Erin Bondo
@erinbondo.com
Canadian writer in Scotland (via Denmark (got lost on the way home (sorry mom))) | Pushcart nominated | Placed/listed 2025: BFFA, Bridport Prize, Welkin Prize, others | Tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig | She/Her
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Check out @ceaseandcaesura.bsky.social's tentative future plans, including collaborative projects focused on current events (community found poem & collage)
We need community now more than ever, let's make shit!!
We need community now more than ever, let's make shit!!
For the Canadians, this is equivalent to ~1179 bags of milk
channel 2 leaning into it this morning
January 23, 2026 at 4:56 PM
For the Canadians, this is equivalent to ~1179 bags of milk
"Merci pour le leadership et la joie du carnaval"
Oh no now I'm homesick for a childhood in a world that I'm sure even exists anymore, maybe Bonhomme could go give everyone in Minnesota a hug once the ICE melts??🥲
Oh no now I'm homesick for a childhood in a world that I'm sure even exists anymore, maybe Bonhomme could go give everyone in Minnesota a hug once the ICE melts??🥲
Nous avons donné le coup d’envoi de notre réunion du Cabinet à Québec avec Bonhomme.
January 23, 2026 at 4:36 PM
"Merci pour le leadership et la joie du carnaval"
Oh no now I'm homesick for a childhood in a world that I'm sure even exists anymore, maybe Bonhomme could go give everyone in Minnesota a hug once the ICE melts??🥲
Oh no now I'm homesick for a childhood in a world that I'm sure even exists anymore, maybe Bonhomme could go give everyone in Minnesota a hug once the ICE melts??🥲
Xerox, punk and "the raw power unleashed by seizing the means of (office paperwork) production."
AI could never.
daily.jstor.org/xerox-and-ro...
AI could never.
daily.jstor.org/xerox-and-ro...
Xerox and Roll: The Corporate Machine and the Making of Punk - JSTOR Daily
On the 85th anniversary of the first xerographic print, a collection of punk flyers from Cornell University provides an object lesson on (anti-)art in the age of mechanical reproduction.
daily.jstor.org
January 23, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Xerox, punk and "the raw power unleashed by seizing the means of (office paperwork) production."
AI could never.
daily.jstor.org/xerox-and-ro...
AI could never.
daily.jstor.org/xerox-and-ro...
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This is tomorrow! Hope to see you!
I'm offering a Narrative Poetry Workshop through @smokelong.bsky.social on January 24th! We'll explore prose poetry that calls dreams, clouds, and gods down to earth, before crafting our own.✨⛅
Narrative Poetry with Erin Vachon - SmokeLong Quarterly
Does your narrative seem to lean poetic? Don’t fight the feeling and force a flash. As we bring in the New Year, we’re setting the intention to slow down and explore the narrative poem, line by line. ...
www.smokelong.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
This is tomorrow! Hope to see you!
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Yesterday, I drove refugees that had been shipped off to Texas all the way back home to St. Paul
Seeing them reunite with their families reminded me this is their home.
So keep sending them to Texas. I’ll keep driving ‘em back and introducing them to Bucc-ee’s and KC barbecue along the way.
Seeing them reunite with their families reminded me this is their home.
So keep sending them to Texas. I’ll keep driving ‘em back and introducing them to Bucc-ee’s and KC barbecue along the way.
January 22, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Yesterday, I drove refugees that had been shipped off to Texas all the way back home to St. Paul
Seeing them reunite with their families reminded me this is their home.
So keep sending them to Texas. I’ll keep driving ‘em back and introducing them to Bucc-ee’s and KC barbecue along the way.
Seeing them reunite with their families reminded me this is their home.
So keep sending them to Texas. I’ll keep driving ‘em back and introducing them to Bucc-ee’s and KC barbecue along the way.
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Check out @ceaseandcaesura.bsky.social's tentative future plans, including collaborative projects focused on current events (community found poem & collage)
We need community now more than ever, let's make shit!!
We need community now more than ever, let's make shit!!
January 21, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Check out @ceaseandcaesura.bsky.social's tentative future plans, including collaborative projects focused on current events (community found poem & collage)
We need community now more than ever, let's make shit!!
We need community now more than ever, let's make shit!!
"No one said goodbye to the house."
My (late) mum used to always tell us to "say goodbye to the house!" or "say goodbye to the cottage!" as kids. But we always knew we were coming back.
What a story.
My (late) mum used to always tell us to "say goodbye to the house!" or "say goodbye to the cottage!" as kids. But we always knew we were coming back.
What a story.
Today's shortlisted story is "That Day" by Shofiqure Rahman. A powerful exploration of refugee life:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
That Day | MattKendrick.co.uk
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 12:57 PM
"No one said goodbye to the house."
My (late) mum used to always tell us to "say goodbye to the house!" or "say goodbye to the cottage!" as kids. But we always knew we were coming back.
What a story.
My (late) mum used to always tell us to "say goodbye to the house!" or "say goodbye to the cottage!" as kids. But we always knew we were coming back.
What a story.
In local news, the recently arrived carpark squirrels have discovered they can free climb the side of our building to access any window of their choosing (and, to my unending Canadian confusion, they don't do screens on windows this side of the pond??!)
Just look at that face. Plotting.
Just look at that face. Plotting.
January 22, 2026 at 12:44 PM
In local news, the recently arrived carpark squirrels have discovered they can free climb the side of our building to access any window of their choosing (and, to my unending Canadian confusion, they don't do screens on windows this side of the pond??!)
Just look at that face. Plotting.
Just look at that face. Plotting.
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Midt i al vanviddet, der er også gode nyheder derude:
Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels for EU power generation in 2025, report finds
Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels for EU power generation in 2025, report finds
Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels for EU power generation in 2025, report finds
Researchers say event described as ‘major tipping point’ for clean energy in era of destabilised politics
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Midt i al vanviddet, der er også gode nyheder derude:
Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels for EU power generation in 2025, report finds
Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels for EU power generation in 2025, report finds
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I guess I do think if you participated in the arrest of a five-year-old you are probably just fundamentally incompatible with society. That you are not a safe person for humanity to be around, generally
January 22, 2026 at 3:31 AM
I guess I do think if you participated in the arrest of a five-year-old you are probably just fundamentally incompatible with society. That you are not a safe person for humanity to be around, generally
Since all the Canucks in my feed are suddenly talking about the War of 1812 for no reason whatsoever, I have to share the lesser known and maybe most Canadian-coded event that took place during the burning of Washington.
(yes I know Cockburn was English, no I won't hold that against him)
(yes I know Cockburn was English, no I won't hold that against him)
January 21, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Since all the Canucks in my feed are suddenly talking about the War of 1812 for no reason whatsoever, I have to share the lesser known and maybe most Canadian-coded event that took place during the burning of Washington.
(yes I know Cockburn was English, no I won't hold that against him)
(yes I know Cockburn was English, no I won't hold that against him)
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Seeking bardic inspiration? Come along, in person or online to our January #Poetry #Salon More info and free tickets www.edinburghliterarysalon.org/post/january... next Tuesday 27th #Edinburgh #Literary #Poems #Literature
January 21, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Seeking bardic inspiration? Come along, in person or online to our January #Poetry #Salon More info and free tickets www.edinburghliterarysalon.org/post/january... next Tuesday 27th #Edinburgh #Literary #Poems #Literature
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"Kate is convinced of this; convinces herself." – from @fionamckay.bsky.social 's stellar NIF The Lives of the Dead 🙌
"Kate is convinced of this; convinces herself." – from @fionamckay.bsky.social 's stellar NIF The Lives of the Dead 🙌
January 21, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"Kate is convinced of this; convinces herself." – from @fionamckay.bsky.social 's stellar NIF The Lives of the Dead 🙌
"Kate is convinced of this; convinces herself." – from @fionamckay.bsky.social 's stellar NIF The Lives of the Dead 🙌
Check out @ceaseandcaesura.bsky.social's tentative future plans, including collaborative projects focused on current events (community found poem & collage)
We need community now more than ever, let's make shit!!
We need community now more than ever, let's make shit!!
January 21, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Check out @ceaseandcaesura.bsky.social's tentative future plans, including collaborative projects focused on current events (community found poem & collage)
We need community now more than ever, let's make shit!!
We need community now more than ever, let's make shit!!
Finally stumbled across the thread everyone has been subskeeting and now understand Bluesky's current obsession with bus drivers & kidnapping – what a wild story!!
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Finally stumbled across the thread everyone has been subskeeting and now understand Bluesky's current obsession with bus drivers & kidnapping – what a wild story!!
Living in Denmark for 8 years as a Canadian was an, uh, *interesting* cultural experience, but at times like these I have to say I do miss that Danish directness 😅🙌
Danish MEP Anders Vistisen to Donald Trump :"Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, fuck off."
January 20, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Living in Denmark for 8 years as a Canadian was an, uh, *interesting* cultural experience, but at times like these I have to say I do miss that Danish directness 😅🙌
I'm officially a 2x Great Auntie as of this afternoon!! Welcome to our mad & beautiful little world, Clara 🥰🥰
January 20, 2026 at 3:35 PM
I'm officially a 2x Great Auntie as of this afternoon!! Welcome to our mad & beautiful little world, Clara 🥰🥰
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Human nerdz, rejoice!! 🐈⬛🤓🐈⬛
Check out our new series!!! (More details on our site)
Sign up, repost, help us get the word out!!🙏🏼
It’s a class AND a fundraiser—all proceeds go to paying our writers and keeping our Claudine going. 🐈⬛💚🐈⬛
Check out our new series!!! (More details on our site)
Sign up, repost, help us get the word out!!🙏🏼
It’s a class AND a fundraiser—all proceeds go to paying our writers and keeping our Claudine going. 🐈⬛💚🐈⬛
January 16, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Human nerdz, rejoice!! 🐈⬛🤓🐈⬛
Check out our new series!!! (More details on our site)
Sign up, repost, help us get the word out!!🙏🏼
It’s a class AND a fundraiser—all proceeds go to paying our writers and keeping our Claudine going. 🐈⬛💚🐈⬛
Check out our new series!!! (More details on our site)
Sign up, repost, help us get the word out!!🙏🏼
It’s a class AND a fundraiser—all proceeds go to paying our writers and keeping our Claudine going. 🐈⬛💚🐈⬛
Reposted by Erin Bondo
Reposted by Erin Bondo
"Poetry seems central to how we redress these kinds of wounds. The poetry needs to happen for anything to be redressed or anything to be healed." –Brandon Shimoda on the afterlife of Japanese American wartime incarceration
The Afterlife of Japanese American Wartime Incarceration
Poet Brandon Shimoda explores the ongoing legacies of the US government’s mass incarceration of Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans during World War II.
tricycle.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:46 PM
"Poetry seems central to how we redress these kinds of wounds. The poetry needs to happen for anything to be redressed or anything to be healed." –Brandon Shimoda on the afterlife of Japanese American wartime incarceration
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POETS! I'm poetry editor at Cable Street, @cablestreet-litmag.bsky.social —please send your poetry and poetry translations my way for our Spring issue. Word doc or Google docs link, up to 6 poems. Deadline March 1. Send directly to me at: [email protected] #poetry #translation
January 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
POETS! I'm poetry editor at Cable Street, @cablestreet-litmag.bsky.social —please send your poetry and poetry translations my way for our Spring issue. Word doc or Google docs link, up to 6 poems. Deadline March 1. Send directly to me at: [email protected] #poetry #translation
me 5 minutes ago: *internal eternal screaming about the state of the world oh god oh god oh god*
me now: just gonna *shimmy* on over to @welkinprize.bsky.social for a tiny story, a lil treat – we have earned a lil treat, everyone!!
me now: just gonna *shimmy* on over to @welkinprize.bsky.social for a tiny story, a lil treat – we have earned a lil treat, everyone!!
January 13, 2026 at 4:58 PM
me 5 minutes ago: *internal eternal screaming about the state of the world oh god oh god oh god*
me now: just gonna *shimmy* on over to @welkinprize.bsky.social for a tiny story, a lil treat – we have earned a lil treat, everyone!!
me now: just gonna *shimmy* on over to @welkinprize.bsky.social for a tiny story, a lil treat – we have earned a lil treat, everyone!!
"...what I saw..."
Okay but have you considered going to Specsavers because no and also NO IN ALL CAPS.
How all of America (the world?) isn't just one big synchronised eternal scream of frustration echoing across the centuries at this point is beyond me. Solidarity to everyone just...existing.
Okay but have you considered going to Specsavers because no and also NO IN ALL CAPS.
How all of America (the world?) isn't just one big synchronised eternal scream of frustration echoing across the centuries at this point is beyond me. Solidarity to everyone just...existing.
Mike Johnson on Renee Good: "This woman was taunting ICE officers. She was impeding law enforcement. She was violating a number of laws. They were very patient ... what I saw was she hit the accelerator and hit the ICE officer and he reacted in a split second."
January 13, 2026 at 4:19 PM
"...what I saw..."
Okay but have you considered going to Specsavers because no and also NO IN ALL CAPS.
How all of America (the world?) isn't just one big synchronised eternal scream of frustration echoing across the centuries at this point is beyond me. Solidarity to everyone just...existing.
Okay but have you considered going to Specsavers because no and also NO IN ALL CAPS.
How all of America (the world?) isn't just one big synchronised eternal scream of frustration echoing across the centuries at this point is beyond me. Solidarity to everyone just...existing.
Congrats to everyone on the longlist! I can't wait to read the stories that make the shortlist, some very intriguing titles on here 👀💜
DRUM ROLL!!!! 🥁🥁🥁
It gives me great pleasure to announce the SPARKLING longlist for the Welkin Writing Prize 2026.
Congratulations to all the writers on this list. And commiserations to everyone else. The standard was incredibly high:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
It gives me great pleasure to announce the SPARKLING longlist for the Welkin Writing Prize 2026.
Congratulations to all the writers on this list. And commiserations to everyone else. The standard was incredibly high:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
Welkin News | MattKendrick.co.uk
A writing prize open to all forms of narrative prose, be that flash fiction, short-short, vignette, haibun, hermit crab, prose poem or work that sits outside such labels.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Congrats to everyone on the longlist! I can't wait to read the stories that make the shortlist, some very intriguing titles on here 👀💜