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Andrew, a Niagara geek
@acporteus.bsky.social
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Retired librarian with a whole passel of kids & grandkids. Co-owner of a Christmas tree farm. Loves history, all things Niagara Falls, and indexing history books. Curator of the Niagara Falls Poetry Project niagarapoetry.ca, also @niagarapoetry.bsky.social
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T.W. Kriner has been writing 4-by-4 poems lately - 4 lines with 4 beats per line, with a pair of rhyming couplets. 3 are about Niagara Falls - "The Niagara Dead," "Niagara Gorge 1993," and "The Late Fisherman in the Niagara Gorge." niagarapoetry.ca/author-search/ and scroll down to his name.
Author Search A-Z - Niagara Falls Poetry Project
An author search page listing poets in alphabetical order on the Niagara Falls Poetry Project, with titles of the poems that they have written
niagarapoetry.ca
December 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Last summer I got an unexpected call from the Niagara CAA magazine asking if they could feature me in their "What's Your Favourite" column, which features local people talking about the area. The digital copy arrived this morning.

magazine.caaniagara.ca/winter-2025/...
COLUMN What's Your Favourite? - CAA Magazine | NIA | Winter 2025
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December 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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The City of St. Catharines is inviting applications from local poets for a one-year appointment as Poet Laureate, coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the City's incorporation.

Get the details here www.stcatharines.ca/en/news/city...

#poetslaureate #Poet_Laureate #poetry #poets #St.Catharines
City of St. Catharines seeks Poet Laureate in celebration of the city’s 150th anniversary
www.stcatharines.ca
December 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Earlier this year I indexed "Behind the Bricks", a history of the #MohawkInstitute. On Tuesday it was launched at the Woodland Cultural Centre, where the Institute building was reopened as a museum. A powerful book, and a powerful museum.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

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October 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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I've recently published #poetry from over 2 centuries apart - Lines Written at #Niagara by Oldschool (1807) & Once Walking in Old Niagara by Kriner (2025) Check out these & hundreds of other #poems about #NiagaraFalls at niagarapoetry.ca
#poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets
A historic picture of a man reading at Prospect Point in Niagara Falls
September 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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In 1910, John Francis Myers published "The Great #Niagara River and Falls," a #poem about the insignificance of man compared to nature, which glorifies God. Read Myers' poem at niagarapoetry.ca/2025/08/20/m...
#NiagaraFalls #poetry #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity
August 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Episode 4 of #Niagara #History & #Poetry #podcast now up. The story of Avery & the photo Babbitt took of him clinging to a tree before his #death. #Poems by A. Duringer, W.D. Howells & @jamespenha.bsky.social
Youtube youtu.be/tWfRKluO_bA audio niagara-history-and-poetry.castos.com/episodes/nia...
Episode 4 Death and the Photographer: Joseph Avery and Platt Babbitt
YouTube video by Niagara Falls Poetry Project
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June 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Neither my wife nor myself knew that "86" was a thing. Always glad to learn something new.
#eighty-six. #86
May 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
acporteus.bsky.social
I support the #monarchy for the UK, but find it jarring to hear our PM say the #king will come to read the throne speech to help assert our #sovereignty. While I appreciate his support, isn't it time to get our own head of state and not rely on the mother country & its vestiges of colonialism?
King Charles in a Canadian admirals uniform
May 4, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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"I have autism and I'm not broken." At the Princeton Public Schools’ Board of Education meeting Tuesday night, 9-year-old Teddy pushed back against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s comments on children with au...
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May 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Recently in #CostaRica visiting a couple who wintered there. Here is a Panamanian white-faced capuchin #monkey (more pics on my fb page www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...)
A Panamanian white-faced capuchin monkey in a tree in Costa Rica
May 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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They tried to erase a 🌈 Little Free Library 🌈 in my town…here’s the update
May 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
acporteus.bsky.social
Just spent some time in Costa Rica. Here's a whimbrel that was taking an early morning stroll on the beach with me. #birds #CostaRica
A picture of a whimbrel, a small wading bird with a long curved beak with a background of gentle waves with the sun shining off them.
April 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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At the national museum in Costa Rica. Most intriguing artefact: a cannon that was in a gunpowder/ armaments warehouse that was blown up. It was found about 100 years later in a nearby river.
April 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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jesus hits a joint whilst holding the Easter bunny
April 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Vivid images abound in Joanne De Simone Reynolds' #poem "Niagara"

#poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #poetry #NiagaraFalls #blueskypoets #writingcommunity

niagarapoetry.ca/2025/04/05/r...
Niagara by Joanne De Simone Reynolds - Niagara Falls Poetry Project
Joanne De Simone Reynolds wrote this poem of Niagara Falls describing the impressions that a visitor to Niagara has.
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April 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
acporteus.bsky.social
We'll be at the Elbows Up Protest Wednesday evening, 5-7 pm. We'll be at Mather Arch in Fort Erie, where we'll be able to see the American protest in Buffalo. Please join us on either side, and please repost this.

#elbowsup #Canadastrong
Poster for the binational elbows up for Canada protest in Buffalo and Fort Erie on April 2
April 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Just gonna drop this here.
March 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
acporteus.bsky.social
Ad from Geneva Courier, Aug 16 1842 for sperm & oils in their original packaging, presumably for polishing furniture. Imagining how this works. So you call the store, they send over a guy (or a group depending on the size of the furniture?) and they provide sperm straight from the original package?
March 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Got a message from my #podcast aggregator congratulating me for being # 97 in the category #History (Indonesia). Thanks for that. I guess @jamespenha.bsky.social may have something to do with that! (BTW - Avery/Platt is the next episode) #Niagara #poetrycommunity #poetry
niagarapoetry.ca/podcast-2/
Niagara Falls History and Poetry Podcast - Niagara Falls Poetry Project
The Niagara Falls History and Poetry podcast showcases historical events at Niagara Falls through the lens of the poetry written about them
niagarapoetry.ca
March 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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March 14, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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I’ve finally started a #podcast - #Niagara History and Poetry, in which I discuss the #history of Niagara Falls through the #poetry that has been written about it.
Youtube www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Audio only niagara-history-and-poetry.castos.com
more..
#Poetrycommunity #PoetsofBluesky #poems
A picture of Niagara Falls with the text Niagara Falls History and Poetry
March 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Just added an 1857 romantic #poem, "Lines to Harriet," about a man reminiscing about his first love at the abandoned schoolhouse on Clifton Hill, #NiagaraFalls. Includes a #history of the schoolhouse.
niagarapoetry.ca/2025/02/26/h...
#poetry #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets
Lines to Harriet by Traveller - Niagara Falls Poetry Project
Lines to Harriet is a poem written by an anonymous traveller about an infatuation he had as a schoolboy in Niagara Falls
niagarapoetry.ca
February 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM