We're excited to welcome @joycuriosity.bsky.social of #WriteOttawa presenting a walking #poetry tour of #Ottawa, featuring poems performed on location.
Explore the poetry of place! Sat April 19 10am
Free BUT registration capped: 20/tour.
WriteOttawa@gmail.com to register and get all the details.
Explore the poetry of place! Sat April 19 10am
Free BUT registration capped: 20/tour.
WriteOttawa@gmail.com to register and get all the details.
April 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
We're excited to welcome @joycuriosity.bsky.social of #WriteOttawa presenting a walking #poetry tour of #Ottawa, featuring poems performed on location.
Explore the poetry of place! Sat April 19 10am
Free BUT registration capped: 20/tour.
WriteOttawa@gmail.com to register and get all the details.
Explore the poetry of place! Sat April 19 10am
Free BUT registration capped: 20/tour.
WriteOttawa@gmail.com to register and get all the details.
Congratulations to Susan Johnston @joycuriosity.bsky.social and WriteOttawa on their Awesome Foundation @awesomefoundation.org grant!
We look forward to your upcoming Poetry Walk! ❤
We look forward to your upcoming Poetry Walk! ❤
April 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Congratulations to Susan Johnston @joycuriosity.bsky.social and WriteOttawa on their Awesome Foundation @awesomefoundation.org grant!
We look forward to your upcoming Poetry Walk! ❤
We look forward to your upcoming Poetry Walk! ❤
HEADS UP: #writeottawa with Susan Johnson on Saturday, April 19, 2025 10am. Meet at Little Victories, 44 Elgin. Explore the poetry of place with Susan Johnson and Ottawa poets. Free event, but registration is capped at 20. E-mail Susan to register: WriteOttawa@gmail.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
HEADS UP: #writeottawa with Susan Johnson on Saturday, April 19, 2025 10am. Meet at Little Victories, 44 Elgin. Explore the poetry of place with Susan Johnson and Ottawa poets. Free event, but registration is capped at 20. E-mail Susan to register: WriteOttawa@gmail.com
Around the #RideauCanal locks near Parliament Hill with #AlanCumyn in Burridge Unbound #WriteOttawa.
March 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Around the #RideauCanal locks near Parliament Hill with #AlanCumyn in Burridge Unbound #WriteOttawa.
Druids! And druids running around downtown Ottawa. J. McCurdy’s #fantasy The Serpent’s Egg features some great chase scenes #WriteOttawa.
March 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Druids! And druids running around downtown Ottawa. J. McCurdy’s #fantasy The Serpent’s Egg features some great chase scenes #WriteOttawa.
Misty-eyed in the Library of Parliament with #TerryFallis in The Best Laid Plans… #WriteOttawa
March 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Misty-eyed in the Library of Parliament with #TerryFallis in The Best Laid Plans… #WriteOttawa
Here’s a piece from #KatieTallo’s Poison Lillies, partially set at the Ambassador Court in the #Glebe. #WriteOttawa.
March 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Here’s a piece from #KatieTallo’s Poison Lillies, partially set at the Ambassador Court in the #Glebe. #WriteOttawa.
#WriteOttawa
Time and Place: April 19 at 10:00 am. Little Victories, 44 Elgin
Email: WriteOttawa@gmail.com
Explore the poetry of place with Susan Johnson, VERSeFest, Natalie Hanna, Sneha Madhavan-Reese, Jean Van Loon, Amanda Earl, David O'Meara & Cameron Anstee. Walk is full.
Time and Place: April 19 at 10:00 am. Little Victories, 44 Elgin
Email: WriteOttawa@gmail.com
Explore the poetry of place with Susan Johnson, VERSeFest, Natalie Hanna, Sneha Madhavan-Reese, Jean Van Loon, Amanda Earl, David O'Meara & Cameron Anstee. Walk is full.
April 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
#WriteOttawa
Time and Place: April 19 at 10:00 am. Little Victories, 44 Elgin
Email: WriteOttawa@gmail.com
Explore the poetry of place with Susan Johnson, VERSeFest, Natalie Hanna, Sneha Madhavan-Reese, Jean Van Loon, Amanda Earl, David O'Meara & Cameron Anstee. Walk is full.
Time and Place: April 19 at 10:00 am. Little Victories, 44 Elgin
Email: WriteOttawa@gmail.com
Explore the poetry of place with Susan Johnson, VERSeFest, Natalie Hanna, Sneha Madhavan-Reese, Jean Van Loon, Amanda Earl, David O'Meara & Cameron Anstee. Walk is full.
Next, Sneha Madhavan-Reese read from #ElementaryParticles and shared her very moving piece, Nathan Cirillo. We paused, stood in silence. @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social #WriteOttawa
April 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Next, Sneha Madhavan-Reese read from #ElementaryParticles and shared her very moving piece, Nathan Cirillo. We paused, stood in silence. @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social #WriteOttawa
Vivian Vavassis’ Friday Poem (after @robmclennan.bsky.social) (in @arcpoetry.bsky.social)
“so, you see, i have to believe
there are saints in #ottawa walking
along #elgin or bank among
the guitar players & bums
& busy entrepreneurs;
their heads down and hurried hoping not to be outed….” #writeottawa
“so, you see, i have to believe
there are saints in #ottawa walking
along #elgin or bank among
the guitar players & bums
& busy entrepreneurs;
their heads down and hurried hoping not to be outed….” #writeottawa
March 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Vivian Vavassis’ Friday Poem (after @robmclennan.bsky.social) (in @arcpoetry.bsky.social)
“so, you see, i have to believe
there are saints in #ottawa walking
along #elgin or bank among
the guitar players & bums
& busy entrepreneurs;
their heads down and hurried hoping not to be outed….” #writeottawa
“so, you see, i have to believe
there are saints in #ottawa walking
along #elgin or bank among
the guitar players & bums
& busy entrepreneurs;
their heads down and hurried hoping not to be outed….” #writeottawa
Writer and #Ottawa Poet Laureate David O’Meara on Elgin St. yesterday: “sub-zero, / overnight, a brocade of frost / on storefront glass. He died in / a doorway, his home a thin / sleeping bag in a city of rooms.” Thank you David for this. @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social #WriteOttawa
April 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Writer and #Ottawa Poet Laureate David O’Meara on Elgin St. yesterday: “sub-zero, / overnight, a brocade of frost / on storefront glass. He died in / a doorway, his home a thin / sleeping bag in a city of rooms.” Thank you David for this. @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social #WriteOttawa
From today’s adventure —“there are some in every crowd” (Natalie Hanna, in lisan al’asfour, ARP Books 2022) - thank you to @battleaxepress.bsky.social for joining us today to explore #Ottawa in Verse, with many thanks also to @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social; #AwesomeOttawa; #WriteOttawa
April 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
From today’s adventure —“there are some in every crowd” (Natalie Hanna, in lisan al’asfour, ARP Books 2022) - thank you to @battleaxepress.bsky.social for joining us today to explore #Ottawa in Verse, with many thanks also to @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social; #AwesomeOttawa; #WriteOttawa
Here’s a unique view of the Experimental Farm, courtesy of @jrrrremy.bsky.social’s Death and the Intern. #WriteOttawa.
January 26, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Here’s a unique view of the Experimental Farm, courtesy of @jrrrremy.bsky.social’s Death and the Intern. #WriteOttawa.
March 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Here, Cameron Anstee reflects on some of his early work, on and about Frank Street: “the building’s foundation, slowly / giving way to one hundred years and more / I will never be older than this room / large enough to hold our books…” #WriteOttawa @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social
April 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Here, Cameron Anstee reflects on some of his early work, on and about Frank Street: “the building’s foundation, slowly / giving way to one hundred years and more / I will never be older than this room / large enough to hold our books…” #WriteOttawa @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social
Colin McAdam’s Fall makes reference to boarding school kids drinking at the former Earl of Sussex pub #WriteOttawa.
March 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Colin McAdam’s Fall makes reference to boarding school kids drinking at the former Earl of Sussex pub #WriteOttawa.
Thinking back to the construction of the #Chinatown arch and the vibrancy it offers the neighbourhood. Appreciating @jcyliew.bsky.social’s visceral characterizations of it, and some of my favourite hangouts in #Dandelion @arsenalpulp.bsky.social. #WriteOttawa.
March 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Thinking back to the construction of the #Chinatown arch and the vibrancy it offers the neighbourhood. Appreciating @jcyliew.bsky.social’s visceral characterizations of it, and some of my favourite hangouts in #Dandelion @arsenalpulp.bsky.social. #WriteOttawa.
I’d rather it look like spring outside, and be eating tacos in St. Luke’s Park, but we can dream — here’s an excerpt from #Ottawa poet laureate David O’Meara’s The Tennis Courts in Winter #WriteOttawa
March 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I’d rather it look like spring outside, and be eating tacos in St. Luke’s Park, but we can dream — here’s an excerpt from #Ottawa poet laureate David O’Meara’s The Tennis Courts in Winter #WriteOttawa
Jean Van Loon took us into the mind of JR Booth via her book #BuildingOnRiver (@cormorantbooks.bsky.social) while we stood on Parliament Hill, imagined it before there were buildings, and dreaming big dreams. Thanks to @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social and everyone who joined us today! #WriteOttawa
April 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Jean Van Loon took us into the mind of JR Booth via her book #BuildingOnRiver (@cormorantbooks.bsky.social) while we stood on Parliament Hill, imagined it before there were buildings, and dreaming big dreams. Thanks to @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social and everyone who joined us today! #WriteOttawa
There’s a small #spoileralert here, in this second of two pieces about the Alexandra Bridge from #TerryFallis’ The High Road. #WriteOttawa.
March 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
There’s a small #spoileralert here, in this second of two pieces about the Alexandra Bridge from #TerryFallis’ The High Road. #WriteOttawa.
elegy for a friend, by @amandaearl.bsky.social: ~ how do we reflect on that which we hold dear, and grief, and loss. Thank you Amanda for sharing this on what turned out to be such a timely day. @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social #WriteOttawa
April 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM
elegy for a friend, by @amandaearl.bsky.social: ~ how do we reflect on that which we hold dear, and grief, and loss. Thank you Amanda for sharing this on what turned out to be such a timely day. @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social #WriteOttawa
I was sure someone had told me that #HughHood had set some of his #CanLit fiction in #Ottawa, but I’m not finding it here. Can anyone suggest particular works? #WriteOttawa
December 7, 2024 at 7:01 PM
I was sure someone had told me that #HughHood had set some of his #CanLit fiction in #Ottawa, but I’m not finding it here. Can anyone suggest particular works? #WriteOttawa
Gwen Tuinman takes us back to when the #RideauCanal was brand new in her 2024 novel Unrest… #WriteOttawa
March 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Gwen Tuinman takes us back to when the #RideauCanal was brand new in her 2024 novel Unrest… #WriteOttawa
I’ll never know if I took a cab that William Hawkins was driving, but glad to finally work through his poems. Here’s a take on the canal #WriteOttawa
March 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I’ll never know if I took a cab that William Hawkins was driving, but glad to finally work through his poems. Here’s a take on the canal #WriteOttawa
the #WriteOttawa poetry walk with Susan Jay was so full of joy, community, whimsy, poetry and friendship. Thank you, Susan, all the poets and fellow walkers who came out today. What a heart-full experience. Happy National Poetry Month! You rock!
April 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
the #WriteOttawa poetry walk with Susan Jay was so full of joy, community, whimsy, poetry and friendship. Thank you, Susan, all the poets and fellow walkers who came out today. What a heart-full experience. Happy National Poetry Month! You rock!