Congratulations, Ashley-Elizabeth Best! Ashley-Elizabeth Best's poem, My Grief is a Violence, is on the longlist for the 2022 CBC Poetry Prize. cbc.ca/books/literary…

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#PoetryPause Take a pause for "Quilting a Life" by Malika Sharma poets.ca/quilting-a-lif…

Very excited to not only attend this event tonight BUT to also read a few poems of my own! Very nervous but cannot wait!! . . . . . #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #YGKArts #YGK instagram.com/p/ConpahQvJeF/…

Really fucking sad today. My mom's little companion, and our family dog of 17+ years, passed away. Dixie really was the best and I'm going to miss her so much. . . #PugTerrierMix #RIP instagram.com/p/CpRY4vTNgqg/…

Bought myself this shirt because I deserve it and it's been a hard week. Also found my book at a thrift store beside Bronwen Wallace. . . . . . #Gay&Tired #SlowStatesOfCollapse #Grief #Poet #Poetry instagram.com/p/CpV-j4cPjSa/…

Just posted a photo instagram.com/p/CpYJA-oJxrL/…

@PaulVermeersch We could use take this opportunity to ignore this and look toward the League of Canadian Poets prizes to actually celebrate Canadian poetry

Lovely disabled/sick spirit discoursing on accessibility provided by League of Canadian Poets --- hooray for the effort expended in making and providing this. youtube.com/watch?v=QLiq2e…

Thanks for the throwback!

I'm reading some new poems Monday night. Inordinately happy to wander Toronto bookstores in spring. Come say hi! #Poetry #Toronto Art Bar Poetry Series

Congratulations to Cody Caetano, Emily Riddle, Matthew James Weigel, Maya Cousineau Mollen, Carole Labarre, David Agecoutay, Cooper Skjeie, Solomon Awa, and Samantha Beynon this year's Indigenous Voices Awards recipients! youtu.be/qzRAi5w9rNg

I'm excited to announce that my second collection of poetry titled Bad Weather Mammals is forthcoming with ECW Press in the fall 2024! . . . . #DisabledPoet #PoetryCommunity #PoetsOfInstagram #ECWPress

i am either so sad and so tired or just so tired, which honestly sometimes is a relief

A lover, once: You can’t say every action is political. Then the word political loses all meaning. He added: What is political about this moment? I was washing his dishes. I had left the water running. —Solmaz Sharif

It's World Poetry Day! To celebrate I'm sharing a poem from my forthcoming collection, Bad Weather Mammals (ECW Sept 2024) I'd love to see your poems, or the poems you love by someone else. Let's share! Thank you to ECW Press for all you do in supporting my work!

Today is the day! Bad Weather Mammals official release day. Here's a little graphic with all my fall tour dates (coming at you with the Beetlejuice vibes). You can always check my website as well to stay up to date on where I'll be.

Register now for November's Lunch Poems, featuring readings by Ashley-Elizabeth Best and Bren Simmers! Renee Sarojini Saklikar @GaspereauPress eventbrite.ca/e/1039232942707

Now more than ever the books matter. The challenging ones, the ones that make you uncomfortable, the uplifting ones, the ones that tell you a story you have never heard before. Books matter. Art matters. Don't let them take those away from us.