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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Cavafy, Ian, and Kirby. #today #onthebalcony from Ian Indiano's forthcoming KFB Fertile Series project, "Sweet Marie" #intheworks Winter 2027 #KFB10 #poetrywellserved www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p215/I...

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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"...each depicting a stylized pair of men’s underwear, bearing text on the waistband. The words, lifted from old journals, tell a story of queer love and acceptance born of pain and perseverance. They are the inspiration for these visual poems." Philip HARE Understatements #KFB10 #fertileseries

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phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ange Mlinko

AUBADE. You, my luculent one...
The sky, just restored to blue,
has in it a ghostly stone, blunted
to a pearl-like lumen I have hunted,
if not to possess, then construe
as my call to brighten . . .

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KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Loch Baillie Tiana Reid Sue Sinclair Michael Trussler & kirby 23rd Annual Poetry Weekend icehouse poetry & friends 02 October 7pm UNB Memorial Hall @gooselane.bsky.social #icehousepoetry fairy kirby @palimpsestpress.bsky.social

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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A special day. #KFB10 #poetrywellserved @fisherlibrary.bsky.social #smallpressfair #today Thanks to all who came out... so sweet to see (& meet) you! knifeforkbook.shop knifeforkbook.com patreon.com/c/kfb instagram.com/knifeforkbook/

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Jacob Wren @jacobwren.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"How long can a person recover before it becomes another form of not being?" - Claudia La Rocco, The Best Most Useless Dress

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phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Oh, why did I let that boy go? Nancy Willard

HINDSIGHT

The two of us running up Fifth Avenue,
Michael, a long leap of a lad
in his black church clothes
and his brother's brogues,
and his hair flying,

and me with my brimmed hat hooping
down the steps of St. Pat's
till it's cocked on the wind's head,
bent on blowing me clean
out of my senses.

Oh, why did I let that boy go?
God himself loved the sight of us.
I would be the blue light in his eye,
the left one, the farseeing one,
the one he's rubbing now, maybe.

-NANCY WILLARD

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KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This glorious bird. Thank you Katya Nosko #greatescapebookstore kirby fairy @palimpsestpress.bsky.social palimpsestpress.ca/books/fairy-...

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D. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I don't care if writing doesn't save me from anything else. It saves me from myself.

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MW @emdubbleu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"Thou poem of lost attention and half try, do you fear more the inner world or outer? I do not love the self less than the others, my name is legion and my mouth one cry." #TodaysPoem Thou Poem by @afmoritz.bsky.social The Sentinel 2008 @houseofanansi.bsky.social houseofanansi.com/products/the...

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The Sentinel

Mortality, Love, Ethics, Civilization, Divine Presence, Human Body, Modernity, The Natural World, and Constructed Spaces. The Sentinel watches and reports back to us in a voice that is timeless and wo...

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Hollay Ghadery @hollay.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

In this episode, I speak with the iconic Kirby about their joyful and powerful new book, Fairy (Palimpsest Press, 2026). Listen in: newbooksnetwork.com/fairy 🧚‍♂️: @itsakirby.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social #queerlit #fairy #nonfiction

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phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Must you have a part in everything? William Carlos Williams, in Nancy Willard's Step Lightly: Poems for the Journey (1998)

William Carlos Williams

SMELL!

Oh strong-ridged and deeply hollowed
nose of mine! what will you not be smelling?
What tactless asses we are, you and I boney nose
always indiscriminate, always unashamed,
and now it is the souring flowers of the bedraggled
poplars: a festering pulp on the wet earth
beneath them. With what deep thirst
we quicken our desires
to that rank odor of a passing springtime!
Can you not be decent? Can you not reserve your for ardors
for something less unlovely? What girl will care
for us, do you think, if we continue in these ways?
Must you taste everything? Must you know everything?
Must you have a part in everything?

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"Depression is a room full of cereal bowls." #SealeyChallenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social 31/31 #TodaysPoem #poetry Me and You and Awkward Silence by @jacobalvarado.bsky.social from I Can Make It All Up To You (2024 @knifeforkbook.bsky.social) www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p193/J...

Poetry chapbook I Can Make It All Up To You by Jacob Alvarado (knife fork book) stands upright next to a blue cup of coffee

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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

"Work like Genet’s, or the classic Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg, shows us that we can still find liberation in our pleasure during political moments such as these. And wow, does SLUTFLOWERS ever find pleasure." miramichireader.ca/2026/08/slut... > www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p205/A...

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AMANDA EARL + MATTHEW WALSH Slutflowers

KFB FLASH SUMMER SALE Now thru 31 AUG $10 (Celebrating our 10th!)from the authors of Matthew, Beast Body Epic / Terrarium, These Are Not the Potatoes of My YouthAMANDA EARL + MATTHEW WALSHSlutflowers ...

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jessi @jessisays.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Two more from @knifeforkbook.bsky.social this Sunday morning. 15. Amanda Earl and Matthew Walsh, Slutflowers (Knife Fork Book, 2026) 16. R. Kolewe, Holonomy (Knife Fork Book, 2026)

Two square-format chapbooks standing on a bookcase, covers facing the viewer. A selection of shelved books (H.D., Frank Herbert) is visible behind.

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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

"Sometimes my hands are full when I think they're holding nothing—" Maureen Scott Harris. Showing us the way. Always. New MAUREEN SCOTT HARRIS "The Fullness" Out Now from #anstrutherpress www.anstrutherpress.com/new-products...

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jessi @jessisays.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Waking up this morning with two @knifeforkbook.bsky.social miniatures… 7. Jim Johnstone, Eye for an Eye (Knife Fork Book, 2026) 8. Helen Robertson, Lesbia (Knife Fork Book, 2026)

Two square black chapbooks held in front of the opaque glass of a front door.

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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Huge congrats to Jim & Erica #anstrutherpress and the release of their first full-length poetry collection, "Out of Office" by Nasser Hussain. In a word, stunning. www.anstrutherpress.com/new-products...

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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The OG bunny. Jacob Alvarado I Can Make It All Up To You On Sale #FlashSummerSale #KFB10 www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p193/J...

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KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Lighting up the Danforth skies celebrating with this one @peacehearty.bsky.social last night.

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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

SALE EXTENDED thru 31 AUG! #KFB10 #SummerSale #poetrywellserved Exclusively at knifeforkbook.shop

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

"We all want to ding the dinger, but can't afford to annoy The conductor." #SealeyChallenge 2/31 #TodaysPoem #poetry from Choral Coral Carol by @james-lindsay.bsky.social (2026 @knifeforkbook.bsky.social) www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p203/J...

Poetry chapbook Choral Coral Carol by James Lindsay (2026 Knife Fork Book) sits in the grass

Poetry chapbook Choral Coral Carol by James Lindsay, open to a selection from the long poem

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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

BEN ROBINSON reads to Kirby on the balcony, "A New Thing," from his new KFB chapbook, [A] SENSITIVE MAN @bengymen.bsky.social #KFB10 #poetrywellserved

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Nancy Huggett @nancyhuggett.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Check this out! So many good titles! What will younpick?

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KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A summer fundraiser, KFB-style @knifeforkbook.bsky.social ... you get the goodness (at $10 a pop), we get to publish more. Celebrating our 10th Anniversary. Poetry. Well-served.

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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

STARTS TODAY! #FLASH #SUMMER #SALE #KFB10 #$10 To celebrate our 10th Anniversary... ALL CURRENT KFB TITLES IN STOCK: $10! THIS WEEKEND ONLY thru 03 Aug ONLINE SALES EXCLUSIVELY at knifeforkbook.shop

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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

THIS WEEKEND ONLY! 31JUL-03AUG "Yes, darlin's, this is the one..." KFB FLASH SUMMER SALE #KFB10 #poetrywellserved ALL CURRENT KFB TITLES $10* knifeforkbook.shop *online sales only while supplies last (does not include shipping)

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Antonio López García - The Quince Tree - 1961

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Royal City Literary Arts Society @rclas.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

June 22, join us in Queen's Park (Centennial Lodge) for an incredible night of poetry with host Marlo Browne and features @allegorically.bsky.social and @christinashah.bsky.social!

Aquamarine event poster with feature poets and host in circular portraits on and text with community partner logos on right.

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POETRY IN THE PARK
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 6:30PM - 8:30PM
@ CENTENNIAL
LODGE

Featured Poets:
Aidan Chafe & Christina Shah
Hosted by:
Marlo Browne

RCLAS
City of New Westminster
Arts New West

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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

F/4 #4ertilefest #KFB10 #poetrywellserved #firstlook A series of online & live events to celebrate our 10th Anniversary of “Poetry. well-served.” beginning this Fall 2026. knifeforkbook.com/4ertile/

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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

CAMERON ANSTEE "Gift Economy" #Apt9 #broadside from their upcoming full-length collection NARROWS KFB Spring 2027 Part of our 10th Anniversary Season #poetrywellserved #KFB10

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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Her KFB debut. JANUEL NOCHE Seven Year Shed Part of our 10th Anniversary Season #poetrywellserved #KFB10 Preorder now. www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p216/J...

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

"he can finally speak freely, he tells me, Dad, I am scared of three things: people getting hurt, the dark, and ghosts." #TodaysPoem #poetry My First Animals by Ben Robinson from A Sensitive Man (2026 @knifeforkbook.bsky.social) www.benrobinson.work/a-senstive-man

Poetry collection A Sensitive Man by Ben Robinson (knife fork book) perched atop bergamots, leaves and vines

The poem My First Animals by Ben Robinson from the poetry collection A Sensitive Man, held up against a backdrop of cone flowers

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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Loch Cassidy Amanda Kirby Poetry. Hosted by Jim. Monday 06 July 7pm @anotherstoryto.bsky.social "River Running" Out now @gooselane.bsky.social

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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

LIMITED EDITION [13] HAND-SEWN FELT SLIPCOVERS BY ARTIST @philiphare.bsky.social Philip HARE #KFB10 #4ertile Understatements Preorder now #KFBfundraiser www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p208/P...

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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Their KFB debut. #KFB10 #4ertile If I were to run with something, I’d run with this book I’d run with peonies; My new lover She is my current secret You will soon understand JANUEL NOCHE Seven Year Shed Preorder now www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p216/J...

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JANUEL NOCHE Seven Year Shed

If I were to run with something,I’d run with this bookI’d run with peonies;My new loverShe is my current secretYou will soon understandTheir KFB debut. JANUEL NOCHESeven Year ShedPoetry. Chapbook. ISB...

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KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The Mockler & me. Pride. @themockler.bsky.social #onthebalcony

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