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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 17h

Our next interviewee & featured poet from the October 2025 issue is J. L. Yokum. He shares his poem ‘Where the kittens hide,’ as well as thoughts on where he finds inspiration outside of poetry, how a poem begins & how he makes space for poetry in his daily life.

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I always have a book of poetry or a poetry journal issue nearby to read when time opens up for reading. I keep the tools of my writing (digital as well as pen/paper) at hand 24/7. When the poem comes asking for me, I stop what I'm doing and I answer the call. I'm not routine-oriented when it comes to poetry. When a chink in the chain link of the day opens up, that's a space in which I can engage with poetry.

J. L. YOCUM
Where the kittens hide
I keep finding the corpses of kittens in the last place you'd expect. The hamper, my briefcase, the bulk nuts bin, in the library tucked behind reference volumes of medieval folklore, or the poetics of astronomy.
They won't say how they died, but they tell me their names: Clover, Honeydew, Thorn.
Each becomes a tender task:
how to dispose of them without shattering.
The trick is to soften. Like their soft shut eyes, their soft tufted ears, their soft swells of belly and their incomprehensibly small soft paws.

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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 2d

Our first interview and feature poem from our October 2025 issue is with Shannon Lintott, who shares their poem ‘knot,’ along with thoughts on creative success as an artist, animals that live in the shadows and how a poem begins. Thanks Shannon!

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An Interview with Shannon Lintott · P I N H O L E • P O E T R Y

Shannon Lintott’s poems have been featured in the Literary Review of Canada, NōD Magazine and the Power of Words Exhibit at Arts Etobicoke and are forthcoming in Phylum Press, Great Lakes Review and t...

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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 5d

Issue 4.3 is here! Featuring poems & photographs by 18 poets, 3 pinhole photographers & 4 new members of our Chapbook Love Letter Club; we’re so excited to see all this creative work out in the world. Please read & share!

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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 8d

That’s amazing Jenny! Congratulations🎉🎉🎉

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Dr. Catherine Scott @cataranea.bsky.social · 13d

Canada Post “lost” 1 billion dollars last year?

How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.

Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 13d

"Canada Post is on track to lose money" Hum. Duh. It cost less than a toonie to send a letter across Canada.

"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.

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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 12d

Our contest is over for the year; but we’ll run it again next August 2026!

Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 12d

And a huge thank you to all who submitted to the search. It means so much to me to be given the chance to read so many amazing chapbooks, and to be trusted with your art. ❤️

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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 12d

ANNOUNCING the WINNERS of our
THIRD PINHOLE POETRY CHAPBOOK SEARCH!

RAYYA LIEBICH, TOSH SHERKAT, ARIEL GORDON, YVETTE LECLAIR, DAVID ROSS LINKLATER, JESSICA LEE MCMILLAN, LM ROCHEFORT, ANDREW FRENCH & ROBIN SUSANTO

We’re excited to share more details about our 25/26 season soon!

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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 12d

I don’t know why we started to believe that it should. Services cost money. I don’t want Canada Post to become Amazon-lite. I hate Amazon.

What I do care about is whether the people who perform the ESSENTIAL SERVICE of delivering the mail can make a living wage in safe & humane conditions. 💌

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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 12d

If strike action is the only chip the union has, taking it away so quickly removes all the bargaining power the union has.

Look, I don’t care if Miriam in Halifax doesn’t mind walking to their Community Mailbox. I also don’t care if Canada Post makes any profit.

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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 12d

The Liberal government is eroding workers’ rights and making collective bargaining an impossibility. Look at the way they handled the latest Air Canada flight attendant strike — they waited less than 12 hours before legislating the attendants back to work.

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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 12d

This morning, for instance, the CBC published some high school-level cross-country check-up style story, having people weigh in about the back door changes the Liberals are allowing Canada Post to make to mail delivery.

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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 12d

I can’t begin to tell you how depressing the news coverage on this issue has been. Main stream news outlets have avoided taking any kind of direct look at what is happening to our labour laws every time there is a case of government intervention.

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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 12d

Pinhole Poetry supports unions and postal workers. Please expect delays when placing mail orders while the strike is ongoing.

Further to that …

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Steve McOrmond @stevemcormond.bsky.social · 16d

Looking forward to reading in London, ON at Little Wren Books on Saturday, October 25th at 4:15 PM. Hope you can join Susan Robertson (@snullr.bsky.social), Jeremy Luke Hill, and me for some late afternoon poetry compliments of Baseline Press.

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Christina Shah @christinashah.bsky.social · 16d

TONIGHT!! Join Isabella Wang, @isabellawangbc.bsky.social and me for the launch of 'November, November', and 'if: prey, then: huntress!' Hosted by Natalie Lim. 7 pm, Massy Books. 229 E. Georgia St. @massybooks.bsky.social

Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/huntress-i...

#poetry #booklaunch

Green book launch poster featuring authors Isabella Wang, Christina Shah and Natalie Lim.

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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 16d

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Send us a message with your recent exciting news!

We'll share it in our next newsletter (October 3)

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Jenny Wong @jenwithwords.bsky.social · 23d

Taking a break from short poetry films to try something a little different…

‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’ is a brand new flash fiction film series starting Fall 2025.

First episode drops October 15th!

But in the meantime, a little teaser…
youtu.be/aDKdo-sjrIs

The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore | Teaser/Trailer

YouTube video by jenwithwords

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Massy Books @massybooks.bsky.social · Sep 2

Come out!! Sept 22nd at Massy with @isabellawangbc.bsky.social @christinashah.bsky.social and Natalie Lim!

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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 28d

New issue out October 3!

Red blanket background with coloured maple leaves and on top an open notebook with the following text written

PINHOLE POETRY'S
FALL ISSUE, October 3
Layla Salma
Kim Fahner
Brett Warren
Annie Diamond
J.L. Yocum
Leili Najmabadi
Jacob Lee Bachinger
Wynn Libby
Ben Blyth
Jan Hinderson
Jim Goodin
Bryce Julien
Katerina Vaughan Fretwell
Y.S. Lee
kerry rawlinson
Shannon Lintott
Season Kam
Sam Canney
Elana Wolff
Nancy Daoust
Sonia Nicholson
Shelagh Rowan-Legg
Shane Neilson
Deirdre Dwyer
Evadne Kelly

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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · Sep 4

There’s still space in our October issue!
Send us your poems and pinhole photography by September 7 to be considered!

guidelines: pinholepoetry.ca/poetry-pinho...

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Quarter Press @quarterpress.bsky.social · Sep 1

SEND ME YOUR CHAPBOOKS! Micro or longer, up to 40 pages of poetry! Please share this far and wide!
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You've got two months to enter. Full details www.quarterpress.com/poetry-chapbook-contest
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#chapbookcontest #chapbooks #chapbook #microchapbook #chillsubs #opencall #poetrycontest #writingcontest

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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · Sep 4

Another beautiful poem generously shared by Vicki! ❤️

Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · Sep 4

"I could conjure her face
until time began to blur the memory.

It was by grace of this dark
she returned,
a presence in a dream."

#TodaysPoem #poetry
Everything that falls upon the eye is apparition by Dagne Forrest (2025 @pinholepoetry.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/48suv8tc

· P I N H O L E • P O E T R Y

DAGNE FORREST Everything that falls upon the eye is apparition*My grandmother had three quiet daughters,such wild and orphan things.One arranged to go to China.One liked to eat supper in the dark.One ...

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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · Sep 4

It’s a $5 honorarium, but it’s still something! (And we don’t charge submission or subscription fees.)

Duotrope @duotrope.com · Sep 4

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Literary Poems feat. @pinholepoetry.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

Smart Search List of the Day

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Literary Poems feat. @pinholepoetry.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/poetry/paying-literary-poems-oyl5RBHb

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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thank you so much to @kimfahner.bsky.social for such a thoughtful reading and response to ‘Flight Problems: The Amelia Earhart Poems!’

rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Sep 1

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Kim Fahner : Flight Problems: The Amelia Earhart Poems, by Paula Eisenstein / @kimfahner.bsky.social @pinholepoetry.bsky.social ;
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Kim Fahner : Flight Problems: The Amelia Earhart Poems, by Paula Eisenstein

Flight Problems: The Amelia Earhart Poems , Paula Eisenstein Pinhole Poetry Chapbook Press, 2024 To begin with, a confession: I ...

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