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Francois Lachance

@lachance.bsky.social
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World Citizen since forever. Scholar-at-large since 1996, interested in discourses of technology, sensoria, social reproduction, and poetry as cognitive device. Avatar art: Joe Average (Canadian Coin, 2019)

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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 14h
Pace of the process: The initial generating is quick, but the sequencing and order of the larger project – figuring out its shape and intention – is usually what takes the most time.
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 14h
Gives new meaning to the expression "thumb print" ...
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 16h
piled high against winter haystack #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - haystack
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Dried mushrooms Reconstituted Umami rich #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - mushrooms
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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Touch the Donkey : new interviews with Zhang, Smith, Farina, Heroux, Luckring, Araki-Kawaguchi + Marlatt, / @ezhang77.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/10/touc...
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Touch the Donkey : new interviews with Zhang, Smith, Farina, Heroux, Luckring, Araki-Kawaguchi + Marlatt,
Anticipating the release next week of the fifty-first of Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] , why not check out the interviews that h...
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A cardigan with pockets for mints Perfect, for chilly weather #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - chilly
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
From childhood connection: I remember writing stories about my first dog, Joker, when I was only six years old.
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
apples celery walnuts Waldorf #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - walnut
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
where the writing leads: I am learning that revision can also mean allowing a poem to remain unresolved. Sometimes the stronger choice is not another explanation but an image. Not another sentence but a break. Not another word but white space.
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
translucent wings dragonfly manoeuvres hovering near water #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - dragonfly
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
from Wales Haiku Journal farmers’ market— two sparrows hopscotch on spilled millet Neena Singh www.waleshaikujournal.com/_files/ugd/f...
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sunday sentence: Instinctively, they kicked their feet slightly as they walked through the fallen leaves, sending up a slight flutter and a musky autumn scent. Louise Penny Still Life
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
sunbeam pierces clouds part puddles dry up #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - sunbeam
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
low-lying fog softens the contours of the up-poking valley #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - fog
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
low-lying fog softens the contours of the up-poking valley #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - fog
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
crimson maple slash against sky autumn scar #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - crimson
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
*pumpkin
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
pumpking soup queen of the harvest #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - harvest
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Congratulations and best wishes for many more happy years.
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A séance with an AI avatar?
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Coach House Books @coachhousebooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Discover the bpNichol digital archive!: bpNichol.ca ❤️
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bpNichol Digital Archive
bpNichol.ca is the online digital archive of Canadian author bpNichol (1944-1988) and a burgeoning community of readers, artists, and scholars inspired by his work. On this site you’ll find over 200 o...
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
In conjunction with upcoming municipal elections, the City of Toronto has organized a kids' activity — vote on Tree of the Year. The candidates are basswood, paper birch, red oak, sugar maple, white pine. www.toronto.ca/city-governm...
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Kids Vote Weekend
Calling all Toronto kids – vote for Toronto’s Tree of the Year! There are five candidates running for Toronto’s 2027 Tree of the Year. You can vote for one during Kids Vote Weekend on October 10 and 1...
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
autumn brings on bright chrysanthemums bordered by sweet alyssum #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - chrysanthemums
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Contemplating writing a little pillow book called Moon Gazing for Insomniacs ...
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merelypoetry.bsky.social @merelypoetry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
. night rain in the city a gutter collects some discarded stars #haiku #poetry .
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
sliding towards the solstice one quick moment of equal night and day #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - equinox
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
boughs bending limbs twisting in angry wind storm haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - wind storm
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
penknife-sharpened the quill scratches the stiff paper haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - quill
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
not too late for early music
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
standing still twilight field absorbing cricket chatter #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - twilight
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
bailing and bailing repeated motion for a leaky boat #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - leaky
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Olfactory memory: I grew up on a farm in a drafty farmhouse built in the late 1800s, so three distinct smells remind me of home: dead flies, cow manure, and fresh cut hay.
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
strained by leaf dappled light dances a jig #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - dappled
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
lovely image — daring to soar
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
down the hill come the deer to lie in the grass #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - deer
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Happy Equinox to you too. Sweet dreams.
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
lightening frenzy on the horizon #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - first storm
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
stars behind light pollution cascade #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - cascade
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
gentle waver of wings nectar sipping butterflies flit fashionably #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - wings
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
gentle waver of wings nectar sipping butterflies flit fashionably #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - wings
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
tall plumes of pampas grass overlook the fall garden #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - pampas grass
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
stars assert themselves as moon wanes #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - waning moon
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Had to do a double take on this one — at one point I thought the house sparrow was being eaten :)
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
the steam of coffee spirals heavenwards the sun peeks through the blinds #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - morning
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
ever so noisy sparrows simple joy #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - sparrow
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Laura Kerr @sedserio.com · 01/09/2026
Experimental Poetry Criticism, newly posted at Periodicities. What happens when criticism takes the same formal risks we ask of poetry? 🙏 @periodicities.bsky.social
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
branches bow low trail reflections in the stream: willow leaves quiver #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - willow leaves
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Perfect for Labour Day.
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
as the day winds down light lingers in tree branches dusk lengthens a dusty prelude to dreams #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - dusk
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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
secret berry patch bountiful #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - patch
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