Brian Baker
@runstopwrite.bsky.social
Canadian poet from London, ON
Has words in The Antigonish Review, Dandelion, Windsor Review, Stanchion, Roi Fainéant Press, Vast Chasm, High Shelf Press, Cathexis Northwest Press, Sledgehammer Lit, Antler River Poetry, and others.
Atheist, Settler
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Has words in The Antigonish Review, Dandelion, Windsor Review, Stanchion, Roi Fainéant Press, Vast Chasm, High Shelf Press, Cathexis Northwest Press, Sledgehammer Lit, Antler River Poetry, and others.
Atheist, Settler
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Bring in the new year with desire interrupted, love absolute, and a touch of skyfall. 🌌
Brian Baker’s micropoetry is live now, on Blue Villa Mag. 📖
Brian Baker’s micropoetry is live now, on Blue Villa Mag. 📖
MICROPOETRY - Blue Villa
Liminal – Allison Walters Luther The Never That Was – Allison Walters Luther Heat – John Swofford Armageddon – John Swofford Sharing – R James Sennett Jr LOVE – Amanda Rivard DIALING THE COSMOS – Aman...
bluevilla.org
You know those tiny, random thoughts which pop into your head and also somehow seem oddly poetic? Well, quite honoured that Blue Villa chose to accept 4 of mine!
For a moment please excuse the male toxicity but, politically-speaking, who would you like to slap the most? I keep thinking I know who my preference would be but then, suddenly, another shitty face shows up.
January 17, 2026 at 12:46 AM
For a moment please excuse the male toxicity but, politically-speaking, who would you like to slap the most? I keep thinking I know who my preference would be but then, suddenly, another shitty face shows up.
Had a tiny little outpost of MapleMAGA over on another feed and I finally jettisoned it today. Difficult to do as this person had previously been an important part of my life.
January 11, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Had a tiny little outpost of MapleMAGA over on another feed and I finally jettisoned it today. Difficult to do as this person had previously been an important part of my life.
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Come On Everyone! It costs NOTHING but KINDNESS to REPOST❗️
Too many people are hungry!
KIDS are hungry & Moms are beyond stressed!
Too many people are hungry!
KIDS are hungry & Moms are beyond stressed!
🚨EMERGENCY
REPOST!
PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY. It’s supper time 💔
$180/ $600 donation match
$450 Groceries
$50 each Family
Many more in DMs
Mom laid off & needs help
$325
2 Moms short on Jan rent
🚨$290🚨 & $460
DM & I’ll connect u directly or paypal/Etransfer
[email protected]
REPOST!
PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY. It’s supper time 💔
$180/ $600 donation match
$450 Groceries
$50 each Family
Many more in DMs
Mom laid off & needs help
$325
2 Moms short on Jan rent
🚨$290🚨 & $460
DM & I’ll connect u directly or paypal/Etransfer
[email protected]
January 9, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Come On Everyone! It costs NOTHING but KINDNESS to REPOST❗️
Too many people are hungry!
KIDS are hungry & Moms are beyond stressed!
Too many people are hungry!
KIDS are hungry & Moms are beyond stressed!
You know those tiny, random thoughts which pop into your head and also somehow seem oddly poetic? Well, quite honoured that Blue Villa chose to accept 4 of mine!
Bring in the new year with desire interrupted, love absolute, and a touch of skyfall. 🌌
Brian Baker’s micropoetry is live now, on Blue Villa Mag. 📖
Brian Baker’s micropoetry is live now, on Blue Villa Mag. 📖
MICROPOETRY - Blue Villa
Liminal – Allison Walters Luther The Never That Was – Allison Walters Luther Heat – John Swofford Armageddon – John Swofford Sharing – R James Sennett Jr LOVE – Amanda Rivard DIALING THE COSMOS – Aman...
bluevilla.org
January 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM
You know those tiny, random thoughts which pop into your head and also somehow seem oddly poetic? Well, quite honoured that Blue Villa chose to accept 4 of mine!
I come across a pretty wide range of poetry and writing courses but the one I'd sign up for right away would be How To Tell When Your Muse Is Tired Of Being Your Muse. I suspect mine's getting there.
December 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I come across a pretty wide range of poetry and writing courses but the one I'd sign up for right away would be How To Tell When Your Muse Is Tired Of Being Your Muse. I suspect mine's getting there.
Live your life in such a way that no-one scrutinizes the backs of your hands.
December 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Live your life in such a way that no-one scrutinizes the backs of your hands.
Retired and well off enough that I could spend my last years doing pleasurable things but, honestly, if you told me I'd spend those years instead watching a steady stream of oligarchs, politicians, grifters and rapists all getting tried and shipped off to prison then that'd be my option.
December 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Retired and well off enough that I could spend my last years doing pleasurable things but, honestly, if you told me I'd spend those years instead watching a steady stream of oligarchs, politicians, grifters and rapists all getting tried and shipped off to prison then that'd be my option.
Last year, I was fortunate enough to have a short poem, 'Of all the things we did, brilliantly, together' published in @stanchion.bsky.social . A few months ago, Jeff Bogle, Stanchion's editor, contacted me to say he was compiling a "Best Of" issue, in honor of its 20th edition and could he...
December 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Last year, I was fortunate enough to have a short poem, 'Of all the things we did, brilliantly, together' published in @stanchion.bsky.social . A few months ago, Jeff Bogle, Stanchion's editor, contacted me to say he was compiling a "Best Of" issue, in honor of its 20th edition and could he...
At least the hells we are all experiencing these days are fresh.
December 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
At least the hells we are all experiencing these days are fresh.
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As parents, we're supposed to remember the first time we did stuff with our kids, but the last time is equally as significant, if not more.
This poem is from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...
This poem is from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...
December 15, 2024 at 11:24 AM
As parents, we're supposed to remember the first time we did stuff with our kids, but the last time is equally as significant, if not more.
This poem is from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...
This poem is from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...
SO powerful! And there's a reason for the c/w...
In case you missed it this morning...
NEW POEM #265: "Thoughts, in the Bath, on Trees & Bears" by Francesca Leader (@mooninabucket.bsky.social)
(CW: Suggestions of self-harm/family violence)
"like a bear-scarred aspen
in your childhood woods,
thinking how you’ve
become
both trunk
& claw"
stonecirclereview.com/thoughts-in-...
#Poem
(CW: Suggestions of self-harm/family violence)
"like a bear-scarred aspen
in your childhood woods,
thinking how you’ve
become
both trunk
& claw"
stonecirclereview.com/thoughts-in-...
#Poem
September 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
SO powerful! And there's a reason for the c/w...
Reposted by Brian Baker
My goodness, @writesloud.bsky.social's First Kicking, Then Not has a book trailer!!
First watch, then buy your copy of THE hot flash book of the summer.
youtu.be/WKpIuQ9nCcM?...
First watch, then buy your copy of THE hot flash book of the summer.
youtu.be/WKpIuQ9nCcM?...
First Kicking, Then Not (August 2025)
YouTube video by Hannah Grieco
youtu.be
August 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
My goodness, @writesloud.bsky.social's First Kicking, Then Not has a book trailer!!
First watch, then buy your copy of THE hot flash book of the summer.
youtu.be/WKpIuQ9nCcM?...
First watch, then buy your copy of THE hot flash book of the summer.
youtu.be/WKpIuQ9nCcM?...
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This is a poem of loss, taken from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023)...
February 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This is a poem of loss, taken from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023)...
Reposted by Brian Baker
Still offering up a bundle that stradles two eras of Stanchion Magazine, in print & PDFs for $20. That's 184 pages of poetry, prose & photography from talented people who were each paid for their work and weren't made to pay a fee. What a novel idea!
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
August 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Still offering up a bundle that stradles two eras of Stanchion Magazine, in print & PDFs for $20. That's 184 pages of poetry, prose & photography from talented people who were each paid for their work and weren't made to pay a fee. What a novel idea!
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
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Life-saving idea! Pass it on!
August 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Life-saving idea! Pass it on!
Time to myself today. For the past 7 months, I've spent Tuesdays visiting a friend in the palliative care unit. Today, I no longer have (get) to do that. Lots of adventure in this man's life, a life filled with so much more joy than pain, as it should have been.
July 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Time to myself today. For the past 7 months, I've spent Tuesdays visiting a friend in the palliative care unit. Today, I no longer have (get) to do that. Lots of adventure in this man's life, a life filled with so much more joy than pain, as it should have been.
Reposted by Brian Baker
I love this song 🥰
July 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I love this song 🥰
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Wonderful news! @fieldmouse.press will publish my graphic memoir HOUSEHOLD GODS, the follow up to FRENCH GIRL, ranked by the Washington Posts as one of the top graphic novels of the year! Excited!
June 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Wonderful news! @fieldmouse.press will publish my graphic memoir HOUSEHOLD GODS, the follow up to FRENCH GIRL, ranked by the Washington Posts as one of the top graphic novels of the year! Excited!
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Still can't believe this happened. I got to talk to the Washington Post about my soul cat, the lessons she taught me, and the book I made to honor her. 🧡
A story about me and my book is in the Washington Post today! Holy crap.
www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/...
How to meet street cats around the world
Author Jeff Bogle gives tips from his new book about how to find — and cuddle with — street cats around the world.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Still can't believe this happened. I got to talk to the Washington Post about my soul cat, the lessons she taught me, and the book I made to honor her. 🧡
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They have approximately 4400 sacred and historically significant items. They MUST be returned to the rightful owners.
canadiangeographic.ca/articles/sac...
canadiangeographic.ca/articles/sac...
Sacred returns: the repatriation of Indigenous heritage
The uncertain future of thousands of artifacts as the Hudson’s Bay Company winds down
canadiangeographic.ca
June 1, 2025 at 2:53 AM
They have approximately 4400 sacred and historically significant items. They MUST be returned to the rightful owners.
canadiangeographic.ca/articles/sac...
canadiangeographic.ca/articles/sac...
April was Poetry Month and here in London ON, Antler River Poetry (ARP) ran their annual Open Theme contest. Thrilled to announce that I came in 2nd! Many thanks to the judge, Ayaz Pirani! Here's a link to the contest page on the ARP website. Scroll on down!
antlerriverpoetry.ca/poetry-conte...
antlerriverpoetry.ca/poetry-conte...
Poetry Contest – Antler River Poetry FKA Poetry London
antlerriverpoetry.ca
May 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
April was Poetry Month and here in London ON, Antler River Poetry (ARP) ran their annual Open Theme contest. Thrilled to announce that I came in 2nd! Many thanks to the judge, Ayaz Pirani! Here's a link to the contest page on the ARP website. Scroll on down!
antlerriverpoetry.ca/poetry-conte...
antlerriverpoetry.ca/poetry-conte...