Aidan Chafe
@allegorically.bsky.social
Teacher & poet. Author of the collections GOSPEL DRUNK (University of Alberta Press) and SHORT HISTORIES OF LIGHT (McGill-Queen's University Press).
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WOW! Congrats Aidan! @allegorically.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
WOW! Congrats Aidan! @allegorically.bsky.social
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Katy Perry Releases New Single About Superiority Of Canadian Manufacturing
Katy Perry Releases New Single About Superiority Of Canadian Manufacturing
MONTECITO, CA—Signaling a new chapter in her career, pop star Katy Perry released a new single Monday about the superiority of Canadian manufacturing. “When I learned about the strength of Canadian au...
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October 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Katy Perry Releases New Single About Superiority Of Canadian Manufacturing
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AIDAN CHAFE is a poet and educator. His poems have appeared in CV2, EVENT, The Fiddlehead and PRISM international. He lives on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tseil-Waututh peoples (Vancouver).
Find two of Chafe's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
Find two of Chafe's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
October 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
AIDAN CHAFE is a poet and educator. His poems have appeared in CV2, EVENT, The Fiddlehead and PRISM international. He lives on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tseil-Waututh peoples (Vancouver).
Find two of Chafe's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
Find two of Chafe's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
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Spotlight series #113 : Christina Shah / @christinashah.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social ;
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Spotlight series #113 : Christina Shah
Curated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher rob mclennan, the “spotlight” series appears the first Monday of every month.
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September 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Spotlight series #113 : Christina Shah / @christinashah.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social ;
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ONLY POEMS feature!!!
Poetry of Aidan Chafe — ONLY POEMS
New poems from Aidan Chafe
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August 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
ONLY POEMS feature!!!
Thrilled to have been selected as the ONLY POEMS 2025 Poet of the Year! @onlypoemsmag.bsky. www.onlypoems.net/contest/poet...
2024 ONLY POEMS Prize Winners: Sydney Mayes, xochi quetzali cartland, Nome Emeka Patrick — ONLY POEMS
Discover the 2024 ONLY POEMS Prize winners! Sydney Mayes is Poet of the Year, with runners-up xochi quetzali cartland and Nome Emeka Patrick, and honorable mentions Tara Mesalik MacMahon and Tom Snars...
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July 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Thrilled to have been selected as the ONLY POEMS 2025 Poet of the Year! @onlypoemsmag.bsky. www.onlypoems.net/contest/poet...
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Cover reveal!
I'm beyond excited to share that CLOUDWATCHER, winner of the inaugrual Stern Prize from @ampoetryreview.bsky.social & forthcoming from Copper Canyon, has a cover and is now available to pre-order (link in the replies)! 🌩️ 🌩️ 🌩️
I'm beyond excited to share that CLOUDWATCHER, winner of the inaugrual Stern Prize from @ampoetryreview.bsky.social & forthcoming from Copper Canyon, has a cover and is now available to pre-order (link in the replies)! 🌩️ 🌩️ 🌩️
May 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Cover reveal!
I'm beyond excited to share that CLOUDWATCHER, winner of the inaugrual Stern Prize from @ampoetryreview.bsky.social & forthcoming from Copper Canyon, has a cover and is now available to pre-order (link in the replies)! 🌩️ 🌩️ 🌩️
I'm beyond excited to share that CLOUDWATCHER, winner of the inaugrual Stern Prize from @ampoetryreview.bsky.social & forthcoming from Copper Canyon, has a cover and is now available to pre-order (link in the replies)! 🌩️ 🌩️ 🌩️
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There are few greater honours than this (and all the moreso when the poem is this good). Thank you, Jessica!
Overjoyed to have my poem “The Day Shane MacGowan Died” after Rob Taylor’s @roblucastaylor.bsky.social “Weather in Dublin” in the spring issue of CV2 @cv2magazine.bsky.social. I waited a full day to open and savour it.
May 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
There are few greater honours than this (and all the moreso when the poem is this good). Thank you, Jessica!
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Aidan Chafe's @allegorically.bsky.social poem "Cowboy Archetype Survival Guide" is live in Issue 68 of The Ex-Puritan. Read here: ex-puritan.ca/cowboy-arche...
May 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Aidan Chafe's @allegorically.bsky.social poem "Cowboy Archetype Survival Guide" is live in Issue 68 of The Ex-Puritan. Read here: ex-puritan.ca/cowboy-arche...
had one of those listening to Sarah Marshall’s “Birmingham” and singing through the roof of the car after realizing the lyrics are about a woman breaking free of an abusive relationship!
November 26, 2024 at 11:15 PM
had one of those listening to Sarah Marshall’s “Birmingham” and singing through the roof of the car after realizing the lyrics are about a woman breaking free of an abusive relationship!
I asked the class what they do with their insecurities and the boy who missed my preamble about generations of men who won’t talk about their emotions says, “I just push it down, like a man. There’s no point talking about it.” And, he got the last word in before the bell. Amen, it’s Friday.
November 16, 2024 at 1:39 AM
I asked the class what they do with their insecurities and the boy who missed my preamble about generations of men who won’t talk about their emotions says, “I just push it down, like a man. There’s no point talking about it.” And, he got the last word in before the bell. Amen, it’s Friday.
A Gr. 11 student wrote, “Some people with the brightest light cast the darkest shadows.” One of the best lines I’ve read this year.
December 6, 2023 at 6:12 PM
A Gr. 11 student wrote, “Some people with the brightest light cast the darkest shadows.” One of the best lines I’ve read this year.