melanie brannagan frederiksen
@melanie-b-f.bsky.social
poet, poetry columnist @winnipegfreepress
📚 the night, the knife, the river (forthcoming fall 2026 with @atbaypress.bsky.social)
elsewhere: @[email protected]; @melanie.b.f on instagram
📚 the night, the knife, the river (forthcoming fall 2026 with @atbaypress.bsky.social)
elsewhere: @[email protected]; @melanie.b.f on instagram
almost, almost
November 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
almost, almost
the 3am feelings are getting started early today
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
the 3am feelings are getting started early today
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Hi, I’m Bernie Kruchak, creator and curator of Rooster Town Poetry Shed. My poem, “mirror” is from a series I’m working on called “Suburbia: Broken Burb Poems.” It highlights the moment in a relationship when both parties realize that what they see in each other isn’t what they expected.
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Hi, I’m Bernie Kruchak, creator and curator of Rooster Town Poetry Shed. My poem, “mirror” is from a series I’m working on called “Suburbia: Broken Burb Poems.” It highlights the moment in a relationship when both parties realize that what they see in each other isn’t what they expected.
relief! a breakthrough at the eleventh hour
November 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
relief! a breakthrough at the eleventh hour
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Canadian Poets Series #15 : Oana Avasilichioaei / @talonbooks.bsky.social ;
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peripetyandortronies.blogspot.com/2025/11/cana...
Canadian Poets Series #15 : Oana Avasilichioaei
Oana Avasilichioaei interweaves sound, poetry, performance, and translation to expand and trouble ideas of language, histories, polyphonic ...
peripetyandortronies.blogspot.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Canadian Poets Series #15 : Oana Avasilichioaei / @talonbooks.bsky.social ;
peripetyandortronies.blogspot.com/2025/11/cana...
peripetyandortronies.blogspot.com/2025/11/cana...
so, a silly question: how do other writers deal with a shifting sense of self and relation to self across a book. using the first person, or even a consistent second person feels like a lie.
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
so, a silly question: how do other writers deal with a shifting sense of self and relation to self across a book. using the first person, or even a consistent second person feels like a lie.
i wish people would stop trying to sell me shit in my home. if i’m interested or need something, i’ll go to the store or go to your website or literally anything that doesn’t take place at my front door.
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
i wish people would stop trying to sell me shit in my home. if i’m interested or need something, i’ll go to the store or go to your website or literally anything that doesn’t take place at my front door.
thinking of Dani Spinoza’s essay on women and visual poetry, where she enjoins people to (and i’m paraphrasing) dare to make something bad. thinking of this as i’m nervous about cutting and gluing, editing before i make the thing
November 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
thinking of Dani Spinoza’s essay on women and visual poetry, where she enjoins people to (and i’m paraphrasing) dare to make something bad. thinking of this as i’m nervous about cutting and gluing, editing before i make the thing
taking a break from trying to solve the bad poem problem to write about other people's extremely good poems
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
taking a break from trying to solve the bad poem problem to write about other people's extremely good poems
my brilliant, hilarious, compassionate friend is raising money to replace her wheelchair accessible van, that was totalled a few weeks ago in a hit and run: www.gofundme.com/f/raising-mo...
Donate to Raising money for a new accessible van, organized by Jane Garnier
Hi, my name is Jane Garnier and I am fundraising on behalf of my Aunt Nadine. She … Jane Garnier needs your support for Raising money for a new accessible van
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November 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
my brilliant, hilarious, compassionate friend is raising money to replace her wheelchair accessible van, that was totalled a few weeks ago in a hit and run: www.gofundme.com/f/raising-mo...
Stop trying to make AI happen. This was a dispiriting survey to fill out, given AI is an unethical, rapacious technology whose only use is the long-term immiseration of people. I don’t think the government wants genuine consultation, or the questions would not have all presumed that
CANADIANS! Our government is once again trying to convince us AI is good, actually, and they have a whole big survey about how we can use AI. I pretty much just said "we can't until we can do it without mass theft and poisoning the environment" over and over again, and you can too
Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership
Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025
Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renew...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Stop trying to make AI happen. This was a dispiriting survey to fill out, given AI is an unethical, rapacious technology whose only use is the long-term immiseration of people. I don’t think the government wants genuine consultation, or the questions would not have all presumed that
finished the sportsball feelings scarf tonight. the jays won, and i won the game of yarn chicken
October 29, 2025 at 3:21 AM
finished the sportsball feelings scarf tonight. the jays won, and i won the game of yarn chicken
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Thanks to Ben Sigurdson, literary editor of the Winnipeg Free Press, for the shoutout yesterday. Nice to know my little poetry project is getting noticed — and, more importantly, shedding light on Rooster Town’s history.
October 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Thanks to Ben Sigurdson, literary editor of the Winnipeg Free Press, for the shoutout yesterday. Nice to know my little poetry project is getting noticed — and, more importantly, shedding light on Rooster Town’s history.
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Rooster Town Poetry Shed is thrilled to present new visual poetry by Winnipeg poet melanie brannagan frederiksen.
melanie's dynamic poem, "a physics, of sorts," is from her forthcoming collection, "the night, the knife, the river out," which will be published by At Bay Press in 2026.
melanie's dynamic poem, "a physics, of sorts," is from her forthcoming collection, "the night, the knife, the river out," which will be published by At Bay Press in 2026.
October 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Rooster Town Poetry Shed is thrilled to present new visual poetry by Winnipeg poet melanie brannagan frederiksen.
melanie's dynamic poem, "a physics, of sorts," is from her forthcoming collection, "the night, the knife, the river out," which will be published by At Bay Press in 2026.
melanie's dynamic poem, "a physics, of sorts," is from her forthcoming collection, "the night, the knife, the river out," which will be published by At Bay Press in 2026.
the sportsball anxiety scarf is getting pretty long
October 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
the sportsball anxiety scarf is getting pretty long
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Jennifer Still wants you to help write the story of our city — what is, what was and what could be.
Putting our city on the map
Winnipeggers encouraged to share civic thoughts through interactive poetry project
www.winnipegfreepress.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Jennifer Still wants you to help write the story of our city — what is, what was and what could be.
i haven't been watching a whole tonne of baseball the last few years, so this might be an artifact of the teams i've been watching, but are we seeing more high fastballs than we used to? like a lot more?
October 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
i haven't been watching a whole tonne of baseball the last few years, so this might be an artifact of the teams i've been watching, but are we seeing more high fastballs than we used to? like a lot more?
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So my first FREE workshop at WPL has been announced: October 25 at the Windsor Park Library! Share/Sign up, friends!
@wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social
@wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
So my first FREE workshop at WPL has been announced: October 25 at the Windsor Park Library! Share/Sign up, friends!
@wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social
@wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social
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Just fillin’ in a survey…
"The biggest potential positive impact for so-called "AI" (especially LLMs) in Canada would be to not use it or support it in any way. That would impact the environment positively, the arts positively, the entertainment industry positively, academia positively...
"The biggest potential positive impact for so-called "AI" (especially LLMs) in Canada would be to not use it or support it in any way. That would impact the environment positively, the arts positively, the entertainment industry positively, academia positively...
October 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Just fillin’ in a survey…
"The biggest potential positive impact for so-called "AI" (especially LLMs) in Canada would be to not use it or support it in any way. That would impact the environment positively, the arts positively, the entertainment industry positively, academia positively...
"The biggest potential positive impact for so-called "AI" (especially LLMs) in Canada would be to not use it or support it in any way. That would impact the environment positively, the arts positively, the entertainment industry positively, academia positively...
caught in the gravity of the genre's foundational texts #editing
an argument between the way i understand my experiences and the demand that narrative arcs toward resolution i've been having in my work for over a decade
an argument between the way i understand my experiences and the demand that narrative arcs toward resolution i've been having in my work for over a decade
October 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
caught in the gravity of the genre's foundational texts #editing
an argument between the way i understand my experiences and the demand that narrative arcs toward resolution i've been having in my work for over a decade
an argument between the way i understand my experiences and the demand that narrative arcs toward resolution i've been having in my work for over a decade
the "i am currently a snot monster" stage of being sick sure is an improvement over the "i can't breath" stage of being sick, but still. i'm demolishing kleenex like it's my job or something.
October 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
the "i am currently a snot monster" stage of being sick sure is an improvement over the "i can't breath" stage of being sick, but still. i'm demolishing kleenex like it's my job or something.
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So the news is out: I will be the Writer in Residence at the Winnipeg Public Library, from October 1 to April 30th. Being WiR has always been a dream of mine, so I am honoured to have been selected for this role!
September 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
So the news is out: I will be the Writer in Residence at the Winnipeg Public Library, from October 1 to April 30th. Being WiR has always been a dream of mine, so I am honoured to have been selected for this role!
is there a better app than storygraph for keeping track of books read/ to read lists/ etc.? their databases are inadequate, their search is janky af, and adding books is cumbersome, and i'm kinda done with it.
or is it back to pen and notebooks? -- which, i suppose, wouldn't be the worst
or is it back to pen and notebooks? -- which, i suppose, wouldn't be the worst
September 20, 2025 at 4:13 AM
is there a better app than storygraph for keeping track of books read/ to read lists/ etc.? their databases are inadequate, their search is janky af, and adding books is cumbersome, and i'm kinda done with it.
or is it back to pen and notebooks? -- which, i suppose, wouldn't be the worst
or is it back to pen and notebooks? -- which, i suppose, wouldn't be the worst