Richard Greene
@richardgreene.bsky.social
Canadian poet and biographer, his most recent book is Russian Roulette: The Life and Times of Graham Greene, published in North America as The Unquiet Englishman: A Life of Graham Greene, described in Private Eye as "woke" but "not half bad."
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Margaret Avison is widely considered one of Canada’s greatest poets, but her first major biography struggled to find a publisher. Writer Nicholas Bradley asks what that says about the place of poetry, and literary memory, in Canada today. https://thewalrus.ca/margaret-avison/
July 17, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Margaret Avison is widely considered one of Canada’s greatest poets, but her first major biography struggled to find a publisher. Writer Nicholas Bradley asks what that says about the place of poetry, and literary memory, in Canada today. https://thewalrus.ca/margaret-avison/
I've just learned that I missed the 53rd World Peashooting Championship in Cambridgeshire. In the open class competition laser sights are permitted.
July 15, 2026 at 12:46 AM
I've just learned that I missed the 53rd World Peashooting Championship in Cambridgeshire. In the open class competition laser sights are permitted.
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Taking to the street corners, he read aloud
from his book of protests,
so many years in the writing,
but found that good reasons and eloquence
had little force
and that the better part of witness
was to stand before his God and grieve.
—Richard Greene
from his book of protests,
so many years in the writing,
but found that good reasons and eloquence
had little force
and that the better part of witness
was to stand before his God and grieve.
—Richard Greene
June 24, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Taking to the street corners, he read aloud
from his book of protests,
so many years in the writing,
but found that good reasons and eloquence
had little force
and that the better part of witness
was to stand before his God and grieve.
—Richard Greene
from his book of protests,
so many years in the writing,
but found that good reasons and eloquence
had little force
and that the better part of witness
was to stand before his God and grieve.
—Richard Greene
"The arts, storytelling, it's a confrontation with the wrongs of the world.": Richard Greene releases Cannibal Rats - The Newfoundland Quarterly share.google/uFEgQOqyPck4...
"The arts, storytelling, it's a confrontation with the wrongs of the world.": Richard Greene releases Cannibal Rats - The Newfoundland Quarterly
Congratulations on your new poetry collection – I found it an intimate and rich read. And the arrangement of poems feels very elegant. I had a good editor, Michael Prior,...
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June 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
"The arts, storytelling, it's a confrontation with the wrongs of the world.": Richard Greene releases Cannibal Rats - The Newfoundland Quarterly share.google/uFEgQOqyPck4...
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I'm hoping for reassurance of the shape of things, a glimpse of my old allegiances, but find at best an outline here such as my finger might draw in dust.
—Richard Greene, The Blaschka Invertebrates
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—Richard Greene, The Blaschka Invertebrates
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May 24, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I'm hoping for reassurance of the shape of things, a glimpse of my old allegiances, but find at best an outline here such as my finger might draw in dust.
—Richard Greene, The Blaschka Invertebrates
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—Richard Greene, The Blaschka Invertebrates
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I'm delighted to have a new poem (not in the collection) published by Commonweal Magazine. The poem has a big debt to a book by Marion Endt-Jones who knows all there is to know about coral. www.commonwealmagazine.org/poem-blaschk...
Poem | The Blaschka Invertebrates
"There was a demand / for the miraculous things of the deep"
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April 28, 2026 at 8:41 PM
I'm delighted to have a new poem (not in the collection) published by Commonweal Magazine. The poem has a big debt to a book by Marion Endt-Jones who knows all there is to know about coral. www.commonwealmagazine.org/poem-blaschk...
Delighted with this review of my new collection of poems, Cannibal Rats.
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Cannibal Rats by Richard Greene
A Michael Greenstein Review
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April 10, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Delighted with this review of my new collection of poems, Cannibal Rats.
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Colin Carberry has written a comprehensive review of "Cannibal Rats" by Richard Greene out now with Véhicule Press! A fantastic review!
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"Greene has written a cracking volume filled with poems you wish you had written yourself, poems that entertain, and illuminate….”
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"Greene has written a cracking volume filled with poems you wish you had written yourself, poems that entertain, and illuminate….”
Cannibal Rats by Richard Greene (Vehicle Press, 20026)
reviewed by Colin Carberry Written in rhyming verse (an unusual and risky choice in today’s poetic climate), ‘Cannibal Rats’, the opening track of Canadian poet Richard Greene’s latest book, gets u…
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February 19, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Colin Carberry has written a comprehensive review of "Cannibal Rats" by Richard Greene out now with Véhicule Press! A fantastic review!
tinyurl.com/34vedrmd
"Greene has written a cracking volume filled with poems you wish you had written yourself, poems that entertain, and illuminate….”
tinyurl.com/34vedrmd
"Greene has written a cracking volume filled with poems you wish you had written yourself, poems that entertain, and illuminate….”
Incredibly grateful to Colin Carberry for an encouraging and penetrating review of my new collection of poems Cannibal Rats.
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The Woodlot
Canadian Poetry Reviews & Essays
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February 20, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Incredibly grateful to Colin Carberry for an encouraging and penetrating review of my new collection of poems Cannibal Rats.
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The Woodlot – Canadian Poetry Reviews & Essays share.google/Vcuzqbnuwatx...
I've learned something about eels. In the Middle Ages you could pay your tithes with them. Knowing this may change my life.
January 30, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I've learned something about eels. In the Middle Ages you could pay your tithes with them. Knowing this may change my life.
Well ... That's cheerful.
January 24, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Well ... That's cheerful.
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"I am at home in a high-rise
where at night the voice of being human
is a siren blare or a drunk crying fuck
something or other on Sherbourne Street."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
On Sherbourne Street by @richardgreene.bsky.social from Crossing the Straits (2004) rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/sher...
where at night the voice of being human
is a siren blare or a drunk crying fuck
something or other on Sherbourne Street."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
On Sherbourne Street by @richardgreene.bsky.social from Crossing the Straits (2004) rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/sher...
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January 20, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"I am at home in a high-rise
where at night the voice of being human
is a siren blare or a drunk crying fuck
something or other on Sherbourne Street."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
On Sherbourne Street by @richardgreene.bsky.social from Crossing the Straits (2004) rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/sher...
where at night the voice of being human
is a siren blare or a drunk crying fuck
something or other on Sherbourne Street."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
On Sherbourne Street by @richardgreene.bsky.social from Crossing the Straits (2004) rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/sher...
Splendid poem.
"My gorgeous dead.
Your abject pimp, I apologize.
Wish I had the courage to talk about the bees."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Dear Fleurs by @KateriLanthier.bsky.social (2021 The Night Heron Barks)
Your abject pimp, I apologize.
Wish I had the courage to talk about the bees."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Dear Fleurs by @KateriLanthier.bsky.social (2021 The Night Heron Barks)
Kateri Lanthier
Georgia O’Keeffe, Series 1, No. 8, 1919 Dear Fleurs I hate flowers – I paint them because they’re cheaper than models and they don’t move. -Georgia O’Keeffe Sorry for being your pornogra…
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January 19, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Splendid poem.
"Proficiency at billiards is the sign of a wasted life." Thus spake my father. I think the same is true of the ability to assemble IKEA bookcases.
July 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"Proficiency at billiards is the sign of a wasted life." Thus spake my father. I think the same is true of the ability to assemble IKEA bookcases.
I think this is the highest expression of indolence: I purchased online, and had delivered to my door, a pair of slippers.
June 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I think this is the highest expression of indolence: I purchased online, and had delivered to my door, a pair of slippers.
From my longish poem "Thole" on my late mother. It will be included in my next collection.
May 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
From my longish poem "Thole" on my late mother. It will be included in my next collection.
The poll-worker was a bit slow finding my name on the voters' list, so I said, "I'm here to apply for a mortgage." Not missing a beat, the fellow looked up and said, "I can offer you 4% open."
April 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The poll-worker was a bit slow finding my name on the voters' list, so I said, "I'm here to apply for a mortgage." Not missing a beat, the fellow looked up and said, "I can offer you 4% open."
I, with two more to help me,
Will hold the foe in play.
In yon strait path a thousand
May well be stopped by three.
Now who will stand on either hand,
And keep the bridge with me?"
("Horatius")
Will hold the foe in play.
In yon strait path a thousand
May well be stopped by three.
Now who will stand on either hand,
And keep the bridge with me?"
("Horatius")
March 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I, with two more to help me,
Will hold the foe in play.
In yon strait path a thousand
May well be stopped by three.
Now who will stand on either hand,
And keep the bridge with me?"
("Horatius")
Will hold the foe in play.
In yon strait path a thousand
May well be stopped by three.
Now who will stand on either hand,
And keep the bridge with me?"
("Horatius")
The Ribbentrop Molotov Pact is the nearest comparison with what's happening in Riyadh, and we all know how that turned out.
February 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The Ribbentrop Molotov Pact is the nearest comparison with what's happening in Riyadh, and we all know how that turned out.
This thing about the Gulf of America puts me in mind of Freedom Fries.
February 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This thing about the Gulf of America puts me in mind of Freedom Fries.
Scientists have reconstructed the face of Thomas Aquinas. He actually looks, to me, like a baseball scout considering a prospect and composing five proofs for the existence of his fastball.
February 6, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Scientists have reconstructed the face of Thomas Aquinas. He actually looks, to me, like a baseball scout considering a prospect and composing five proofs for the existence of his fastball.
As always on this date, I wish my observant friends a blessed feast of St. Ibuprofen.
January 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
As always on this date, I wish my observant friends a blessed feast of St. Ibuprofen.
This has to become a movie.
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Oklahoma man driving stolen vehicle caught with rattlesnake, uranium, whiskey and firearm: Police
Stephen Jennings and Rachel Rivera had been pulled over by Guthrie police at a traffic stop when officers found the rattlesnake, uranium, whiskey and firearm.
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December 19, 2024 at 12:50 AM
This has to become a movie.
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Where's Michael Heseltine when you really need him?
Chaos in Bahamas parliament as MP throws ceremonial mace out of window
Chaos in Bahamas parliament as MP throws ceremonial mace out of window
Incident comes after indictment of senior police officers on drug trafficking charges sparks debate over corruption
Chaotic scenes have broken out in the Bahamas parliament after the indictment of senior police officers on drug trafficking charges…
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December 5, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Where's Michael Heseltine when you really need him?
My absurdly charming graduate students in creative writing marked the end of the course with a hand-drawn thank-you card, alluding to my forthcoming book of poems, and a bottle of Irish. What's not to like?
December 5, 2024 at 3:24 PM
My absurdly charming graduate students in creative writing marked the end of the course with a hand-drawn thank-you card, alluding to my forthcoming book of poems, and a bottle of Irish. What's not to like?