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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This starts in less than a week! Well, if I get a few more students!? 😬 So doing one more push to let you know, and to let your budding (or more blossomed) writer friends know. Feel free to DM me if you have questions

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Feel bad for Kayla about this. Will do my part in off-setting the harm by boosting Kayla Czaga's great work: For Your Safety Please Hold On, Dunk Tank, and Midway are all excellent collections I'd highly recommend to any human being www.kaylaczaga.com (also appreciate CV2's thoughtful apology)

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KAYLA CZAGA

Kayla Czaga is a Canadian Poet residing in Victoria, BC. In her poetry books she discusses themes of childhood, family, gender, nostalgia, feminism, and loss. Czaga's published books include Dunk Tank...

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Excited to teach Poetry 1 again at SFU this Fall - an online and asynchronous course that introduces you to poetry's tools and approaches. Also includes workshopping, discussion, and fun activities. Check it out if you're interested or share it with those who might be! www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

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Poetry 1

<p>Poetry is often described as a conversation—with the self, the world, and the work of other writers.</p><p>In this introductory course, you'll gain the tools you need to enter the conversation thro...

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Thanks to @pinholepoetry.bsky.social for these questions, and for publishing this poem!

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Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

if you are looking for newish poetry books, check out my little poetry raffle ending August 10th: tally.so/r/LZOPB1 #SealeyChallenge

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Summer Poetry Raffle for Hamza

Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"Everyone was kind in ways that suggested/ we were fortunate." ❤️

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Hey, I'll be reading poems with Jude Neale at Poetry in the Park (in the Centennial Lodge) in New West this Wednesday. Come on out!

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Excited to read some new poems for this and to hear these fine poets. Tune in, tomorrow! You'll need to email thefiddlehead@gmail.com to get an invite to join. (Note that if you're in or around Vancouver it will be starting at 3pm)

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Oh, and Kay Ryan is up there for me. Also a master of rhyme #shortpoemsunday www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Oh, this should be fun! Excited to read with these folks 🤩

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The Dead Poets Reading Series @deadpoetsreading.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Our next reading is this coming Sunday, May 17th! Here's the fabulous lineup: Daniela Elza reads Lyubomir Levchev, Yilin Wang reads Qiu Jin, Cristina Holman reads Federico García Lorca, and Annie Lafleur reads Danielle Collobert 🤩 See you at Outsiders and Others, (938 Howe St #100) at 3pm!

poster of the next dead poets reading series on May 17th at Outsiders and Others

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Elena Johnson @elenajohnson.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Join us next Sunday for our next iteration of the Dead Poets Reading Series. Always inspiring and fun! Readings by @danielaelza.bsky.social , @yilinwriter.bsky.social , Cris Holman and Annie LaFleur. Details in poster. Accessible space. Hope to see you! 🌞

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Rob Taylor @roblucastaylor.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

"Points" by @raoulfernandes.bsky.social, from the new issue of @fiddlehd.bsky.social. (So many good poems in this one!)

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

These are really charming poems. Congrats, Ellie! 🤩

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

First page of Applause for a Cloud by Sayumi Kamakura (trans. by James Shea) #shortpoemsunday

Cover of Applause for a cloud by Sayumi Kamakura

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Happy to have a couple new poems in this one, alongside such lovelies as Liz Howard, Billeh Nickerson, Ellie Sawatzky, and others ❤️

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Daniel Rück @danrueck.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Eliminating libraries in prisons is a disaster, completely shortsighted. Libraries are a lifeline for incarcerated people who want to learn and grow, and have few other options.

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Little display of some local (BC) poets I put up at my library branch. some friends and those I wish were my friends 🥰

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

"The idea has become the work for some, and the immaculate production of it their reward, and this is a doomed prospect. An idea is a nothing thing that has built and destroyed the world countless times over, and it matters how it is crafted and wielded into its final form." ❤️

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

So lovely, Phillip. The way the last line lights up everything that came before.

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I love it when a new window opens up! Send in your good weird poems 🌸

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Good used book deals out in New West! I'll be there tomorrow 10-2 if you want to say hi

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

9-year-old, gently petting my head: "papa, you're background music"

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The Dead Poets Reading Series @deadpoetsreading.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Next Sunday, March 8th! A fantastic line-up of poets: Rhea Tregebov reading Anne Szumigalski (1922-1999) George McWhirter reading José Emilio Pacheco (1939-2014) Robin Susanto reading Sapardi Djoko Damano (1940–2020) Mezi reading from "Classical Poems by Arab Women" anthology. Hope to see u there!

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Oof, very sad news. I probably clocked hundreds of hours listening to Bookworm while working as a janitor/maintenance worker. If there was a Nobel Prize for Best Reader, it should go to Silverblatt ❤️

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 14/02/2026

In Tumbler Ridge, BC, an 18-year-old killed eight people in a mass shooting. Youth violence expert Tracy Vaillancourt speaks to The Walrus’s Carmine Starnino about assessing risk, combating stigma, and why nuance matters when talking about violence: thewalrus.ca/tumbler-ridge-shooting

On the left: black and white photo of the exterior of a school building with police tape across the image. Red dots of blood are near the centre of the image. On the right: text that reads “What we’re getting wrong about the Tumbler Ridge shootings. Blaming mental illness—or identity—lets society avoid harder truths about violence”

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Rob Taylor @roblucastaylor.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

My dear friend, the poet Sandy Shreve, has died. A number of us wrote tributes to Sandy for @eventmags.bsky.social in December. I welcome you to read them today, and learn a bit more about an incredible poet, painter, arts organizer and human being:

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“An Uncommon Eye”: Reflections on the Life and Work of Sandy Shreve - EVENT

One of the first friends I made in the poetry world was Sandy Shreve. Despite our gap in age and experience, Sandy took in this wide-eyed budding poet as a peer. I remember one day walking with Sandy ...

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Here's that poem again in a more official context. I have thoughts about this framing, but will keep to my workshop code of not explaining my poetry. The photo is also from 10+ years ago but I'm fine about that--my wife made me laugh during the photoshoot 😂

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

What Rob said! Also if you can't make it (like me, sadly) you can stream it live

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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Chicago Public Library is doing some amazing work.

Banner that reads Protest Banner Lending Library.

Flyer from Chicago Public Library that gives instructions on how to check out a protest banner.

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Last few days to join this online poetry class I teach, so please consider and/or share with peers that might be interested! The class needs at least one more student to run 🤞

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Agh, such a gorgeous poem. "How did we get here?" indeed ❤️

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Looking forward to seeing these awesome poets present awesome poets tomorrow! I'll be hosting. See you there!

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Thinking whenever I get a rejection, I'll applaud the magazine (not for the rejection necessarily, but the good work they do). Recently got one from Sixth Finch, which is so aesthetically beautiful and chock-full of great art and poems. Check it out sixthfinch.com @sixthfinch.bsky.social

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Sixth Finch

Sixth Finch: a quarterly online journal of poetry and art. The current issue features poems by Kirstin Allio, Ellie Black, Rebecca Boyle, Sébastien Luc Butler, Laura Bylenok, David Ehmcke, Sarah Green...

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Didn't know #smallpoemsunday was a thing but glad it's a thing and I just happen to have some Bill Knott on me

Poem by Bill Knot - Fingerprints look like ripples/because time keeps dropping/another stone into our palm

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Hey, if anyone has been curious about taking my online Poetry 1 course at SFU, there will be a free online Open House where you can learn about the class and do a fun little writing activity. Check it out! www.eventbrite.ca/e/creative-w...

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Creative Writing Open House

Want to make a writing a bigger part of your life? Join us to preview our upcoming creative writing courses.

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

My other publication for 2025, which I'm just as proud of as The Walrus one (if not more?) as I think it more clearly shows the moves I'm making in my poems these days

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Always here for John Darnielle's new years eve thread, every year ❤️

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Got my copy of the Walrus @thewalrus.ca in the mail this bright morning at the very end of 2025, that features this poem. Honoured to be alongside poems by Tom Wayman, Molly Peacock, and @katerilanthier.bsky.social 😍

A poem entitled Speakerphone by Raoul Fernandes. (Msg me if youd like a transcript)

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Appreciate this little fractally friend in the cafe where I'm writing

A kind of succulent I think growing beside a window

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Love this roundup of reflections on Sandy Shreve and her work. I know that she helped put together the indespensable In Fine Form anthology (which I teach) but didn't know she was responsible for Poetry in Transit! Thanks for putting this together, Rob!

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