Gary Barwin
@garybarwin.bsky.social
writing, multimedia, music, art, Hamilton ON Canada
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“There’s a wisecrack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
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“There’s a wisecrack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
Reposted by Gary Barwin
wrote about this poem, along with another one I love by William Bronk and the wonderful artwork This Way Brouwn by Stanley Brouwn, at the 🔗 below :)
❄️: piersend.substack.com/p/on-the-par...
❄️: piersend.substack.com/p/on-the-par...
January 20, 2026 at 3:11 PM
wrote about this poem, along with another one I love by William Bronk and the wonderful artwork This Way Brouwn by Stanley Brouwn, at the 🔗 below :)
❄️: piersend.substack.com/p/on-the-par...
❄️: piersend.substack.com/p/on-the-par...
Oh Tooth Fairy
why’d you hafta
fall off the wagon
an entire grim smile
accumulating
under my daughter’s pillow
knowing too much
like the rest of her life
(& @poetactics.bsky.social miszhuzhed is epic!)
why’d you hafta
fall off the wagon
an entire grim smile
accumulating
under my daughter’s pillow
knowing too much
like the rest of her life
(& @poetactics.bsky.social miszhuzhed is epic!)
January 20, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Oh Tooth Fairy
why’d you hafta
fall off the wagon
an entire grim smile
accumulating
under my daughter’s pillow
knowing too much
like the rest of her life
(& @poetactics.bsky.social miszhuzhed is epic!)
why’d you hafta
fall off the wagon
an entire grim smile
accumulating
under my daughter’s pillow
knowing too much
like the rest of her life
(& @poetactics.bsky.social miszhuzhed is epic!)
that transition from the heavy guitar opening, to the recitative-like first verse is amazing! and the gradual increasing heaviness.
January 17, 2026 at 1:19 AM
that transition from the heavy guitar opening, to the recitative-like first verse is amazing! and the gradual increasing heaviness.
I think the moon and the sun are round, just we humans are flat.
January 16, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I think the moon and the sun are round, just we humans are flat.
oof. that lands hard!
January 16, 2026 at 2:43 PM
oof. that lands hard!
Reposted by Gary Barwin
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Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 2
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
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January 13, 2026 at 12:33 AM