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periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics
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est. March 2020 : editor/publisher rob mclennan https://bsky.app/profile/robmclennan.bsky.social
built as a curious extension of above/ground press (b. 1993
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Penn Kemp : For You, Dear Friend and Fellow Poet / @pw.org @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social ;
for Barry Dempster (January 17, 1952-November 27, 2025)
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Penn Kemp : For You, Dear Friend and Fellow Poet
for Barry Dempster (January 17, 1952-November 27, 2025)     Thank you for your being, Barry, for your care and kindest attention t...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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newly posted at periodicities: Penn Kemp : For You, Dear Friend and Fellow Poet / @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social ;
for Barry Dempster (January 17, 1952-November 27, 2025)
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Penn Kemp : For You, Dear Friend and Fellow Poet
for Barry Dempster (January 17, 1952-November 27, 2025)     Thank you for your being, Barry, for your care and kindest attention t...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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newly posted: Jason Heroux : Thumb-Wrestling With Noah Berlatsky’s Gnarly Sonnets / @nberlat.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/jaso...
Jason Heroux : Thumb-Wrestling With Noah Berlatsky’s Gnarly Sonnets
Gnarly Thumbs , Noah Berlatsky Anxiety Press, 2025       1 Human thumbs. According to EarthDate episode 387, “our opposable thumbs m...
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November 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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newly posted: Alex Deng : Intrusive Thoughts: A Review of Chris Hutchinson’s Lost Signal / @palimpsestpress.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/alex...
Alex Deng : Intrusive Thoughts: A Review of Chris Hutchinson’s Lost Signal
Lost Signal , Chris Hutchinson Palimpsest Press, 2025       Throughout Chris Hutchinson’s Lost Signal (Palimpsest Press, 2025), Hutc...
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November 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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newly posted: Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social : UNMET, by stephanie roberts / @biblioasis.bsky.social ;
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Kim Fahner : UNMET, by stephanie roberts
UNMET , stephanie roberts Biblioasis, 2025       UNMET , the second collection of poetry by stephanie roberts, asks readers to conside...
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November 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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newly posted: Emma McKenna : How Does a Poem Begin? / @coachhousebooks.bsky.social ;
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Emma McKenna : How Does a Poem Begin?
How does a poem begin?       I want to tell you about the body / where the hurt / heat / hate resounds. I want you to notice the f...
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November 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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newly posted: Katherine Parrish : Conversations with P.D. Edgar, part two
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Katherine Parrish : Conversations with P.D. Edgar, part two
I became aware of   P.D. Edgar’s online literary magazine, re•mediate , after attending the ELOonline (Un)Linked virtual conference last Ju...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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This Friday! The Factory Reading Series pre-small press book fair reading, November 21: Stuart Ross, Liam Burke + Amanda Earl, / @amandaearl.bsky.social @liamburke.bsky.social ;
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The Factory Reading Series pre-small press book fair reading, November 21: Stuart Ross, Liam Burke + Amanda Earl,
span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents The Factory Reading Series the pre-small press book fair reading featuring reading...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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newly posted: Jérôme Melançon @lethejerome.bsky.social : Jacky, by Virginie Beauregard D.
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Jérôme Melançon : Jacky, by Virginie Beauregard D.
Jacky , Virginie Beauregard D. L’Oie de Cravan, 2025       As I found myself fanboying among a small crowd of friends and readers late a...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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newly posted: Process Note #64 : Devi S. Laskar : Professional Student Origin Story / @mawsheinwin.bsky.social
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Process Note #64 : Devi S. Laskar : Professional Student Origin Story
The 'process notes' pieces were originally solicited by Maw Shein Win as addendum to her teaching particular poems and poetry collections fo...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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newly posted: Eric Tyler Benick : on Ursus Americanus
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Eric Tyler Benick : on Ursus Americanus
Ursus Americanus was formed in 2016 out of a reading series I ran briefly in Nashville, TN called “Life is Boring.” I had r...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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newly posted: Jeremy Luke Hill : on a burrow, a nest, a lea stone / @meetthepresses.bsky.social ;
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Jeremy Luke Hill : on a burrow, a nest, a lea stone
Most of the poetry I write involves playing with other people's words–rewriting the statements of Trump administration officials i...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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newly posted: Chris Stroffolino : A Note on The Title: The Word Medi(t)ation
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Chris Stroffolino : A Note on The Title: The Word Medi(t)ation
“a person (the poet) has no irreducible, ahistorical, unmediated, singular, eternal identity.”— Lyn Hejinian Meditation is the actio...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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newly posted: Michael Klausman : on Wry Press
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Michael Klausman : on Wry Press
In 2016 or so, my friend & neighbor Patrick Tillery here in Longmont, Co, had a line on a sweet deal for a 10x15 Chandler & Price ...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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newly posted: Madelaine Caritas Longman : Three poems / @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ;
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Madelaine Caritas Longman : Three poems
guzzle XIII balcony collapsing, the roof rotting through, low rent; i’ll live here as long as i can.  nowhere to turn to that isn’t...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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newly posted: Hugh Blanton : A Romp Through Poetry's History: On Ryan Ruby's Context Collapse / @sevenstories.bsky.social ;
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Hugh Blanton : A Romp Through Poetry's History: On Ryan Ruby's Context Collapse
In the razo to Context Collapse Ryan Ruby explains the reasons he wrote this verse essay and defines his terms. Like a lot of poe...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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I really like these poems!
November 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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newly posted: Process Note #65 : Temperance Aghamohammadi : on BATTALION SHAPED GIRL / @mawsheinwin.bsky.social ;
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Process Note #65 : Temperance Aghamohammadi : on BATTALION SHAPED GIRL
The 'process notes' pieces were originally solicited by Maw Shein Win as addendum to her teaching particular poems and poetry collections fo...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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newly posted: Ian Fishman : on Press Brake /
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Ian Fishman : on Press Brake
In essence Press Brake is a nostalgia project. It started last autumn when I made a chapbook with James Haug. I’ve always admired...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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newly posted: Laura Kerr @sedserio.com : The Enduring Idea, Part 2: A Living Poem
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Laura Kerr : The Enduring Idea, Part 2: A Living Poem
Laura Kerr is an award-winning Canadian visual artist and poet. In 2012, she was honoured with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jub...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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newly posted: Foster Gareau : Two poems /
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Foster Gareau : Two poems
Dental Care   Across the bottom of the front top teeth, feel for uneven levels and chipped corners from opening beer bottles. Run a ...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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above/ground press author Peter Jaeger is on the 2025 Nelson Ball Prize short list! (along w Stebner, Christakos etc
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Peter Jaeger is on the 2025 Nelson Ball Prize short list! (along w Stebner, Christakos etc
Congratulations to the entire 2025 Nelson Ball Prize short list! ( do you remember the longlist? ) Naturally, it is very exciting to see a...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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new from above/ground press: The Man, by Benjamin Niespodziany / @neonpajamas.bsky.social ;
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new from above/ground press: The Man, by Benjamin Niespodziany
The Man a sequence of foolish men Benjamin Niespodziany $6 The Man with the Tail When he argued with his doctor it wandered. published in Ot...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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some above/ground press author updates: The Nelson Ball Prize, Pushcart Prizes, the bpNichol Chapbook Award + the ottawa small press book fair pre-fair reading,
and interviews, poems online + other things ; because we want you to remain informed,
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November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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less than two weeks for the 31st anniversary edition of the ottawa small press book fair! and catch the pre-fair reading at Anina's Cafe the night prior! readers to announce soon,
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the ottawa small press book fair, autumn 2025 edition: November 22, 2025
span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents:      the ottawa     small press     book fair autumn 2025 : will be held on Satur...
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