference between someone who supports a fascist government because they actually support fascism and someone who supports a fascist government because they feel they will somehow benefit from it personally?
Neither do I.
Neither do I.
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
Steven W. Beattie reviews Conor Mc Donnell's new long poem *what we know so far is …*
"Conor Mc Donnell channels T.S. Eliot in his latest book of poetry..."
Read the full review here (subscription required, and worth the small fee):
www.shakespeareanrag.com/conor-mc-don...
"Conor Mc Donnell channels T.S. Eliot in his latest book of poetry..."
Read the full review here (subscription required, and worth the small fee):
www.shakespeareanrag.com/conor-mc-don...
November 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Steven W. Beattie reviews Conor Mc Donnell's new long poem *what we know so far is …*
"Conor Mc Donnell channels T.S. Eliot in his latest book of poetry..."
Read the full review here (subscription required, and worth the small fee):
www.shakespeareanrag.com/conor-mc-don...
"Conor Mc Donnell channels T.S. Eliot in his latest book of poetry..."
Read the full review here (subscription required, and worth the small fee):
www.shakespeareanrag.com/conor-mc-don...
From the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab: Conor Mc Donnell Reflects on the Evolution of Language with What We Know So Far Is…
narrativebasedmedicine.ca/updates/cono...
narrativebasedmedicine.ca/updates/cono...
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
From the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab: Conor Mc Donnell Reflects on the Evolution of Language with What We Know So Far Is…
narrativebasedmedicine.ca/updates/cono...
narrativebasedmedicine.ca/updates/cono...
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this is a real book, written by me, that you can buy and read and everything bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman
Check out The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman - <p><b>A memoir-in-essays on transness, dad rock, and the music that saves us.</b></p><p> When Wilco's 2007 album <i>Sky Blue Sky</i> was infamously critic...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
this is a real book, written by me, that you can buy and read and everything bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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Check out the poem "Ibis" by Luigi Sposato on newpoetry.ca ! 😮
November 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Check out the poem "Ibis" by Luigi Sposato on newpoetry.ca ! 😮
Check out the poem "Ibis" by Luigi Sposato on newpoetry.ca ! 😮
November 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Check out the poem "Ibis" by Luigi Sposato on newpoetry.ca ! 😮
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Oh man this is my kind of book. The fierce, erotic lament of it. And just wildly smart.
@paulvermeersch.bsky.social with @ecwpress.bsky.social
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@paulvermeersch.bsky.social with @ecwpress.bsky.social
📖 ecwpress.com/products/nmlct
November 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Oh man this is my kind of book. The fierce, erotic lament of it. And just wildly smart.
@paulvermeersch.bsky.social with @ecwpress.bsky.social
📖 ecwpress.com/products/nmlct
@paulvermeersch.bsky.social with @ecwpress.bsky.social
📖 ecwpress.com/products/nmlct
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Alex Katz, Red Tie, 1979
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135536
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135536
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Alex Katz, Red Tie, 1979
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135536
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135536
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Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi, The Book of Interruptions / @dearkestrel.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social ;
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Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi, The Book of Interruptions
│││ I can no longer afford humour a spear knocks at my caged heart and the rattles awaken a primal fear. a marble floor, a marble bust...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi, The Book of Interruptions / @dearkestrel.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/khas...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/khas...
The CBC Poetry Prize shortlist is announced today! Congratulations to these poets.
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
5 writers make the 2025 CBC Poetry Prize shortlist | CBC Books
Read the five works contending for $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and a Banff Centre writing residency. The winner will be announced on Nov. 19, 2025.
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The CBC Poetry Prize shortlist is announced today! Congratulations to these poets.
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
NMLCT is officially in its second printing! Thanks for all the support! And thanks to my publisher, @ecwpress.bsky.social!
November 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
NMLCT is officially in its second printing! Thanks for all the support! And thanks to my publisher, @ecwpress.bsky.social!
Q: How did the world get so ugly?
A: "... we no longer believe in the idea of ordinary beauty, or in the idea of a public that deserves ordinary beauty."
youtu.be/tWYxrowovts?...
A: "... we no longer believe in the idea of ordinary beauty, or in the idea of a public that deserves ordinary beauty."
youtu.be/tWYxrowovts?...
How Did The World Get So Ugly?
YouTube video by The Cultural Tutor | Sheehan Quirke
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November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Q: How did the world get so ugly?
A: "... we no longer believe in the idea of ordinary beauty, or in the idea of a public that deserves ordinary beauty."
youtu.be/tWYxrowovts?...
A: "... we no longer believe in the idea of ordinary beauty, or in the idea of a public that deserves ordinary beauty."
youtu.be/tWYxrowovts?...
Zohran Mamdani's campaign in NYC has been the most hopeful political act I've seen in many years. Maybe since Jack Layton's campaign in 2011.
I cannot emphasize enough how much Zohran Mamdani's campaign was very much about a platform focused on accountability, but also about having fun, fostering genuine connections with its citizens, and reminding people why they moved to New York City and should still want to live there
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Zohran Mamdani's campaign in NYC has been the most hopeful political act I've seen in many years. Maybe since Jack Layton's campaign in 2011.
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I cannot emphasize enough how much Zohran Mamdani's campaign was very much about a platform focused on accountability, but also about having fun, fostering genuine connections with its citizens, and reminding people why they moved to New York City and should still want to live there
November 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I cannot emphasize enough how much Zohran Mamdani's campaign was very much about a platform focused on accountability, but also about having fun, fostering genuine connections with its citizens, and reminding people why they moved to New York City and should still want to live there
Thrilled to see this review of Alexis Von Konigslow's brilliant exceptional THE EXCLUSION ZONE!
"Reading The Exclusion Zone is like walking through the dark, silent forest itself—the deeper you go, the closer you get to the truth."
Read the whole review here:
heavyfeatherreview.org/2025/11/06/t...
"Reading The Exclusion Zone is like walking through the dark, silent forest itself—the deeper you go, the closer you get to the truth."
Read the whole review here:
heavyfeatherreview.org/2025/11/06/t...
Fiction Review: Kevin McMahon Reads Alexis Von Konigslow’s Novel The Exclusion Zone
Chernobyl. The name itself conjures a range of emotions and images, and my own intrigue in this infamous disaster was more than sufficient to pique my interest in giving this particular title a rea…
heavyfeatherreview.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thrilled to see this review of Alexis Von Konigslow's brilliant exceptional THE EXCLUSION ZONE!
"Reading The Exclusion Zone is like walking through the dark, silent forest itself—the deeper you go, the closer you get to the truth."
Read the whole review here:
heavyfeatherreview.org/2025/11/06/t...
"Reading The Exclusion Zone is like walking through the dark, silent forest itself—the deeper you go, the closer you get to the truth."
Read the whole review here:
heavyfeatherreview.org/2025/11/06/t...
Last night's double book launch at Sheridan College for myself and Alexander Hollenberg was truly a night to remember! I am very fortunate to teach and work with such wonderful people. 🎉
November 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Last night's double book launch at Sheridan College for myself and Alexander Hollenberg was truly a night to remember! I am very fortunate to teach and work with such wonderful people. 🎉
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"The Crown"
If you mime placing a crown upon your head, and freeze
when your thumbnails touch your hair, your fingers
will become the tips of antlers.
@paulvermeersch.bsky.social
NMLCT
If you mime placing a crown upon your head, and freeze
when your thumbnails touch your hair, your fingers
will become the tips of antlers.
@paulvermeersch.bsky.social
NMLCT
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
"The Crown"
If you mime placing a crown upon your head, and freeze
when your thumbnails touch your hair, your fingers
will become the tips of antlers.
@paulvermeersch.bsky.social
NMLCT
If you mime placing a crown upon your head, and freeze
when your thumbnails touch your hair, your fingers
will become the tips of antlers.
@paulvermeersch.bsky.social
NMLCT
It has been a pleasure being one of the judges of the CBC poetry contest this year. Congratulations to the 23 writers on the long list announced this morning. The short list will be announced on November 13, and the winner on November 19.
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
23 writers from across Canada make 2025 CBC Poetry Prize longlist | CBC Books
The winner will receive $6,000, a writing residency and have their work published on CBC Books
www.cbc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It has been a pleasure being one of the judges of the CBC poetry contest this year. Congratulations to the 23 writers on the long list announced this morning. The short list will be announced on November 13, and the winner on November 19.
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
There is nothing worse for poetry than a poet who has no enthusiasm for the art form. No love. No humility. Just that snide, above-it-all derision for all the work they deem unworthy. It's so tired and dim and cynical and barren. It sucks the blood out of poetry like a tick.
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
There is nothing worse for poetry than a poet who has no enthusiasm for the art form. No love. No humility. Just that snide, above-it-all derision for all the work they deem unworthy. It's so tired and dim and cynical and barren. It sucks the blood out of poetry like a tick.
Dick Cheney was a monster. He did not have one redeeming human quality. He is dead. He lived too long. One day someone will speak his name for the last time. May that day come soon.
November 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Dick Cheney was a monster. He did not have one redeeming human quality. He is dead. He lived too long. One day someone will speak his name for the last time. May that day come soon.
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I just stepped outside for a minute and when I came back in, all this goodness was waiting for me
#books #comics #cookies @augursociety.bsky.social @paulvermeersch.bsky.social
#books #comics #cookies @augursociety.bsky.social @paulvermeersch.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I just stepped outside for a minute and when I came back in, all this goodness was waiting for me
#books #comics #cookies @augursociety.bsky.social @paulvermeersch.bsky.social
#books #comics #cookies @augursociety.bsky.social @paulvermeersch.bsky.social
MISSISSAUGA! CITY OF MY BIRTH! I'll be doing a book launch for NMLCT at Sheridan College's HMC campus on NOVEMBER 5, from 6-8pm.
I'll be joined by poet and fellow Sheridan prof Alexander Hollenberg, launching his new collection Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Be there.
I'll be joined by poet and fellow Sheridan prof Alexander Hollenberg, launching his new collection Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Be there.
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
MISSISSAUGA! CITY OF MY BIRTH! I'll be doing a book launch for NMLCT at Sheridan College's HMC campus on NOVEMBER 5, from 6-8pm.
I'll be joined by poet and fellow Sheridan prof Alexander Hollenberg, launching his new collection Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Be there.
I'll be joined by poet and fellow Sheridan prof Alexander Hollenberg, launching his new collection Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Be there.
Toronto: I’ll be at the @meetthepresses.bsky.social Indie Literary Market from 12-4 today with the @theampersandreview.bsky.social! A feast of small press writing and community. Come by the Cecil Community Centre today and check it out!
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November 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Toronto: I’ll be at the @meetthepresses.bsky.social Indie Literary Market from 12-4 today with the @theampersandreview.bsky.social! A feast of small press writing and community. Come by the Cecil Community Centre today and check it out!
maps.app.goo.gl/NTV5QhYWdYXf...
maps.app.goo.gl/NTV5QhYWdYXf...
LONDON, ONTARIO! Mark your calendars: I'm bringing NMLCT to you with thanks to Antler River Poetry! I'll see you at Little Wren Books on Dec 09, 2025. 7PM.
From my early childhood in London in the 1970s, to my time as a student at Western in the 1990s, it will feel like a homecoming. See you then!
From my early childhood in London in the 1970s, to my time as a student at Western in the 1990s, it will feel like a homecoming. See you then!
October 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
LONDON, ONTARIO! Mark your calendars: I'm bringing NMLCT to you with thanks to Antler River Poetry! I'll see you at Little Wren Books on Dec 09, 2025. 7PM.
From my early childhood in London in the 1970s, to my time as a student at Western in the 1990s, it will feel like a homecoming. See you then!
From my early childhood in London in the 1970s, to my time as a student at Western in the 1990s, it will feel like a homecoming. See you then!