Jessica Coles
@prairievixen.bsky.social
(she/her) Poet, editor, finder of lost things, singer of silly songs. Poems in Moist Poetry, Stone Circle Review, CV2, The Fiddlehead & others. Lover of beings that move between worlds. Endearingly uncool. Bestselling poet on a very local level.
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Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
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Hey folks, if you'd like to cover Edmonton courts and justice/crime issues at CBC, now is your chance because I'll be on maternity leave shortly into the new year. Applications due before midnight on Dec. 1! cbcrc.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/CBC_Radio-Ca...
Reporter/Editor (On-Site) (English Services)
Position Title: Reporter/Editor (On-Site) (English Services) Status of Employment: Temporary Long-Term (Fixed Term) Position Language Requirement: Language Skills: Work at CBC/Radio-Canada At CBC/Radi...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Hey folks, if you'd like to cover Edmonton courts and justice/crime issues at CBC, now is your chance because I'll be on maternity leave shortly into the new year. Applications due before midnight on Dec. 1! cbcrc.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/CBC_Radio-Ca...
I spent all afternoon believing I had run the dishwasher right after lunch, but friends, that was a lie.
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I spent all afternoon believing I had run the dishwasher right after lunch, but friends, that was a lie.
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people always stereotype Canadians as being polite, and its not true at all. We are passive-agressive weirdos who live in isolated weird places and the sooner we make peace with that the better
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
people always stereotype Canadians as being polite, and its not true at all. We are passive-agressive weirdos who live in isolated weird places and the sooner we make peace with that the better
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Amending to include unsettling yet compelling PSAs from Concerned Children's Advertisers.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Amending to include unsettling yet compelling PSAs from Concerned Children's Advertisers.
youtu.be/5AuLkMBAFZg?...
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I made a massive pan of brownies if anyone needs some will to live.
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I made a massive pan of brownies if anyone needs some will to live.
At my guitar lesson yesterday, I got to play a song with tube amp vibrato and that is 100% a sound that I would leave my spouse for
November 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
At my guitar lesson yesterday, I got to play a song with tube amp vibrato and that is 100% a sound that I would leave my spouse for
At the open mic last night, I was chatting with another performer about how his songs had a lovely Gordon Lightfoot feel. He said, "A lot of people tell me that, but honestly, I don't listen to a lot of Lightfoot." I said, "I think, living in Canada, you just end up getting him through osmosis."
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
At the open mic last night, I was chatting with another performer about how his songs had a lovely Gordon Lightfoot feel. He said, "A lot of people tell me that, but honestly, I don't listen to a lot of Lightfoot." I said, "I think, living in Canada, you just end up getting him through osmosis."
What a lovely treat this morning to have Stone Circle replay my experiment with an acrostic poem, in which I dare to talk back to Maggie Nelson!
Stone Circle Replay Wednesday poem: "But We Did Read the Darkness" by Jessica Coles (@prairievixen.bsky.social)
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But We Did Read the Darkness
by Jessica Coles
We cannot read the darkness. We cannot read it. It is a form of madness, albeit a common one, that we try.
– “130” Bluets, Maggie Nelson
We crouch in a corner of light,
cannot lif...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
What a lovely treat this morning to have Stone Circle replay my experiment with an acrostic poem, in which I dare to talk back to Maggie Nelson!
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@prairievixen.bsky.social how dare you make my morning this delightful. Y'all, read Jessica's lovely poem.
Stone Circle Replay Wednesday poem: "But We Did Read the Darkness" by Jessica Coles (@prairievixen.bsky.social)
stonecirclereview.com/but-we-did-r...
stonecirclereview.com/but-we-did-r...
But We Did Read the Darkness
by Jessica Coles
We cannot read the darkness. We cannot read it. It is a form of madness, albeit a common one, that we try.
– “130” Bluets, Maggie Nelson
We crouch in a corner of light,
cannot lif...
stonecirclereview.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
@prairievixen.bsky.social how dare you make my morning this delightful. Y'all, read Jessica's lovely poem.
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Some people are very good at writing sex and some people are good at believing that they are good at writing sex, the first is a tremendously impressive skill and the second is what makes for deeply uncomfortable author presentations at science fiction conventions
There's nothing wrong with literary porn, but some of the crap those guys wrote was "Have you actuallly ever HAD sex?"
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Some people are very good at writing sex and some people are good at believing that they are good at writing sex, the first is a tremendously impressive skill and the second is what makes for deeply uncomfortable author presentations at science fiction conventions
Blanked out on the second half of my second verse of my new song, as one does. This room forgives. 💖
Today has very much taken me for a ride, so of course it's the perfect evening to go to the open mic and give a new song its first performance
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Blanked out on the second half of my second verse of my new song, as one does. This room forgives. 💖
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Here's a free Thanksgiving-adjacent cookbook that helps you reduce food waste, created completely without AI: ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
Print copies support a food sovereignty charity!
Print copies support a food sovereignty charity!
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Here's a free Thanksgiving-adjacent cookbook that helps you reduce food waste, created completely without AI: ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
Print copies support a food sovereignty charity!
Print copies support a food sovereignty charity!
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When said "moon song," my mind immediately went here, and now I'm wishing this is what you meant:
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We Like The Moon
YouTube video by Rathergood
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November 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
When said "moon song," my mind immediately went here, and now I'm wishing this is what you meant:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9MZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9MZ...
oh shit I seem to be second on the list hahahahahaha today is weird
Today has very much taken me for a ride, so of course it's the perfect evening to go to the open mic and give a new song its first performance
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
oh shit I seem to be second on the list hahahahahaha today is weird
Today has very much taken me for a ride, so of course it's the perfect evening to go to the open mic and give a new song its first performance
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Today has very much taken me for a ride, so of course it's the perfect evening to go to the open mic and give a new song its first performance
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My main income is the salary I earn as a manager in a provincial health authority. I get infrequent royalties for my books (minus ~$200 CAD total on my last statements, meaning I’ll need to pay back from future sales). Advances tend to be about $1k CAD with my current publisher, paid in 2 chunks.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
My main income is the salary I earn as a manager in a provincial health authority. I get infrequent royalties for my books (minus ~$200 CAD total on my last statements, meaning I’ll need to pay back from future sales). Advances tend to be about $1k CAD with my current publisher, paid in 2 chunks.
What a day with 3 appointments in 5 hours truly needs is for the first appointment to go 45 minutes longer than expected.
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
What a day with 3 appointments in 5 hours truly needs is for the first appointment to go 45 minutes longer than expected.
Friend: Have you had any songs written about you?
Me: Just one. Sort of. But, I think, deep down, in my heart of hearts, I've always believed that more people *should* write songs about me
Me: Just one. Sort of. But, I think, deep down, in my heart of hearts, I've always believed that more people *should* write songs about me
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Friend: Have you had any songs written about you?
Me: Just one. Sort of. But, I think, deep down, in my heart of hearts, I've always believed that more people *should* write songs about me
Me: Just one. Sort of. But, I think, deep down, in my heart of hearts, I've always believed that more people *should* write songs about me
Evening contribution, because we listened to Music From Big Pink during supper
Day 24: Fever #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
"Chest Fever"
The Band
youtu.be/S7qqnK0Q5hk?...
Day 24: Fever #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
"Chest Fever"
The Band
youtu.be/S7qqnK0Q5hk?...
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Evening contribution, because we listened to Music From Big Pink during supper
Day 24: Fever #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
"Chest Fever"
The Band
youtu.be/S7qqnK0Q5hk?...
Day 24: Fever #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
"Chest Fever"
The Band
youtu.be/S7qqnK0Q5hk?...
I have never in my life known what the hell I'm doing now, what I will do next, or where I'm being taken. So, no, I don't know what we're having for supper, but I know it will be food.
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I have never in my life known what the hell I'm doing now, what I will do next, or where I'm being taken. So, no, I don't know what we're having for supper, but I know it will be food.
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Day 24: Fever #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Reply to *this post* (not the top one!) with the artist, title, hashtag & YouTube link to the 1st song today's prompt word reminds you of (derivatives OK!). Scroll through the replies first—if your song's already there, like it instead of reposting.
Reply to *this post* (not the top one!) with the artist, title, hashtag & YouTube link to the 1st song today's prompt word reminds you of (derivatives OK!). Scroll through the replies first—if your song's already there, like it instead of reposting.
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Day 24: Fever #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Reply to *this post* (not the top one!) with the artist, title, hashtag & YouTube link to the 1st song today's prompt word reminds you of (derivatives OK!). Scroll through the replies first—if your song's already there, like it instead of reposting.
Reply to *this post* (not the top one!) with the artist, title, hashtag & YouTube link to the 1st song today's prompt word reminds you of (derivatives OK!). Scroll through the replies first—if your song's already there, like it instead of reposting.
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My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
"You can't end every song on an unresolved chord, Jess."
Here's the thing though: yes, I can.
Here's the thing though: yes, I can.
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"You can't end every song on an unresolved chord, Jess."
Here's the thing though: yes, I can.
Here's the thing though: yes, I can.
I once said this to a teacher friend when he dropped something in front of his Gr. 2/3 class. He immediately had the kids stand up to see if they could feel it, and then, without warning, he fell to his knees and lay all the way down on the floor.
It's not your fault that gravity is extra strong today. You are doing your best!
November 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I once said this to a teacher friend when he dropped something in front of his Gr. 2/3 class. He immediately had the kids stand up to see if they could feel it, and then, without warning, he fell to his knees and lay all the way down on the floor.