@yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social
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In this seventh episode, Kyeren Regehr welcomes Yvonne Blomer—poet, editor, and the fourth Poet Laureate of Victoria.
This episode is generously supported by Bolen Books, independently owned and operated by the Bolen family since 1975.
@yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social
This episode is generously supported by Bolen Books, independently owned and operated by the Bolen family since 1975.
@yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 3:54 AM
In this seventh episode, Kyeren Regehr welcomes Yvonne Blomer—poet, editor, and the fourth Poet Laureate of Victoria.
This episode is generously supported by Bolen Books, independently owned and operated by the Bolen family since 1975.
@yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social
This episode is generously supported by Bolen Books, independently owned and operated by the Bolen family since 1975.
@yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social
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August 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Death of Persephone is ten months old!
I've travelled to over a dozen cities to read from it.
It took me fifteen years to write, a record for me, though I am not a fast writer.
if you've not read it, please do.
Its first print run sold out in 6 months, but I have copies!
I've travelled to over a dozen cities to read from it.
It took me fifteen years to write, a record for me, though I am not a fast writer.
if you've not read it, please do.
Its first print run sold out in 6 months, but I have copies!
June 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Death of Persephone is ten months old!
I've travelled to over a dozen cities to read from it.
It took me fifteen years to write, a record for me, though I am not a fast writer.
if you've not read it, please do.
Its first print run sold out in 6 months, but I have copies!
I've travelled to over a dozen cities to read from it.
It took me fifteen years to write, a record for me, though I am not a fast writer.
if you've not read it, please do.
Its first print run sold out in 6 months, but I have copies!
Tell Prime Minister Carney to block Donald Trump’s billionaire donors from owning or building pipelines in Canada! #cdnpoli #PRGT www.dogwoodbc.ca/petitions/ca...
Prime Minister Carney: stop the American pipeline takeover
Tell Prime Minister Carney to block Donald Trump’s billionaire donors from owning or building pipelines in Canada! #cdnpoli #PRGT
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June 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Tell Prime Minister Carney to block Donald Trump’s billionaire donors from owning or building pipelines in Canada! #cdnpoli #PRGT www.dogwoodbc.ca/petitions/ca...
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Award-winning poet, @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social was on Writer's Radio to discuss Death of Persephone, her poetry collection in which she displaces the myth of young Persephone in Hades’ violent underworld. Listen to the whole episode with Carole Harmon at www.writersradio.ca/podcast-dire...
May 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Award-winning poet, @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social was on Writer's Radio to discuss Death of Persephone, her poetry collection in which she displaces the myth of young Persephone in Hades’ violent underworld. Listen to the whole episode with Carole Harmon at www.writersradio.ca/podcast-dire...
Delighted to be interviewed about Death of Persephone on Writers Radio www.writersradio.ca?fbclid=PAQ0x.... Huge thanks to Carole Harmon and the sound crew and @caitlinpress.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Delighted to be interviewed about Death of Persephone on Writers Radio www.writersradio.ca?fbclid=PAQ0x.... Huge thanks to Carole Harmon and the sound crew and @caitlinpress.bsky.social
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Alice Notley (November 8, 1945 - May 19, 2025)
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Alice Notley (November 8, 1945 - May 19, 2025)
Sad to hear that American poet and above/ground press author Alice Notley [ photo lifted from her 2018 '12 or 20 questions' interview ] die...
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May 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Alice Notley (November 8, 1945 - May 19, 2025)
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Happy to have my review of Yvonne Blomer’s Death of Persephone: A Murder in @periodicities.bsky.social Thanks to rob mclennan for giving my reviews a good home. 🙏❤️ @robmclennan.bsky.social @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social
newly posted: Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social : Death of Persephone: A Murder, by Yvonne Blomer / @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social ;
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Kim Fahner : Death of Persephone: A Murder, by Yvonne Blomer
Death of Persephone: A Murder , Yvonne Blomer Caitlin Press, 2024 One of the most unique collections of poetry that I’ve read in...
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May 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Happy to have my review of Yvonne Blomer’s Death of Persephone: A Murder in @periodicities.bsky.social Thanks to rob mclennan for giving my reviews a good home. 🙏❤️ @robmclennan.bsky.social @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social
National Poetry Month is waning and I have not kept up with daily prompts but have been teaching a poetry class and writing where I can. I have been playing with mark making, image and text, letting my pen wander. happy #poetrymonth2025
April 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
National Poetry Month is waning and I have not kept up with daily prompts but have been teaching a poetry class and writing where I can. I have been playing with mark making, image and text, letting my pen wander. happy #poetrymonth2025
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Pretty excited about my first event as Poet Laureate with @zoeidadickinson.bsky.social, Nina Mosall and Tracy Wai de Boer! As well as @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social, John Barton, Steven Ross Smith, @andreascottwords.bsky.social, and more!! We also have cellist Maria Wang joining us!
April 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Pretty excited about my first event as Poet Laureate with @zoeidadickinson.bsky.social, Nina Mosall and Tracy Wai de Boer! As well as @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social, John Barton, Steven Ross Smith, @andreascottwords.bsky.social, and more!! We also have cellist Maria Wang joining us!
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We have a city poetry book prize! Three cheers for DCReid & Victoria Book Prizes! 🥂This was such a heartfelt afternoon, and the readings from Tim, Ali & Arleen were superb (of course).
Ali Blythe, Yvonne Blomer, DCReid, Arleen Pare, me, Tim Lilburn
(I'm just reading the bios)
Ali Blythe, Yvonne Blomer, DCReid, Arleen Pare, me, Tim Lilburn
(I'm just reading the bios)
April 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
We have a city poetry book prize! Three cheers for DCReid & Victoria Book Prizes! 🥂This was such a heartfelt afternoon, and the readings from Tim, Ali & Arleen were superb (of course).
Ali Blythe, Yvonne Blomer, DCReid, Arleen Pare, me, Tim Lilburn
(I'm just reading the bios)
Ali Blythe, Yvonne Blomer, DCReid, Arleen Pare, me, Tim Lilburn
(I'm just reading the bios)
Doggone lucky over here on this twodogday.
April 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Doggone lucky over here on this twodogday.
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TOMORROW April 5, we’re uniting to say HANDS OFF! Join citizens across the country to fight back against Trump’s unprecedented incompetence & blatant criminality.
DO IT FOR THE PENGUINS!
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DO IT FOR THE PENGUINS!
Go to app.sosha.ai/s/mkKNZwsa
Join me on April 5th
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April 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
TOMORROW April 5, we’re uniting to say HANDS OFF! Join citizens across the country to fight back against Trump’s unprecedented incompetence & blatant criminality.
DO IT FOR THE PENGUINS!
Go to app.sosha.ai/s/mkKNZwsa
DO IT FOR THE PENGUINS!
Go to app.sosha.ai/s/mkKNZwsa
Big fat full flowered Cherry Blossoms in James Bay, YYJ
April 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Big fat full flowered Cherry Blossoms in James Bay, YYJ
Please vote Green if you can, esp. if you are in this most popular parliamentarian’s riding 💚✅🌿🌎
April 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Please vote Green if you can, esp. if you are in this most popular parliamentarian’s riding 💚✅🌿🌎
Thank you to Herizons Magazine and E.R. Zarevich for this review. herizons.ca
April 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Thank you to Herizons Magazine and E.R. Zarevich for this review. herizons.ca
I wrote a blog post for the After Hours Coffeehouse I'm part of at Churchmouse Books @ St Mary's Church, Oak Bay where readers and singers, musicians and literature lovers share their favourite pieces based on a theme. Last month it was Water for World Water Day www.stmarysoakbay.ca/blog/chronic...
Chronicles from The Door Near the Floor
Chronicles from the Door Near the Floor
Here I am, at last, attempting my first Churchmouse After Hours Coffeehouse blog, coming to you today from the little mouse door near the floor.
Our second meet...
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April 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I wrote a blog post for the After Hours Coffeehouse I'm part of at Churchmouse Books @ St Mary's Church, Oak Bay where readers and singers, musicians and literature lovers share their favourite pieces based on a theme. Last month it was Water for World Water Day www.stmarysoakbay.ca/blog/chronic...
I have spots available in the next zoom class:
New York Poets $200
Mondays on April 7, - May 5, 6:15-8:30 Pacific Time on Zoom
Wednesdays on April 9-30, from 2:45-5:00 Pacific Time on Zoom
We will read and write from Frank O’Hara, John Ashbury, Barbara Guest and James Schuyler. pm me.
New York Poets $200
Mondays on April 7, - May 5, 6:15-8:30 Pacific Time on Zoom
Wednesdays on April 9-30, from 2:45-5:00 Pacific Time on Zoom
We will read and write from Frank O’Hara, John Ashbury, Barbara Guest and James Schuyler. pm me.
March 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I have spots available in the next zoom class:
New York Poets $200
Mondays on April 7, - May 5, 6:15-8:30 Pacific Time on Zoom
Wednesdays on April 9-30, from 2:45-5:00 Pacific Time on Zoom
We will read and write from Frank O’Hara, John Ashbury, Barbara Guest and James Schuyler. pm me.
New York Poets $200
Mondays on April 7, - May 5, 6:15-8:30 Pacific Time on Zoom
Wednesdays on April 9-30, from 2:45-5:00 Pacific Time on Zoom
We will read and write from Frank O’Hara, John Ashbury, Barbara Guest and James Schuyler. pm me.
Hello BlueSky. I am a poet and writer, a teacher and a proud Canadian who never thought I'd have to write I'm a proud Canadian. 🍁 Here is my most recent book of poems, apt for these times, it is about violence to women and a reimagining of the Persephone Myth. #women #myth #poetry #maywomenrise
March 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Hello BlueSky. I am a poet and writer, a teacher and a proud Canadian who never thought I'd have to write I'm a proud Canadian. 🍁 Here is my most recent book of poems, apt for these times, it is about violence to women and a reimagining of the Persephone Myth. #women #myth #poetry #maywomenrise