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Susan Haldane

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Poet. Farmer. Etc. “Hard Bargain Road” out now with Gaspereau Press. 🇨🇦

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GUERNICA EDITIONS @guernicaeditions.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Join us as we leave the winter behind and launch our spring-tacular 🌷titles on Sunday, March 15, 3:30 pm at Supermarket in Toronto!
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Frances Boyle @francesboyle19.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Grateful to the editors of Great Lakes Review for publishing my poem Air, Locked. Check out fine writing from the regions in the US and Canada that touch on the lakes: greatlakesreview.org/air-locked/
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Air, Locked
To break the window glass, to merge air and air ― Cynthia MacDonald “The Triborough Bridge a Crown for his Head” Airy hands locked in challenge, a wealth of worries wrung from the embrace. Breath e…
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Stitching up the fields ahead of a squall.
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Truly. I first read it years ago and come back to it often. Thanks for resurfacing it for me!
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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social : Hag Dances, by Susan Wismer / @atbaypress.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/kim-...
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Kim Fahner : Hag Dances, by Susan Wismer
Hag Dances , Susan Wismer At Bay Press, 2025       Susan Wismer’s Hag Dances is firmly fastened in earth, stretching its roots back to an...
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I love this one.
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Kevin MacDonell (he/him) @kevinmacdonell.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
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Why a beloved literary publisher is running out of a backyard shed in New Brunswick | CBC Radio
Gaspereau Press, a boutique Canadian publishing company and printing press, is changing hands and moving to a new base of operations — a converted garage in Keagan Hawthorne’s backyard in Sackville, N...
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The New Quarterly @thenewquarterly.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Lorna Crozier's "On Poetry and Silence", from Issue 175! Click here to read the full story: tnq.ca/story/on-poetry-and-silence/
Excerpt of "On Poetry and Silence" by Lorna Crozier published in Issue 175 of The New Quarterly.
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Ok, I work for small charity and all I’m hearing these days is how AI is unavoidable; get on board or get run over. I believe in meaningful work for humans. Is it possible to resist adoption of AI at your company? Anybody doing it? How?
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Her back looks like a fancy button on a vintage dress.
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Ottawa Road Trips 🇨🇦 @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
It's going to be another sultry few days in #Ottawa. Why not get out on the water to beat the heat? This post points you to beaches, marinas, kayaking spots and waterfront cafes all over Southeastern Ontario. Make the most of summer while it lasts! #sponsored ottawaroadtrips.com/2025/07/31/g...
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Get out on the water in South Eastern Ontario! - Ottawa Road Trips
From the wide St. Lawrence River to myriad lakes and babbling creeks, you’re never far from a shoreline in South Eastern Ontario, which stretches from Cornwall to the Bay of Quinte.
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I have outdoor pigs. They regularly knock me down. They really should pay. I’m all in on pig revenge. Pigvenge.
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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Susan Wismer shares her poem ‘On Distance’ with us today, along with some of her favourite poets, the other art forms that inspire her, and some of the best advice she’s received as a writer. Thanks Susan! pinholepoetry.ca/an-interview...
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Hollay Ghadery @hollay.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
It was a treat to speak on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social w/ Kingston, Ontario poet Callista Markotich about her beautiful collection, Wrap in a Big White Towel (Frontenac House). (Also, have you also noticed how many incredible writers live in Kingston? ) newbooksnetwork.com/wrap-in-a-bi...
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Biblioasis @biblioasis.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
New on The Bibliophile: Announcing the contributors for this year's Best Canadian Essays, Poetry, and Stories anthologies! Congratulations to all of the writers selected. digitalbibliophile.substack.com/p/best-canad...
Graphic featuring the covers of Best Canadian Essays, Poetry, and Stories 2026 anthologies, on a dark blue cloud-shaped background with white above and below. Overlaying text reads: Best Canadian Series 2026: Announcing this year's contributors for all three anthologies!
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Wonderful news, Ian! Can’t wait to read it!
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Frances Boyle @francesboyle19.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Here's my poem from the latest issue of Concision. One especially wonderful thing about this beautiful mag is that it includes reflection on the poem as well as book recs. Sarah Yu-Mei Tsiang features in both of mine. Thanks to EIC @haleylasche.bsky.social ! www.concisionpoetry.com/francesboyle
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Frances Boyle | Concision Poetry
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Canada: “Deep in the recesses of my brain, a tiny red hot little flame began to grow…”
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Why does the scene from A Christmas Story where Ralphie fights the bully keep coming to my mind? youtu.be/AbFP0ay5vME?...
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A Christmas Story (1983) - Ralphie Beats up the Bully Scene | Movieclips
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Dogs in the snow-nosed yards.
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I hope the toddlers are also in camo.
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
We’re still nice though!
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Shaindel, Canadians are scared. We’re facing an unprovoked attack from the country that was once our closest ally. We obviously know not everybody there voted for this guy, but somebody did and now, as the much smaller nation, we’re going to be dragged down with you. That’s what you’re seeing.
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
What is time anyway?
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
There’s a lovely version of A Child’s Christmas with Denholm Eliiott — a BBC production I think. We watch it every year.
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Lovely, and thanks for a positive perspective on fruit flies. * * *
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Pulp Literature Press @pulpliterature.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Kingfisher Poetry Prize Longlist has landed!👑 mailchi.mp/98c823b1dd74... Check out the longlisted poets in the Kingfisher Prize, and the finalists of the First Page Cage! And then head to our silent auction at app.galabid.com/pulplit2025 #silentauction #kingfisher #poetry #poetryprize
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Congratulations to the Longlist!
Check out the longlisted poets in the Kingfisher Prize, and the finalists of the First Page Cage! And then head to our silent auction at https://app.galabid.com/pulplit2025 #silentauction #kingfisher ...
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Quiet day at the creek.
Creek with still water, skiff of snow in the tall weeds, dark clouds.
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Ohh, yes, bookdarts. They make life better. Betterish.
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Cows in Media! Whaaat?!
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Cows, sunrise, that’s all
Black and white cow looks at the camera with pastel clouds in the
 background.
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The New Quarterly @thenewquarterly.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Our fall issue is now live on our website and available for purchase! Discover astonishing short fiction, essays, and poetry, featuring pieces by our annual contest winners🎉 Please note that there may be delays receiving our physical copies due to the ongoing Canada Post strike.
The New Quarterly's new fall issue.
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Titles are so hard — just mulling a title-less piece today. But honestly as a first reader for a journal, I look at titles but it wouldn’t be the deciding factor for me.
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Morning chores.
Sheep in field with sun rising beyond trees.
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Hi Erin. Ours are mainly Dorset, with a little Clun-Forest blended in. We raise them for meat, not a wool breed.
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Anyone here up for calming photos of rural and farm scenes?
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Stop it, America, you’re scaring us.
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Hi Terese. I’m here too. Thanks for this list!
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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 21/08/2024
Susan Wismer shares their poem ‘From the Edge’ today, along with some thoughts on revision, creative success, and how their garden and getting outside every day keeps them connected to the creative act. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and poetry with us Susan! pinholepoetry.ca/an-interview...
My queer identity means that the place where I live has always been an edge-walker. At this age and stage of living, I have an even stronger and more poignant sense of what it means to live from the edge'. Beyond where I am is filled with mystery—what will come next?
With me here now are my sorrows and concerns about human life on this Earth at this time... With me here also, all that I love. Passionately and without reservation.SUSAN WISMER
From the Edge
one hand firm on dark earth
flattened grass
the other is hanging
sends fingers
to touch
under the lip
call it hag
what remains
sunrise, lichen, tree trunk,sunrise, lichen, tree trunk, semblance of mountain, rounded cheekbones
traced
contours: your face, my lips our mouths, how we seek open seawater, dark metal salt for the tongue, volute the shell of your ear pearled singing
from the shimmering edge of the world
these last years.
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Gaspereau Press @gaspereaupress.bsky.social · 22/07/2024
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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 08/07/2024
Our first interview for The Desire Issue is with Matt Thomas, who shares his poem ‘King of the Road,’ how poems begin, what he feels inspired by, & how crafting a poem is similar to building a stone wall. Thanks for these thoughtful answers Matt! pinholepoetry.ca/an-interview...
As a farmer and engineer, I'm very aware of life cycle. Everything I see comes back to that.
Living things and machines both. Every second of the day is filled with heart-rending, mind-exploding clues to some larger mystery. I have no idea what that is. But the clues are so beautiful. Just watching two strangers talking on the street, the way they move their hands, meet each other's eyes or not, the way that the trees near them move in the wind while they talk; it's amazing. We write and direct and paint and sing and try as we will we can only get so close. There's a LOT in the space between us and the thing we're trying to understand. It's like dark matter.King of the Road
Newborn shadows jump from the reaching cedars as the truck passes what do you see?
Anything you can imagine
No cure, yet the sun rises beneath pond ice, above, mallards become smoke.
Dreams are mud on the belly of the pony.
A squat business park slinks by pulling an empty parking lot behind it.
Waking up every day a person, what to do?
Stillness is death.
Halogen sunrise, flashing red beside the road a sailor's delight, sirens gawked, lip read from a noise canceled cabin and following seas home,
mail dropped onto the kitchen table, shoes removed;mail dropped onto the kitchen table, shoes removed; nothing required between your energies and this floor, the road of your people,
spooned miles counted in dog nail clicks, the chain of events.
Cruising that loop,
trying to out-pace the jacked up, bored out, candy apple dignities stroking and roaring, one arm draped on the wheel as if you don't care
and the other
shawling the softening shoulder of love
while the now aged shadows climb back into the trees to sleep above their rowdy wake.
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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 27/05/2024
"Every breath, a surprise. The heart beats still. But how—how do we quiet these too loud bones when our seams are worn by so much running?" #TodaysPoem #poetry Today I Am Full of Birds by Lyz Soto (2024 Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day) tinyurl.com/m74nn6u6
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Today I Am Full of Birds
If you run for too long,
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 17/05/2024
Can’t wait to read this!
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Gaspereau Press @gaspereaupress.bsky.social · 13/05/2024
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Gaspereau Press @gaspereaupress.bsky.social · 03/05/2024
Just released! "Graphis scripta / writing lichen" by Clare Goulet gaspereau.com/bookInfo.php...
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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 01/05/2024
Kimberly Peterson shares her poem ‘Third Ear Acoustics,’ & tells us how the shape of the poem allows us to pause & contemplate. She also shares a revision technique & some creative inspirations. Thanks for being part of the interview series Kimberly! pinholepoetry.ca/an-interview...
The poetic form is essential to this work because the spaces between words and their shape on the page are as important as the words themselves. My hope is that each stanza reads like a mini haiku, that the reader takes time to reflect before moving on to the next stanza. Also, the sound of each syllable carries extra weight in a poem of thirty-five words. In a piece that contemplates the senses, poetry is the form that conveys this elegantly.KIMBERLY PETERSON
Third Ear Acoustics
calligraphy
of falling leaves
braille in scattered birdseed
morse code marched by one million ant feet
crystalline clarity
aperture acuity
amplified in silence
when
I sit still
I can smell
crocus bulbs
bursting
through soilAn author headshot of Kimberly Peterson
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Moist Poetry Journal @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social · 17/04/2024
Read Lee Potts’ poem “A time of splinters” and a prompt that revises and abandoned poem or draft here: moistpoetryjournal.com/2024/04/17/a...
Home was always there but,
it would have been nice,
to know where the door was
one day to the next. Which side 
of the house was set
to let me in.

Lee Potts
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Susan Haldane @shaldane.bsky.social · 29/03/2024
Must be spring.
Baby lamb with brown and white face.
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