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new from the press:
cartoon yrself - dalton derkson
our first publication is dalton derkson's umpteenth chapbook. "cartoon yrself" is a riff on dennis lee's "riffs" (1993) & in the short collection dalton wrestles with the rarest of poetry's muses: loss, longing & language.
info: asquarehouse.ca
cartoon yrself - dalton derkson
our first publication is dalton derkson's umpteenth chapbook. "cartoon yrself" is a riff on dennis lee's "riffs" (1993) & in the short collection dalton wrestles with the rarest of poetry's muses: loss, longing & language.
info: asquarehouse.ca
new work from yrs truly...
email us at the press to order a copy!
email us at the press to order a copy!
new work from yrs truly...
email us at the press to order a copy!
email us at the press to order a copy!
new from the press:
cartoon yrself - dalton derkson
our first publication is dalton derkson's umpteenth chapbook. "cartoon yrself" is a riff on dennis lee's "riffs" (1993) & in the short collection dalton wrestles with the rarest of poetry's muses: loss, longing & language.
info: asquarehouse.ca
cartoon yrself - dalton derkson
our first publication is dalton derkson's umpteenth chapbook. "cartoon yrself" is a riff on dennis lee's "riffs" (1993) & in the short collection dalton wrestles with the rarest of poetry's muses: loss, longing & language.
info: asquarehouse.ca
January 31, 2026 at 10:29 PM
new work from yrs truly...
email us at the press to order a copy!
email us at the press to order a copy!
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big thanks to lauryn @chly.ca for this awesome write-up!
get acquainted w/ a square house & get ready for the inaugural GRUB STREET here:
get acquainted w/ a square house & get ready for the inaugural GRUB STREET here:
Local poetry press creating space for indie, alternative and local writers.
Listen—or read more—at www.chly.ca/news in #Nanaimo.
Broadcasting on the Salish Sea.
Listen—or read more—at www.chly.ca/news in #Nanaimo.
Broadcasting on the Salish Sea.
Local poetry press creating space for indie, alternative and local writers
Getting published can be a dream come true for many writers and poets....
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January 14, 2026 at 1:36 AM
big thanks to lauryn @chly.ca for this awesome write-up!
get acquainted w/ a square house & get ready for the inaugural GRUB STREET here:
get acquainted w/ a square house & get ready for the inaugural GRUB STREET here:
as someone who lived it, this is the exact advice ppl considering getting their cw mfa need to hear.
& in fewer than 300 characters, no less!
& in fewer than 300 characters, no less!
Should you get a writing degree? Absolutely, if you'd like to study the craft, find community, and earn a degree that will show others you take yourself seriously, which will in turn make them take you seriously, but it's also a scam in a clout pyramid scheme!
January 12, 2026 at 9:19 PM
as someone who lived it, this is the exact advice ppl considering getting their cw mfa need to hear.
& in fewer than 300 characters, no less!
& in fewer than 300 characters, no less!
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our first ever reading series GRUB STREET is happening one week from today at the vault!!
featuring Elke Sorensen & Taylor Fleming, + poetry open mic (with door prizes) to follow. hope we see you there!
featuring Elke Sorensen & Taylor Fleming, + poetry open mic (with door prizes) to follow. hope we see you there!
January 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
our first ever reading series GRUB STREET is happening one week from today at the vault!!
featuring Elke Sorensen & Taylor Fleming, + poetry open mic (with door prizes) to follow. hope we see you there!
featuring Elke Sorensen & Taylor Fleming, + poetry open mic (with door prizes) to follow. hope we see you there!
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Tuesday poem #666 : Ealhwine : Illeism
dusie.blogspot.com/2026/01/tues...
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Tuesday poem #666 : Ealhwine : Illeism
dearth of demonic things in life now: Labubus instead of Tickle Me Elmos receptacles for our placeholder evil until that evil escapes th...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Tuesday poem #666 : Ealhwine : Illeism
dusie.blogspot.com/2026/01/tues...
dusie.blogspot.com/2026/01/tues...
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the secret to being a small poetry press is that...
anyone can release a book of poetry, they can't stop you, poets have no regulating body
December 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
the secret to being a small poetry press is that...
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periodically i still release my little newsletter out into the world, pressure valve style. this month's leftover drafts is a love letter to my husband, and to intimacy & identity thru grief
🦎 read/subscribe:
🦎 read/subscribe:
lizard draft.
do you ever feel so intensely known that you realize you’ve been walking around blissful, on the other side somehow of the violence of being perceived, like wandering into a neighbourhood you’ve ne…
jesslyndelia.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
periodically i still release my little newsletter out into the world, pressure valve style. this month's leftover drafts is a love letter to my husband, and to intimacy & identity thru grief
🦎 read/subscribe:
🦎 read/subscribe:
j'accuse...!
CFL = WFL (western football league)
They (the CFL) need to play to their fan base. Cheating and all!
They (the CFL) need to play to their fan base. Cheating and all!
November 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
j'accuse...!
if u were followed by a little acct with a house for a pfp today, now you know why!
dalton & i started a little poetry press + distro! we’re hosting our first reading series and open mic in january (details to come) 🐒
follow us!
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follow us!
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November 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
if u were followed by a little acct with a house for a pfp today, now you know why!
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Hi to our 500+ followers. Do literally any of you want to buy CanLit trading cards?
October 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Hi to our 500+ followers. Do literally any of you want to buy CanLit trading cards?
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wrote a love letter to saskatchewan (my latest post on leftover drafts):
prairie pieces.
i caught a cold in saskatchewan. there’s something mystifying about the prairies. maybe in the way the fields roll so flat, the way they chase themselves endlessly like they’re this close to catchi…
jesslyndelia.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
wrote a love letter to saskatchewan (my latest post on leftover drafts):
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i wrote about wanting a front porch, and how much that feeling sucks sometimes. my latest leftover draft, on wanting or not to say hello:
saying hello.
i’m doing that thing again where i keep the fan on low when it should really be on high. which of my delicate senses is better kept protected, which feeling do i love the most today? it takes up to…
jesslyndelia.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
i wrote about wanting a front porch, and how much that feeling sucks sometimes. my latest leftover draft, on wanting or not to say hello:
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on dirait un anglicisme:
June 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
on dirait un anglicisme:
i used to regularly serve tea to margaret atwood at a cafe in toronto except she always made the person she came with pay, order, and carry her drink to the table for her.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
i used to regularly serve tea to margaret atwood at a cafe in toronto except she always made the person she came with pay, order, and carry her drink to the table for her.
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Elite matchup to kickoff the CFL season tonight
June 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Elite matchup to kickoff the CFL season tonight
BREAKING: Philadelphia Phillies are trading RHP Jordan Romano to the absolute nearest Pizza Nova franchise for a slice of stale Hawaiian & a Bud Prohibition Brew. #RingTheBell
June 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
BREAKING: Philadelphia Phillies are trading RHP Jordan Romano to the absolute nearest Pizza Nova franchise for a slice of stale Hawaiian & a Bud Prohibition Brew. #RingTheBell
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Lowkey really enjoy this logo. Just give me a happy bird. This bird isn’t smug, he isn’t condescending, he just loves the game.
May 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Lowkey really enjoy this logo. Just give me a happy bird. This bird isn’t smug, he isn’t condescending, he just loves the game.
imagine voluntarily tuning in to a cable program every saturday night just to wholeheartedly fill your diaper about it to an audience of none lol.
May 18, 2025 at 5:30 AM
imagine voluntarily tuning in to a cable program every saturday night just to wholeheartedly fill your diaper about it to an audience of none lol.
my wife (@jlyndelia.bsky.social) once again proving newsletters can be literary:
May 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
my wife (@jlyndelia.bsky.social) once again proving newsletters can be literary:
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happy #smallpoemsunday! 💜
if you’re so inclined, feel free to participate by posting small poems you wrote +/or small poems you love by someone else :)
here’s one by my friend Jo Ianni (@wtfisapoet on other platforms), from his startlingly good new chapbook FAT LUCK AND FUZZY SONG (Apt 9 Press) 🌎
if you’re so inclined, feel free to participate by posting small poems you wrote +/or small poems you love by someone else :)
here’s one by my friend Jo Ianni (@wtfisapoet on other platforms), from his startlingly good new chapbook FAT LUCK AND FUZZY SONG (Apt 9 Press) 🌎
May 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
happy #smallpoemsunday! 💜
if you’re so inclined, feel free to participate by posting small poems you wrote +/or small poems you love by someone else :)
here’s one by my friend Jo Ianni (@wtfisapoet on other platforms), from his startlingly good new chapbook FAT LUCK AND FUZZY SONG (Apt 9 Press) 🌎
if you’re so inclined, feel free to participate by posting small poems you wrote +/or small poems you love by someone else :)
here’s one by my friend Jo Ianni (@wtfisapoet on other platforms), from his startlingly good new chapbook FAT LUCK AND FUZZY SONG (Apt 9 Press) 🌎
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the collections agency spins
'if i had 1 million dollars'
on their hold line radio & i mean,
talk about your SALTED KNIFE.
talk about your
CAUTERIZED BURN.
get savvy with @dd6669.bsky.social
'if i had 1 million dollars'
on their hold line radio & i mean,
talk about your SALTED KNIFE.
talk about your
CAUTERIZED BURN.
get savvy with @dd6669.bsky.social
bird doggin' classic / savvy
Two poems about being broke and shooting skeet from dalton derkson
discordiareview.substack.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
the collections agency spins
'if i had 1 million dollars'
on their hold line radio & i mean,
talk about your SALTED KNIFE.
talk about your
CAUTERIZED BURN.
get savvy with @dd6669.bsky.social
'if i had 1 million dollars'
on their hold line radio & i mean,
talk about your SALTED KNIFE.
talk about your
CAUTERIZED BURN.
get savvy with @dd6669.bsky.social
two new poems out today!
they among great company on Discordia Review's Fellow Travelers feature.
get weird here:
discordiareview.substack.com/p/bird-doggi...
they among great company on Discordia Review's Fellow Travelers feature.
get weird here:
discordiareview.substack.com/p/bird-doggi...
discordiareview.substack.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
two new poems out today!
they among great company on Discordia Review's Fellow Travelers feature.
get weird here:
discordiareview.substack.com/p/bird-doggi...
they among great company on Discordia Review's Fellow Travelers feature.
get weird here:
discordiareview.substack.com/p/bird-doggi...
POETRY FREAXXX:
available for purchase now. my first chapbook in like 10 years.
HOTCOUNTRY98 is a collection of poems that deal w/ loneliness, love & regret. all via the lyrics of #1 country tracks from 1998.
order now: discordiareview.substack.com/p/tune-in-to...
available for purchase now. my first chapbook in like 10 years.
HOTCOUNTRY98 is a collection of poems that deal w/ loneliness, love & regret. all via the lyrics of #1 country tracks from 1998.
order now: discordiareview.substack.com/p/tune-in-to...
Tune in to HOTCOUNTRY98
dalton derkson sings the top country hits of 1998 from memory.
discordiareview.substack.com
April 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
POETRY FREAXXX:
available for purchase now. my first chapbook in like 10 years.
HOTCOUNTRY98 is a collection of poems that deal w/ loneliness, love & regret. all via the lyrics of #1 country tracks from 1998.
order now: discordiareview.substack.com/p/tune-in-to...
available for purchase now. my first chapbook in like 10 years.
HOTCOUNTRY98 is a collection of poems that deal w/ loneliness, love & regret. all via the lyrics of #1 country tracks from 1998.
order now: discordiareview.substack.com/p/tune-in-to...
big trouble in little pope
Midnight in the Vatican of Good and Evil
Popeballs
April 23, 2025 at 3:44 AM
big trouble in little pope