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Steve McOrmond

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Author of four books of poetry, most recently Reckon (2018). New chapbook with Baseline Press: https://www.baselinepress.ca/#/jacaranda-trees-mexico-city-steve-mcormond-2025

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Steve McOrmond

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-20 Celsius Morning, Toronto

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January 24, 2026 at 1:18 PM

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The Sky This Morning

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January 16, 2026 at 2:12 PM

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West

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January 11, 2026 at 12:37 PM

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Tom Snarsky

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Larry Levis

The Oldest Living Thing in L.A.
At Wilshire & Santa Monica I saw an opossum Trying to cross the street. It was late, the street Was brightly lit, the opossum would take A few steps forward, then back away from the breath Of moving traffic. People coming out of the bars Would approach, as if to help it somehow.
It would lift its black lips & show them
The reddened gums, the long rows of incisors, Teeth that went all the way back beyond The flames of Troy & Carthage, beyond sheep Grazing rock-strewn hills, fragments of ruins In the grass at San Vitale. It would back away Delicately & smoothly, stepping carefully
As it always had. It could mangle someone's hand In twenty seconds. Mangle it for good. It could Sever it completely from the wrist in forty.
There was nothing to be done for it. Someone Or other probably called the LAPD, who then Called Animal Control, who woke a driver, who Then dressed in mailed gloves, the kind of thing Small knights once wore into battle, who gathered Together his pole with a noose on the end, A light steel net to snare it with, someone who hoped The thing would have vanished by the time he got there.

January 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM

Steve McOrmond

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Sunrise, North Vancouver

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January 9, 2026 at 1:01 PM

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Vicki Ziegler

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"It was like there
was music going on, like a soundtrack,
but when I focused it was just
the humidifier coughing."

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Elegy by Stuart Ross (@razovsky.bsky.social) (2025 Relegation Books)

Four Poems

Founded in 2012 by Dallas Hudgens, Relegation Books works to connect readers and writers on a smaller, more intimate scale, understanding that success isn't always measured by sales numbers.

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January 8, 2026 at 12:58 PM

Steve McOrmond

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Sunrise, North Vancouver

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January 7, 2026 at 1:53 PM

Steve McOrmond

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The Great Beyond

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January 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM

Steve McOrmond

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Jericho Beach, Vancouver

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January 2, 2026 at 5:06 PM

Steve McOrmond

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Sunset, Ambleside Beach, West Vancouver

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January 1, 2026 at 2:35 PM

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Vicki Ziegler

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"The neighbour's
balcony dog, a bullmastiff, barks at passersby,
rains down slobber from above."

#TodaysPoem #poetry
from Jacaranda Trees, Mexico City by @stevemcormond.bsky.social (2025 Baseline Press) www.baselinepress.ca#/jacaranda-t...