Gregory Betts
@whatisapoem.bsky.social
Experimental Poet—Experimental Lit Prof—Experimental Musician
Curator @ bpNichol.ca — Literary Arts Residency Lead @ The SETI Institute
Curator @ bpNichol.ca — Literary Arts Residency Lead @ The SETI Institute
Syllable Haiku
One two three four five
six seven nine ten elev-
en fourteen sixteen
One two three four five
six seven nine ten elev-
en fourteen sixteen
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Syllable Haiku
One two three four five
six seven nine ten elev-
en fourteen sixteen
One two three four five
six seven nine ten elev-
en fourteen sixteen
My life is a series of people saying to me, "I can't believe you don't know this!" and a series of people saying to me, "I can't believe you know this!"
Latest example:
Kristof Lauwers' "After bpNichol" (2009).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4P2...
Latest example:
Kristof Lauwers' "After bpNichol" (2009).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4P2...
Kristof Lauwers' "After bpNichol"
YouTube video by commutiny
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
My life is a series of people saying to me, "I can't believe you don't know this!" and a series of people saying to me, "I can't believe you know this!"
Latest example:
Kristof Lauwers' "After bpNichol" (2009).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4P2...
Latest example:
Kristof Lauwers' "After bpNichol" (2009).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4P2...
Paul Dutton, "Texture" (1979).
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Paul Dutton, "Texture" (1979).
Stained-glass version of my Penteract Press book BardCode.
I have been encouraged to make one of these for every one of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets. The labour!
I have been encouraged to make one of these for every one of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets. The labour!
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Stained-glass version of my Penteract Press book BardCode.
I have been encouraged to make one of these for every one of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets. The labour!
I have been encouraged to make one of these for every one of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets. The labour!
Five Formative Texts from the Canadian Avant-Garde:
stridemagazine.blogspot.com/2025/11/five...
stridemagazine.blogspot.com/2025/11/five...
Five Formative Texts from the Canadian Avant-Garde
Five Formative Texts from the Canadian Avant-Garde These five works each, in their own way, pa...
stridemagazine.blogspot.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Five Formative Texts from the Canadian Avant-Garde:
stridemagazine.blogspot.com/2025/11/five...
stridemagazine.blogspot.com/2025/11/five...
A simile is like an I in smile.
November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A simile is like an I in smile.
Probably my favourite book from 1624: Giovanni Battista Bracelli's "Bizzarie di Varie Figure" (1624).
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Probably my favourite book from 1624: Giovanni Battista Bracelli's "Bizzarie di Varie Figure" (1624).
What's that, Christmas?
Friends, Penteract Press is sadly winding down operations. They have launched a major sale of some of their incredible books (including BardCode): Customers get 40% off all books and chapbooks using the code PENULTIMATE at checkout.
penteractpress.com/store/bardcode
Friends, Penteract Press is sadly winding down operations. They have launched a major sale of some of their incredible books (including BardCode): Customers get 40% off all books and chapbooks using the code PENULTIMATE at checkout.
penteractpress.com/store/bardcode
BardCode - Gregory Betts — Penteract Press
Full Colour, Hardback, 210 x 148mm, 172pp BardCode presents Shakespeare’s Sonnets as never seen before, translating them into vibrant visual poetry. In this visualisation project, Gregory Betts...
penteractpress.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
What's that, Christmas?
Friends, Penteract Press is sadly winding down operations. They have launched a major sale of some of their incredible books (including BardCode): Customers get 40% off all books and chapbooks using the code PENULTIMATE at checkout.
penteractpress.com/store/bardcode
Friends, Penteract Press is sadly winding down operations. They have launched a major sale of some of their incredible books (including BardCode): Customers get 40% off all books and chapbooks using the code PENULTIMATE at checkout.
penteractpress.com/store/bardcode
I have found the definition of Beauty--of my Beauty. It is something ardent and sad, something a little vague, allowing for conjecture... finally (so as to admit courageously how modern I feel in matters of aesthetics), a sense of unhappiness.
—Charles Baudelaire, Fusées
—Charles Baudelaire, Fusées
November 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I have found the definition of Beauty--of my Beauty. It is something ardent and sad, something a little vague, allowing for conjecture... finally (so as to admit courageously how modern I feel in matters of aesthetics), a sense of unhappiness.
—Charles Baudelaire, Fusées
—Charles Baudelaire, Fusées
Georg Nees "Schlotter" (1965-68) remade by Christina Pletsch.
I have measured out my artlife in sugar cubes...
I have measured out my artlife in sugar cubes...
October 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Georg Nees "Schlotter" (1965-68) remade by Christina Pletsch.
I have measured out my artlife in sugar cubes...
I have measured out my artlife in sugar cubes...
Cassils, "Undersight" (2025). On Oct. 4, the artist will project the 199 words banished by the Trump administration, encrypted as dots and dashes of searing light, into the night sky over 12 hours, from sunset to sunrise.
"It's a distress signal," says Cassils.
"It's a distress signal," says Cassils.
October 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Cassils, "Undersight" (2025). On Oct. 4, the artist will project the 199 words banished by the Trump administration, encrypted as dots and dashes of searing light, into the night sky over 12 hours, from sunset to sunrise.
"It's a distress signal," says Cassils.
"It's a distress signal," says Cassils.
14 Hours until the first rocket is launched in Canada from the new Atlantic Spaceport (near St. Lawrence, Newfoundland).
www.nordspace.com/info
www.nordspace.com/info
Launch Information
Visit this page for up to date information on our upcoming launches
www.nordspace.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
14 Hours until the first rocket is launched in Canada from the new Atlantic Spaceport (near St. Lawrence, Newfoundland).
www.nordspace.com/info
www.nordspace.com/info
Reposted by Gregory Betts
I'm so excited to annouce that Do It Wrong: How to Be a Poet In the Twenty-First Century is now available for preorder from @pressassembly.bsky.social assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w...
September 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I'm so excited to annouce that Do It Wrong: How to Be a Poet In the Twenty-First Century is now available for preorder from @pressassembly.bsky.social assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w...
"A History of Poetry Comics" by JB
attn: @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social
attn: @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"A History of Poetry Comics" by JB
attn: @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social
attn: @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social
To twist an Atwoodism: the right are afraid that the left will laugh at them. the left are afraid that the right will kill them. @margaretatwood.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
To twist an Atwoodism: the right are afraid that the left will laugh at them. the left are afraid that the right will kill them. @margaretatwood.bsky.social
Günes Isitan, "Hybridities: Almost Other" (2024) takes swabs from subjects faces using film and lets the microbe grow on the film in a petri dish. The results are stunning.
www.gunesisitan.com/hybridities-...
www.gunesisitan.com/hybridities-...
September 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Günes Isitan, "Hybridities: Almost Other" (2024) takes swabs from subjects faces using film and lets the microbe grow on the film in a petri dish. The results are stunning.
www.gunesisitan.com/hybridities-...
www.gunesisitan.com/hybridities-...
How is it that every etymology reads like a poem? Like...
Origin
from oriri
arise, rise, get up
appear above the horizon
become visible
be born
be descended
receive life
Origin
from oriri
arise, rise, get up
appear above the horizon
become visible
be born
be descended
receive life
September 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
How is it that every etymology reads like a poem? Like...
Origin
from oriri
arise, rise, get up
appear above the horizon
become visible
be born
be descended
receive life
Origin
from oriri
arise, rise, get up
appear above the horizon
become visible
be born
be descended
receive life
What an auspicious start for the new SETI Institute award! The first annual Cosmic Chronicles Literary Prize has received hundreds of submissions from 31 countries around the world. Brilliant launch of the award!
September 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
What an auspicious start for the new SETI Institute award! The first annual Cosmic Chronicles Literary Prize has received hundreds of submissions from 31 countries around the world. Brilliant launch of the award!
Reposted by Gregory Betts
Hem Press' editor had the great pleasure of sitting down with Gregory Betts @whatisapoem.bsky.social to talk about bpNichol!
You can watch it here (due to a technical mishap, you only see Gregory's screen).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=md6-...
You can watch it here (due to a technical mishap, you only see Gregory's screen).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=md6-...
Morgiana Podcast #5: Gregory Betts
YouTube video by Richard Capener
www.youtube.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Hem Press' editor had the great pleasure of sitting down with Gregory Betts @whatisapoem.bsky.social to talk about bpNichol!
You can watch it here (due to a technical mishap, you only see Gregory's screen).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=md6-...
You can watch it here (due to a technical mishap, you only see Gregory's screen).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=md6-...
