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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year 2026 - as 2025 comes to an end, let's look to this tiny tree for a lesson in persistence. The large stump washed ashore. Weathered by the years, sitting at the high tide line, someone decided to set fire to it. And yet - here is a tiny sapling that has taken root and flourished.

a huge burnt stump cradles a tiny coniferous sapling - in the background barely visible is the ocean and a clear blue sky.

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

the many aspects of Liǧʷiɫdax̌ʷ (Discovery) Passage , Campbell River British Columbia. I never tire of the view. #VanIsle #VancouverIsland #seascape

Willow Point and Discovery Passage south of Campbell River BC on a sunny December day - the ocean is flat, reflecting the blue sky. There are a few clouds on the horizon. You can see the shore and logs tossed up by the sea.

although the day is clear, in this view of Willow Point, the waves are storm-tossed. The sky is blue with massive clouds mounted on the horizon. There are many clouds floating in the sky.

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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Thank you so much to @bulbculture.bsky.social for putting this piece of mine back out in the world (originally published by Reflex Fiction) ❤️ #FlashFiction

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

on the news, from Duotrope, that one of my favourite little #litmags is defunct - I'd like to send a shout-out to editors and readers who work hard to bring our words to the world. Your efforts do not go unnoticed. Thank you! #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #litmags

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

The @adroitjournal.bsky.social is open for free submissions of fiction, CNF, and poetry, why not give them a try? #LiteraryMagazines #LitMags #WritingCommunity #WritersSupportingWriters

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

valuable tips for submitting. Thanks Janelle.

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

flamenco and poetry - Vancouver, you don't want to miss this. #dance

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I'd be interested to hear your thoughts, fellow writers and poets. #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #AmWriting

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

@jordinowrites.bsky.social congratulations - I loved "Ode to Moo Deng" and, I may be the only person who had never heard of her.

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

thank you to @fahmidanjournal.bsky.social for the awesome mentorship opportunity, and this anthology of work from the mentees. My piece is "your ancestors did not persist for you to give up now". www.fahmidan.net/fahmidan-ina... #mentorship #GenZ #writersover45 #amwriting #WritingCommunity #litmags

Graphic of the Fahmidan Journal Special Mentorship Issue April 2025. Contributors:

Susan Haufleigh, Johannah Simon, Lynn Summer, Rola Elnaggar, Micah Scheff, Laura Tate, Jordan Alejandro Rivera, Gabi Hurd, Janis La Couvée, Fariza Farid.

your ancestors did not persist for you to give up now

take heart, dear ones
there is light and hope, love and joy
at the end of a road which seems
long and dark

lean on wisdom transmitted through generations
as simple as the pie dough you are rolling
as complex as knowing wind, tide, current
the best spots for fishing
what to do in lean years
how to work together, collaborate
celebrate community and family

each of us, a link in the chain
a strand in the web
a fibre in the rope
joining us as one – a breathing unit

in tune with the earth and universe
breathe – in and out,
ike tides on the shores
rush and roll, clatter of rock
in tune with our heartbeat.

what the old ones knew – we hope to find
a talisman and help against hard times
stores of resilience

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

tired of the pseudo-science in many novels? Check out this list from @lablit.bsky.social featuring realistic stories and REAL science.

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Thank you to @fahmidanjournal.bsky.social for the incredible mentorship opportunity, and for publishing a special mentorship issue. #litmags #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #BskyPoets #SkyPoets

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Writers and poets - do you track the number of different publications you have been published in? The number of different issues? Published works? #amwriting #BskyPoets #SkyPoets #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #AmWriting

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

here's the full Compliance Order - it's mandatory and PERMANENT. Poilievre's actions happened in 2015 - many years after he was first elected. He was a seasoned politician who knew the rules that he willingly broke. cef-cce.ca/content.asp?...

cef-cce.ca

Compliance Agreements | Commissioner of Canada Elections

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

My dad spent six years in Europe and North Africa fighting fascism so I could vote - unhindered. No armed militia, no one turning me away because of my sex, skin colour, religious affiliation, lack of "proper" papers. Simply a polite line that moved slowly to the Elections Canada official. #elxn45

an Elections Canada office with two posters outlining the special ballot voting procedure and a big yellow circle with the words "vote" along the circumference. #elxn45

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

There's a whole other world north of Campbell River on Vancouver Island. Same for a trip to Powell River and the Sunshine Coast. #votetanille for NIPR.

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

another #SubmissionCall #CallForSubs - this time from The Pointed Circle, published since 1984 by students at Portland Community College. #WritingCommunity #litmag #litmags

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

#SubmissionCall you have until May 1st to submit to So to Speak "Intersectional feminist journal of language + art. We publish poetry, fiction, nonfiction & visual art exploring gender, race, class & sexuality." #litmags #litmag #WritingCommunity #CallForSubs

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

want to know what's going on around BC municipally? Follow @bcheadlines.bsky.social curated by Civic Info - some great information here. #bcinfo

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Fahmidan Group @fahmidangroup.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Did you know that you can submit to both poetry and prose at the same time? 😉 Submit here: buff.ly/3OYTRme

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

oh wow - I've seen poems that read backwards by line, but not word by word. Congratulations Joshua Kepfer! #PoetryCommunity #BskyPoets #SkyPoets #PoetsofBlueSky

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Serious Canadian election question - are the Vancouver Island Conservative candidates forgoing All Candidates Meetings in favour of their own "Meet and Greets" where citizens are carefully vetted? #elxn45 #VancouverIsland #CanPoli

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Gaia Gardener @gaiagardener.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

PSA for Victoria’s progressive voters: it is OKAY to vote NDP! @laurelcollins.bsky.social has been a strong voice for our community just like Charlie Angus is a strong voice right now for our country. #ElbowsUp #cdnpoli #yyjpoli #Canada #yyj

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

want to know more about Nardwuar?

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

there isn't a better place on Vancouver Island for @charlieangus104.bsky.social #ElbowsUp tour than Cumberland, home since the early 1900s to labour and political activists who worked tirelessly to enshrine the rights many take for granted. See you there? #elxn45

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Publication alert! Thank you to WordStorm Society of the Arts for publishing my poem "Connections" in Counterflow 4 "Phrases for the Future". Thanks also to @rlayberry.bsky.social for the conversation that inspired this poem. #SkyPoets #BskyPoets #PoetryCommunity www.wordstorm.ca/_files/ugd/2...

How to weave a net,
strong enough to hold through pandemic and drought,
forest fire and earthquake, climate change and sea rise,
cataclysm and catastrophe, illness and uncertain economic times.
Take a strand, join it to another, build the first link.
Wave to the neighbour watering their lawn at dawn,
put out a bowl for thirsty dogs on a walk,
bring cookies to the family next door,
remember the names of children,
rejoice in the new car, camper and boat,
offer tomatoes and zucchini relish,
share the apple harvest,
dig deep and remember,
we are all connected.
What appears to unravel in uncertain times,
can be repaired, can be strengthened,
will hold when needed.
Begin,
wave to the neighbour at dawn.

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

@pinholepoetry.bsky.social congratulations on your latest issue. You're open now for themed submissions to be published in July. Can you tell me when submissions close?

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

what an opportunity - hear from the chief architect behind the restoration of Paris' Notre-Dame - Tuesday April 8, Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria. Doors open at 5:30 and event is also live-streamed. #yyj #victoriabc

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

I'm thankful for #litmags like Bulb Culture Collective, @bulbculture.bsky.social and editors Jared Povanda and L.M. Cole @scoops.bsky.social for republishing pieces from magazines that have gone dark, and giving "My Mother Believed in the Power of Wind" a new home. #litmags

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

language "warriors" are heroes - working to say their imperilled languages.

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

poets - you know the feeling, right? When your number of submissions equals the number of rejections, you're almost halfway to #100rejections and it's only the 1st quarter of the year? And then - some lovely publication sends you an acceptance for your entire submission. That's the #WritingLife

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

if you haven't seen this yet - thank you Luke. I too found sites with an account I'd forgotten. #DigitalFootprint

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Do you write futurisms? Tips from Stacy Nathaniel Jackson in Writers Digest. When we think about the world of 2000 and what has changed in 25 years, can we imagine the next 25? #amwriting #WritingCommunity www.writersdigest.com/3-tips-for-w...

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3 Tips for Writing Near Futures in Fiction

Poet, author, and playwright Stacy Nathaniel Jackson shares three top tips for writing near futures in fiction.

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

friends - we don't know where on Vancouver Island yet, but @charlieangus104.bsky.social is on the Island, April 11th. Stay tuned for more news about cities and venues.

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

are you a contributor to The Broken Spine? Make sure you're included in their directory. A wonderful initiative.

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

have you ever thought about joining a writers' retreat? Here's an opportunity in Amsterdam.

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

a quarter of the way through the year and a third of the way to my goal of #100rejections. What about you? How's it going fellow writers and poets? #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #SkyPoets #BskyPoets #amwriting

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Prairie Schooner has a long and storied history - sign up for their newsletter and info about the next submission period. #litmag

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

@southhall.bsky.social welcome! I've added you to my starter pack #3 of litmags & small presses. bsky.app/starter-pack... The pinned post on my profile has links to the starter packs & 4 lists - litmags, poets, writers, editors. You can pin a list & it becomes a feed. bsky.app/profile/laco...

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

@midwestreview.bsky.social welcome! I've added you to my starter pack #3 of litmags & small presses. bsky.app/starter-pack... The pinned post on my profile has links to the starter packs & 4 lists - litmags, poets, writers, editors. You can pin a list & it becomes a feed. bsky.app/profile/laco...

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

another new #litmag - this one for college graduates.

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

thank you to Bulb Culture Collective @bulbculture.bsky.social for the interview, and for republishing my poem "Subsumption". @jaredpovanda.bsky.social and @scoops.bsky.social provide a valuable service to the poetry community by republishing "lost" work. #BskyPoets #SkyPoets

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

how are YOU celebrating World Poetry Day? With thanks to the many #litmags that publish our work. #BSkyPoets #SkyPoets #PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

*sigh* - what keeps you going fellow writers? "discussed it with great interest, and we found much to admire" is a kind personalized rejection. Do you count those as wins? #100rejections #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #SkyPoets #BskyPoets

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