Richard-Yves Sitoski
@rsitoski.bsky.social
Poet (day job). Songwriter (other day job). Artistic Director of the Words Aloud Poetry Series (other other day job). Marketing and Publications Coordinator of Kegedonce Press (other other other day job). rsitoski.com
Today, a very dear friend and a titan of Canadian letters will transition from this life. Godspeed you, Barry, you will see Karen soon. We love you.
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)
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/penn...
for Barry Dempster (January 17, 1952-November 27, 2025)
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/penn...
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...
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Today, a very dear friend and a titan of Canadian letters will transition from this life. Godspeed you, Barry, you will see Karen soon. We love you.
Reposted by Richard-Yves Sitoski
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)
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/penn...
for Barry Dempster (January 17, 1952-November 27, 2025)
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/penn...
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...
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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)
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/penn...
for Barry Dempster (January 17, 1952-November 27, 2025)
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/penn...
CBC Books included me in its list of 34 books for the fall!
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34 works of Canadian poetry coming out in fall 2025 | CBC Books
Here are the Canadian poetry collections we are excited about this fall!
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September 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
CBC Books included me in its list of 34 books for the fall!
www.cbc.ca/books/34-wor...
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I read poetry as if it's out to get me.
September 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I read poetry as if it's out to get me.
Never been a fan of puffballs. The tofu of the mushroom world.
September 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Never been a fan of puffballs. The tofu of the mushroom world.
My poetry is a machine as complicated as a cedar shim, though I can't pretend it's as useful.
August 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
My poetry is a machine as complicated as a cedar shim, though I can't pretend it's as useful.
For me a poem begins with play and ends with work, and begins with intuition and ends with calculation. It comes into being with a spark, but a spark that catches not in some random pile of branches, but in a proper assembly of tinder and kindling, to which I add cured fuel logs.
August 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
For me a poem begins with play and ends with work, and begins with intuition and ends with calculation. It comes into being with a spark, but a spark that catches not in some random pile of branches, but in a proper assembly of tinder and kindling, to which I add cured fuel logs.
I bristle when art is called "content". I'm a mal-content, full of dis-content.
June 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I bristle when art is called "content". I'm a mal-content, full of dis-content.
The dumber I become at day to day things, the wiser I become in things of the heart.
June 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The dumber I become at day to day things, the wiser I become in things of the heart.
Not being punished for your idiosyncrasies is a form of privilege.
May 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Not being punished for your idiosyncrasies is a form of privilege.
When I'm on my deathbed, I want to go out wearing a Star Trek red shirt that has "Red Shirt. Might not make it." on it.
May 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
When I'm on my deathbed, I want to go out wearing a Star Trek red shirt that has "Red Shirt. Might not make it." on it.
Sometimes my poems are Kate Hepburn. Sometimes they're Clara Bow. I try for Gloria Swanson but often wind up with Tallulah Bankhead. Recently I've done a few Rita Hayworths, but I'm focusing on Gloria Grahames these days.
April 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Sometimes my poems are Kate Hepburn. Sometimes they're Clara Bow. I try for Gloria Swanson but often wind up with Tallulah Bankhead. Recently I've done a few Rita Hayworths, but I'm focusing on Gloria Grahames these days.
Be thou like the Weeble. For consider him: he wobbleth, yet falleth not down.
April 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Be thou like the Weeble. For consider him: he wobbleth, yet falleth not down.
Contemplating the extreme roundness of my cat Banjo’s head. Actually, a little flattened on top, making it an oblate spheroid, kind of like the planet.
April 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Contemplating the extreme roundness of my cat Banjo’s head. Actually, a little flattened on top, making it an oblate spheroid, kind of like the planet.
I have eaten
the cheese
that was in
the fridge
and which
you were definitely
saving
for breakfast
suck it Trebek
the cheese
that was in
the fridge
and which
you were definitely
saving
for breakfast
suck it Trebek
a man with a beard is standing in front of a window and says " suck it trebek "
ALT: a man with a beard is standing in front of a window and says " suck it trebek "
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April 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I have eaten
the cheese
that was in
the fridge
and which
you were definitely
saving
for breakfast
suck it Trebek
the cheese
that was in
the fridge
and which
you were definitely
saving
for breakfast
suck it Trebek
Poetry is craft. But not the coloured macaroni on construction paper kind.
April 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Poetry is craft. But not the coloured macaroni on construction paper kind.
I didn't eat the plums in the icebox. I ate all the cheese and there's not a damn thing you can do about it.
April 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I didn't eat the plums in the icebox. I ate all the cheese and there's not a damn thing you can do about it.
Well, AI is good for something.
April 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Well, AI is good for something.
It's National Pet Day! So a poem to my cat, with a title almost as long as the poem:
EVERY WRITER SHOULD HAVE A CAT AND WRITE AT LEAST ONE THING ABOUT IT SO HERE'S MINE
My cat is so playful and rambunctious
he often draws my blood.
I suppose that makes him
a poet too.
EVERY WRITER SHOULD HAVE A CAT AND WRITE AT LEAST ONE THING ABOUT IT SO HERE'S MINE
My cat is so playful and rambunctious
he often draws my blood.
I suppose that makes him
a poet too.
April 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
It's National Pet Day! So a poem to my cat, with a title almost as long as the poem:
EVERY WRITER SHOULD HAVE A CAT AND WRITE AT LEAST ONE THING ABOUT IT SO HERE'S MINE
My cat is so playful and rambunctious
he often draws my blood.
I suppose that makes him
a poet too.
EVERY WRITER SHOULD HAVE A CAT AND WRITE AT LEAST ONE THING ABOUT IT SO HERE'S MINE
My cat is so playful and rambunctious
he often draws my blood.
I suppose that makes him
a poet too.
Little part of a long sequence.
March 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Little part of a long sequence.
I can say with absolute certainty that I am the only in person in history who has ever dreamt of bags of branded Denis Diderot peat moss.
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March 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I can say with absolute certainty that I am the only in person in history who has ever dreamt of bags of branded Denis Diderot peat moss.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_D...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_D...
I've got an idea for a dish that prevents heartburn. It's called Pesto-Bismol.
(What?)
(What?)
March 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I've got an idea for a dish that prevents heartburn. It's called Pesto-Bismol.
(What?)
(What?)
My buddy said it best. The US senate was based on the Roman senate. It's the Ides of March. You do the math.
March 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
My buddy said it best. The US senate was based on the Roman senate. It's the Ides of March. You do the math.
A POEM
feelings feelings
moon feelings petrichor
feelings trees
feelings kintsugi
murder of crows
feelings
feelings feelings
moon feelings petrichor
feelings trees
feelings kintsugi
murder of crows
feelings
March 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A POEM
feelings feelings
moon feelings petrichor
feelings trees
feelings kintsugi
murder of crows
feelings
feelings feelings
moon feelings petrichor
feelings trees
feelings kintsugi
murder of crows
feelings
When I was a kid I had the Ramones blaring and laughed at the tastes of my parents. Now I get the attraction of the Doobie Brothers. #FML
March 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
When I was a kid I had the Ramones blaring and laughed at the tastes of my parents. Now I get the attraction of the Doobie Brothers. #FML