Gary Barwin
@garybarwin.bsky.social
writing, multimedia, music, art, Hamilton ON Canada
https://linktr.ee/garybarwin
“There’s a wisecrack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
https://linktr.ee/garybarwin
“There’s a wisecrack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
Tonight in Hamilton!
almostghostrecords.bandcamp.com/album/spectr...
almostghostrecords.bandcamp.com/album/spectr...
November 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Tonight in Hamilton!
almostghostrecords.bandcamp.com/album/spectr...
almostghostrecords.bandcamp.com/album/spectr...
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Some nice stuff on around the house this week part VI
A tour de force from @barryohalpin.bsky.social & @crashensemble.bsky.social
crashensemble.bandcamp.com/album/wingform
A tour de force from @barryohalpin.bsky.social & @crashensemble.bsky.social
crashensemble.bandcamp.com/album/wingform
Wingform, by Crash Ensemble
10 track album
crashensemble.bandcamp.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Some nice stuff on around the house this week part VI
A tour de force from @barryohalpin.bsky.social & @crashensemble.bsky.social
crashensemble.bandcamp.com/album/wingform
A tour de force from @barryohalpin.bsky.social & @crashensemble.bsky.social
crashensemble.bandcamp.com/album/wingform
counting syllables
on my fingers, goddamn this
perfect fucking world
on my fingers, goddamn this
perfect fucking world
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
counting syllables
on my fingers, goddamn this
perfect fucking world
on my fingers, goddamn this
perfect fucking world
Dimensionality in H-syllabic space @whatisapoem.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Dimensionality in H-syllabic space @whatisapoem.bsky.social
Reposted by Gary Barwin
My life is a series of people saying to me, "I can't believe you don't know this!" and a series of people saying to me, "I can't believe you know this!"
Latest example:
Kristof Lauwers' "After bpNichol" (2009).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4P2...
Latest example:
Kristof Lauwers' "After bpNichol" (2009).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4P2...
Kristof Lauwers' "After bpNichol"
YouTube video by commutiny
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
My life is a series of people saying to me, "I can't believe you don't know this!" and a series of people saying to me, "I can't believe you know this!"
Latest example:
Kristof Lauwers' "After bpNichol" (2009).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4P2...
Latest example:
Kristof Lauwers' "After bpNichol" (2009).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4P2...
November 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Unfortunately, we've had to postpone this event but will send out a notice to all and sundry when we reschedule.
In the meantime: pduttonpoetry.wordpress.com/video-2/
In the meantime: pduttonpoetry.wordpress.com/video-2/
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Unfortunately, we've had to postpone this event but will send out a notice to all and sundry when we reschedule.
In the meantime: pduttonpoetry.wordpress.com/video-2/
In the meantime: pduttonpoetry.wordpress.com/video-2/
Reposted by Gary Barwin
3/3 @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social @aempoet.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social @sheilasquill.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @grantclauser.bsky.social @trishhopkinsonpoet.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @roguestrands.bsky.social
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Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 47
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
www.vianegativa.us
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Ampersand Schematic (for @thebedroompunk.bsky.social )
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Ampersand Schematic (for @thebedroompunk.bsky.social )
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Ghost Variables: Friday 7pm-10pm
November 28th at The Rathskellar, Germania Club, Hamilton.
improvisations: free jazz and other
Billig, billiger, Billigbier!!
November 28th at The Rathskellar, Germania Club, Hamilton.
improvisations: free jazz and other
Billig, billiger, Billigbier!!
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Ghost Variables: Friday 7pm-10pm
November 28th at The Rathskellar, Germania Club, Hamilton.
improvisations: free jazz and other
Billig, billiger, Billigbier!!
November 28th at The Rathskellar, Germania Club, Hamilton.
improvisations: free jazz and other
Billig, billiger, Billigbier!!
Celebration of Life and Tribute performances for Paul Dutton.
November 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Celebration of Life and Tribute performances for Paul Dutton.
LITLIVE readings Dec 7, 7pm
November 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
LITLIVE readings Dec 7, 7pm
Soldier
YouTube video by Gary Barwin
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Reposted by Gary Barwin
Ongoing notes: TIFA Small Press Market/Meet the Presses’ Indie Lit Market (part one, : Liam Burke + Gary Barwin, / @garybarwin.bsky.social @meetthepresses.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/ongo...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/ongo...
Ongoing notes: TIFA Small Press Market/Meet the Presses’ Indie Lit Market (part one, : Liam Burke + Gary Barwin,
Okay, so this has to be a blended sequence of fair-posts, as multiple vendors (such as myself and the delightfully-productive above/ground p...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Ongoing notes: TIFA Small Press Market/Meet the Presses’ Indie Lit Market (part one, : Liam Burke + Gary Barwin, / @garybarwin.bsky.social @meetthepresses.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/ongo...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/ongo...
NEW ALBUM!!!!!! w/@whatisapoem.bsky.social &
@lillianallen.ca
@lillianallen.ca
November 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
NEW ALBUM!!!!!! w/@whatisapoem.bsky.social &
@lillianallen.ca
@lillianallen.ca
Ok, this is really special and a while coming. We'd love if you had a listen.
Ghost Variables--with special guests - Earth Wind and Choir have a new album out of new music, including the title track which is an extended piece for choir and ensemble.
almostghostrecords.bandcamp.com/album/spectr...
Ghost Variables--with special guests - Earth Wind and Choir have a new album out of new music, including the title track which is an extended piece for choir and ensemble.
almostghostrecords.bandcamp.com/album/spectr...
Spectralities, by Ghost Variables (Gary Barwin, Connor Bennett, Mike Hansen, David Lee, Chris Palmer)
4 track album
almostghostrecords.bandcamp.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Ok, this is really special and a while coming. We'd love if you had a listen.
Ghost Variables--with special guests - Earth Wind and Choir have a new album out of new music, including the title track which is an extended piece for choir and ensemble.
almostghostrecords.bandcamp.com/album/spectr...
Ghost Variables--with special guests - Earth Wind and Choir have a new album out of new music, including the title track which is an extended piece for choir and ensemble.
almostghostrecords.bandcamp.com/album/spectr...
Reposted by Gary Barwin
Sex with a river, lucky shoes & more with @garybarwin.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social @collinkelley.bsky.social @dylan20.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @oyoguhito.bsky.social
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Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 43
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
www.vianegativa.us
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I've loved the Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders album, Promises since I first heard it. And similarly, Charles Ives' The Unanswered Question. So here is my new album inspired by those two things.
garybarwin.bandcamp.com/album/unansw...
garybarwin.bandcamp.com/album/unansw...
garybarwin.bandcamp.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I've loved the Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders album, Promises since I first heard it. And similarly, Charles Ives' The Unanswered Question. So here is my new album inspired by those two things.
garybarwin.bandcamp.com/album/unansw...
garybarwin.bandcamp.com/album/unansw...
Reposted by Gary Barwin
Digging up a dictionary, horror and fragmentation, and other obsessions with @garybarwin.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @renee-emerson.bsky.social @mariapopova.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @richfergusonpoet.bsky.social @roguestrands.bsky.social 3/3
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Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 42
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
www.vianegativa.us
October 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Digging up a dictionary, horror and fragmentation, and other obsessions with @garybarwin.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @renee-emerson.bsky.social @mariapopova.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @richfergusonpoet.bsky.social @roguestrands.bsky.social 3/3
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@tomsnarsky.bsky.social #smallpoemsunday
An allegory, a fable and a folk tale walk into a bar.
Every cloud has pig in it.
An allegory, a fable and a folk tale walk into a bar.
Every cloud has pig in it.
October 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social #smallpoemsunday
An allegory, a fable and a folk tale walk into a bar.
Every cloud has pig in it.
An allegory, a fable and a folk tale walk into a bar.
Every cloud has pig in it.