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Ryan Gibbs

@ryangibbswriter.bsky.social

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Writer of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Avid traveller. Published in Canada, US, UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Greece, Malta, Turkey, Thailand, Australia. https://linktr.ee/RyanGibbsWriter

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Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · Aug 31

Last trip of a fabulous #summer: #Tobermory & #FlowerpotIsland 🌞💙 #TravelCanada 🇨🇦❤️

Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · 5d

Hiking in #RothPark #Woodstock 🏞💚

Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · 7d

Happy to have my poem "Awakening" featured in the #PoemsRevived project 😊🌿💚

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Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · 18d

On a path toward spiritual awakening at #WutaiShan #Buddhist #Garden 🙏🌿💚

Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · 22d

Joined our #college #supportstaff on the #picketline this week. This video represents their positions well 💜 ##SaveOurColleges

The Story of Our Strike: Why OPSEU 416 Is Fighting Back

YouTube video by OPSEU 416

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Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · 25d

#Hiking through #FanshaweConservationArea 🏞💚

Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · Sep 7

Reading #MaxBraithwaite's #novel "Why Shoot The Teacher" (1965) 📖

Like my grandmother, Braithwaite was born in #Nokomis, #Saskatchewan 🇨🇦

His story of tribulations from working as a new #teacher during the depression reveals why many left the area for new opportunities 💙

Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · Aug 31

Last trip of a fabulous #summer: #Tobermory & #FlowerpotIsland 🌞💙 #TravelCanada 🇨🇦❤️

Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · Aug 21

#AmReading Regine Ebner's #MountainsThatSeeInTheDark 📖 🗻🖤

Amazing landscape #poems exploring deep connections between memory and spirit of place through remarkable #desert imagery 🏜💛

#poetry #SealeyChallenge #Arizona

Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · Aug 20

Congrats 🎉

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Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · Aug 19

Happy to have my poem "Do Not Bring Me Flowers (for Carmen)" featured here 😊🌿💚

David Hanlon @vespertine4.bsky.social · Aug 5

Follow on Insta: @poems_revived 🌱

David Hanlon @vespertine4.bsky.social · Aug 1

Hi folks 👋
I’ve started a new passion project on Instagram—reviving old, published poems and giving them new roots! 🌱
If you’re on Insta, I’d love it if you’d follow and help spread the word!

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Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · Aug 17

Great choice 👍 Started reading it 📖❤️

Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · Aug 17

Returning to the #ocean 🌊 through #poet Luke Levi's #MiraclesForgotten 📖💙

Gentle #poems reminding us of the peace found through drifting 🏞🩵

#AmReading #SealeyChallenge

Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · Aug 15

Reflecting on my inspiring trip to the #EastCoast by reviewing photos from the breathtaking #HopewellRocks 🪨🌊💙 #TravelCanada 🇨🇦❤️

Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · Aug 10

Returned to #NewBrunswick to stay the weekend at a #winery 🍷😍 #TravelCanada 🇨🇦❤️

Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · Aug 9

#Lobster fishing off the coast of #PrinceEdwardIsland 🦞💛 #TravelCanada 🇨🇦❤️

Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · Aug 7

Discovering the magic of #PrinceEdwardIsland 📖🌊💖 #TravelCanada 🇨🇦❤️

Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · Aug 7

Celebrating having now visited all 10 provinces 🔟🎉 with a #ceilidh on #PrinceEdwardIsland 🎻🎶💜 #TravelCanada 🇨🇦❤️

Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · Aug 6

Exploring the #BayofFundy 🌊 👣🦭🐳💙 #TravelCanada 🇨🇦❤️

Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · Aug 4

Happy #NewBrunswickDay from St. Andrews by the Sea 🌊☕️🍰🦌💙 #TravelCanada 🇨🇦❤️

Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · Jul 30

Good times this weekend with #CyndiLauper in #Toronto 🎶🩷💛💚💙💜

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Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · Jul 26

Escaped the stifling heat of southern Ontario for the sultry heat of Buenos Aires with #Evita 🌞❤️🎶

Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · Jul 24

#AmReading Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic #poem #TheSongOfHiawatha (1855) 📖

The town in #Saskatchewan where my #grandmother was born was named #Nokomis after Hiawatha's grandmother in the poem 👵❤️

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Jenny Wong @jenwithwords.bsky.social · Jul 16

✨ A new short poetry film has arrived ✨

Well, we finally made it to the last short poetry film of the series.

Thank you to everyone who watched and cheered for these little origami characters as they navigated through their glacier lake adventures.

Please enjoy!
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precipitation | glacier lake

YouTube video by jenwithwords

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Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · Jul 14

#AmReading #Manitoba writer Debbie Okun Hill's #WhenFloorboardsSpeak 📖🇨🇦

These #poems remind me of the #prairies by bringing to life the haunting sounds and silences in forgotten buildings and relationships 💙

Ryan Gibbs @ryangibbswriter.bsky.social · Jun 30

Looking back on my time in #Manitoba and #Saskatchewan in awe of the expansive landscape and history of the #prairies 🌅

Glad to have connected with family and friends along the way 🙏✨️ #TravelCanada 🇨🇦❤️