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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 16h

Poet and physician Conor Mc Donnell: On Writing The Long Poem: Conor Mc Donnell talks What We Know So Far Is…

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On Writing The Long Poem: Conor Mc Donnell talks What We Know So Far Is…

by Conor Mc Donnell Bitten is not the same as eaten. Broken is not the same as worthless. ‘I think there is a particular kind of poet (again) who is bored by writing the small poems, year after yea…

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Ben Berman Ghan @inkstainedwreck.ca · 2d

I said it and I'm right and I'll say it again

Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks to @inkstainedwreck.ca for spreading the word of NMLCT!

“Had to put the book down several times just to say ‘god damn it that’s good’. NMLCT, or, Animal City, is an example of the author at the absolute top of their game.”

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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 2d

80s me is so confused right now

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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks to @inkstainedwreck.ca for spreading the word of NMLCT!

“Had to put the book down several times just to say ‘god damn it that’s good’. NMLCT, or, Animal City, is an example of the author at the absolute top of their game.”

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 2d

"The only thing growing taller, growing greener,
than your memory of being a forest is the awareness you will be a forest again."

#TodaysPoem #poetry
from The Forest by @paulvermeersch.bsky.social in NMLCT (2025 @ecwpress.bsky.social) ecwpress.com/products/nmlct

The poetry collection NMLCT by Paul Vermeersch (ECW Press) is perched on a tree branch, with morning light showing through the leaves.

Handwritten transcription of part of the poem "The Forest" from the poetry collection NMLCT by Paul Vermeersch

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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 3d

NEW PAINTING!

"Werewolf Architecture"

30" x 22", acrylic, graphite and coloured pencils on paper.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.bsky.social · 3d

climate change means it's October 5th in Montréal and I'm sitting on my balcony in a short-sleeved t-shirt, light skirt and flip-flops, and I'm still a little warm. A convertible just drove by with the top down. At least I have a good book of poetry to read.

the book Barangay, an offshore poem by Adrian de Leon. A blue and white cover, designed with flowing lines to look like ocean waves. In the bottom right corner is a black drawing of a small sea-faring fishing boat.

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The Sprawl Mag @thesprawl.bsky.social · 4d

Announcing our Best of the Net nominees! Congratulations to @paulvermeersch.bsky.social @marysoonlee.bsky.social @salempaige.bsky.social @ianli.bsky.social @ziggyschutz.bsky.social @clarissagrunwald.bsky.social

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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 4d

MONTREAL! I'm launching NMLCT in your city at the Rocket Science Room on October 18 at 6:30pm.

W/ poets Liz Howard & Jessi MacEachern, and Jay Ritchie as emcee. With thanks to Leigh Kotsilidis.

Hope to see you there! Click here for all the DETAILS:
www.facebook.com/events/18488...

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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 4d

Here's why I'd say forklift: because steroids DO increase the strength of the muscles -- even if it is is cheating -- but using AI will atrophy cognitive function.

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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 4d

Is the analogy a weightlifter using steroids, or a weightlifter using a forklift?

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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 5d

I like the way you think, Tolu!

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Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 5d

Or a full-length collection. David Fincher and/or Lana Wachowski need to option @paulvermeersch.bsky.social ‘s NMLCT.

Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 5d

When is Netflix going to start adapting poetry chapbooks into limited series?

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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 5d

These are the paintings I've completed from July 26 to September 21, 2025. I'm calling this my "Architecture" series. To see more of my paintings or learn more about these paintings, visit paulvermeersch.ca.

Music: "Kay Sage" by wererabbit.

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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 7d

Now someone can generate a novel-length text using large language model software, upload the resulting text to an AI editing platform, and then take the product of that process to a self-publishing service and create a printed and bound book that no one wrote, no one has read, and no one will read.

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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 7d

This woman has been a hero of mine for as long as I can remember. Rest in peace, Jane Goodall. And thank you for everything.

NPR @npr.org · 7d

JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91

Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 9d

The guy who ordered the hit on Jamal Khashoggi is the one paying for this comedy festival in Riyadh, so everlasting shame on any comic who takes this blood money. Remember MBS means "Murder wth Bone Saw."

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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 10d

Exceptionalism is the opiate of the supremacist.

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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 12d

My paintings "Architecture of the Island of Wrong Animals" and "Architecture of the Siren" are no longer available, and are either already at or on their way to new homes.

To learn more about my paintings, click here: www.paulvermeersch.ca/p/art.html

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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 13d

I’ll be at Toronto's Word on the Street this weekend. Come by the @ecwpress.bsky.social booth at 11am on Saturday. I’ll be signing books. Come by and say hello!

Word On The Street’s 36th Annual Festival
David Pecaut Square
215 King Street W

Sat, Sept 27 – 11AM – 6PM
Sun, Sept 28 – 10AM – 5PM

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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 13d

So glad you were there, Vicki! Thank you for being such a great champion for poetry!

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 13d

Oh, @paulvermeersch.bsky.social's NMLCT (@ecwpress.bsky.social) launched last night with much joy and jubilation ... ecwpress.com/products/nmlct

My hand holds up the poetry collection NMLCT by Paul Vermeersch.

Poet Stuart Rosove gestures enthusiastically as he introduces fellow poet Paul Vermeersch.

Poet Paul Vermeersch reads from his new poetry collection NMLCT (ECW Press) at The Piston. The picture is grainy and Paul's face is cast in a bit of shadow.

Large crowd of poetry lovers at the launch of Paul Vermeersch's collection NMLCT at The Piston.

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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks to everyone who made last night so amazing. We gathered! We shared poetry and art and music. Thanks to
@ecwpress.bsky.social
! Thanks to The Piston! Thanks to Type Books! Thanks to Hills Florist! Magic exists! All you have to do is speak the words and something happens!!! Love!!! ❤️ P

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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 14d

It is September 24. This is today. It is September 24. This is today. It is September 24. This is today. It is September 24. This is today. It is September 24. This is today.

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 16d

I think about this poem all the time

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