Pretty sure I had one of the Evel Knievel toys mentioned in this phillip crymble poem when I was a kid

Delighted that my copy of the new Michael Lista poetry collection Barfly (from Biblioasis) arrived today—looking forward to diving in

When Brooke Clark was young, he and his father spent many nights poring over the pages of Alligator Pie. In introducing the book to his own son, Clark re-entered the whimsical world of Dennis Lee’s poetry: thewalrus.ca/alligator-pie/

I’ve long been an advocate for a moratorium on bird poems — here’s Chris O’Carroll summing up the background

Loved this soraya roberts piece — brought back memories of seeing films at the old Cinematheque when it was in the AGO (I’ve never been to Tiff, which seems to have become another occasion for vapid celebrity worship): canadianbusiness.com/ideas/how-did-…

Here, in a blaze of light—or glory?—are Matthew Tierney & Karen Solie at last night’s launch for Matt’s new Coach House Books poetry collection Lossless:

Portrait of The Civilizing Discourse in its natural habitat. #canlit

That time I asked #DarylHine about what poets can do. From The Civilizing Discourse (2024) Vehicule Press

A day to recall the lengths to which one great Canadian went to defend another.

That’s what makes Munro both radical and nostalgic. She recognizes and records the ineffable real of which memory is made." thewalrus.ca/alice-munro/

It is the birthday of the excellently named Parnassian homme de lettres Catulle Mendès (1841-1909), whose daughters, as depicted by Renoir, I may visit at the Met on my free day in NYC. Here is William John Robertson’s appropriately patinated translation of one of his poems.

This strangely reminded me of an Anacreon poem

Here’s Michael Lista reading from his superb new collection, Barfly, at the Biblioasis launch last night

#SealeyChallenge #TheSealeyChallenge Day 22 - Urbanities by Brooke Clark (Brooke Clark) Don’t read my poems before you’ve had a drink, but careful—not too much before you start. After a few, when you feel mildly drunk, That’s when you’ll best appreciate my art. (Martial)

Cottage reading almost matches the view from the dock Polity

Nietzsche on metre (from Human, All Too Human)

Found, in an old Agatha Christie novel at the cottage, this bookmark advertising Dennis Lee’s children’s books—clearly a sign to post my The Walrus article about Alligator Pie: thewalrus.ca/alligator-pie/