Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 24/09/2026Root canal next week. Hopefully the dentist gives me a smol treat when the ordeal is over. 051
Reposted by Tolu OloruntobaDavid Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 18/09/2026a delightful 🧵 (and a delightful 🧶) 071
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 22/09/2026This poem by Richard Siken, which begins the collection I DO KNOW SOME THINGS, ends on such a satisfying note. poets.org/poem/real-es...poets.orgReal EstateMy mother married a man who divorced her for money. 040
Reposted by Tolu Oloruntobamartyfive @martyfive.bsky.social · 22/09/202622: vegetable #swordtember 119843
Reposted by Tolu OloruntobaAlastair Morrison @alasmorrison.bsky.social · 22/09/2026My first ever chapbook of poems, “Frozen River,” is out now. Truly grateful to the marvelous people at Anstruther Press, and to everyone who’s read these little songs. Order a copy and we’ll be friends forever! Shares most welcome! www.anstrutherpress.com/new-products...anstrutherpress.comFrozen River by Alastair Morrison — Anstruther PressChapbook In Stock ISBN - 978-1-998774-90-6 Please allow 2 weeks for shipping 3218
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 17/09/2026Babe wake up they’ve launched the little sister on Gabby’s Dollhouse. 120
Reposted by Tolu OloruntobaRaoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This 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 086
Reposted by Tolu OloruntobaAmanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026In one month, on my 63rd birthday, I am hosting the 23rd annual John Newlove Poetry Award with music by Ness, a chapbook launch by Susanne Fletcher, readings by this year's Newlove Poetry Award recipient $ honourable mentions, as judged by @tolu.ca 142
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 15/09/2026One of the lesser known facts about the Mandela Effect is that it has always been known as the Mandala Effect. 110
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 14/09/2026Me when @wtalabi.com featured “Issalova, dun cry dun beg” in SHIGIDI. 342
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 13/09/2026I tried to rewatch Age of Ultron and had to quit in less than 10 minutes. Unwatchable nonsense. It’s apparent now how much their output depended solely on hype. 351
Reposted by Tolu OloruntobaJared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Hi Homer, I recently came across The Iliad and was blown away by its expansiveness, its humanity, and its complex use of . Have you considered new ways to promote your book and expand its reach across various platforms? I would love to connect and hear your ideas. Kind regards, Apollonius 15945131
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 07/09/2026[Comment about weight and harmful doctors] I was at my heaviest ever the last time I saw my doctor and he asked "Why did you do this?" in an incredulous tone. Like I wanted this. Anyway I'm looking forward to my visit tomorrow and being shamed again ( /s ) , because I've gained even more weight. 260
Reposted by Tolu OloruntobaCitizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026"Pick a Color" by Souvankham Thammavongsa "a revelatory novel about loneliness, love, labor, and class, an intimate and sharply written book following a nail salon owner as she toils away for the privileged clients who don’t even know her true name" #Lit All the nametags say Susan...hachettebookgroup.comPick a ColorWINNER OF THE GILLER PRIZE A USA Today Bestseller From O. Henry Award winner and two-time Giller Prize winner Souvankham Thammavongsa comes a revelatory nov... 053
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 06/09/2026Souvankham Thammavongsa has said in interviews that she approached the construction of PICK YOUR COLOUR the way she would have a book of poetry. It made for a delicious reading experience, with each chapter landing the way a great poem would. 1112
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 01/09/2026Very sad to hear of Wendell Berry's passing. The Berry Center and his publisher Jack Shoemaker were very kind to me when I was seeking his permission to use his line "a three-dimensioned life;" (from his poem "How to be a Poet") in a cento for Unravel. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...poetryfoundation.orgHow to Be a PoetStay away from anything that obscures the place it is in. Of the little words that come out of the silence, like prayers prayed back to the one who prays,… 1176
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 19/08/2026It’s only a heroic sonnet crown if you can actually finish it (and if the end result is intelligible). 270
Reposted by Tolu OloruntobaJane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Day 9 of the #SealeyChallenge finds me fleeing the smoky residues of wildfires burning and into the clarity of breath and thinking of @tolu.ca's Unravel "One must / imagine the test subject hangry." "I realize now that I do not wish to be repaired" 🫨🫨🫨 21510
Reposted by Tolu OloruntobaUniversity of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Lisa Richter reads with Anna Veprinska and Tolu Oloruntoba at Owl's Nest Books in Calgary on Monday, July 20. Hosted by @michelinemaylor.bsky.social. All are welcome! bit.ly/4froYFi @lisarichter.bsky.social @tolu.ca @annaveprinska.bsky.social #books #poetry #YYC #readings 0154
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 29/06/2026Best Canadian Poetry 2027 will be published on November 17, 2026. It was the honour of a lifetime to serve as guest editor, working alongside the brilliant series editor, Anita Lahey. 1418
Reposted by Tolu OloruntobaSamantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Two more research workshops added in British Columbia! Looking forward to visiting Smithers and Prince George this July. See thread for details. #PoeticForecasts #PoeticInquiry #Climate #Weather #Health #Wellness #SSHRC 042
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 16/06/2026Vancouver Poet Laureate @eleekg.bsky.social will be launching "sometimes, forest" at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social tonight at 7 PM. @nikkireimer.bsky.social @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social @sjonespoet.bsky.social and I will be reading briefly, in support. Hope to see you there! 2228
Reposted by Tolu OloruntobaSamantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Book Launch: sometimes, forest Shelf Life Books June 16, 7:00 PM Elee Kraljii Gardiner launches her new book of poetry, sometimes, forest, a “hylofeminist” work exploring how our bodies and those of the ecosystems around us are permeated and interwoven. 174
Reposted by Tolu OloruntobaJade Wallace (they/them) @nycterosea.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Was quite surprised & delighted to find that my poem "We Go Down to the Sea of Myrrh," which opens with the ever so endearing line, "Molly, I hate your husband" (& which appeared in @cv2magazine.bsky.social), will be in Best Canadian Poetry 2027. Many thanks to @tolu.ca, Anita Lahey & Biblioasis. 094
Reposted by Tolu OloruntobaSarah Wolfson @sarahwolfson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026So grateful to have a poem forthcoming in Best Canadian Poetry. Thank you to @thewalrus.ca for first publishing “And Then Came the Day” and to guest editor @tolu.ca for selecting it for this anthology. 2204
Reposted by Tolu OloruntobaMisha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Thrilled to have my "Meditations in an Emergency" in Best Canadian Poetry 2027. Kinda flabbergasted that this is the 3rd poem from my debut to appear in BCP. So grateful to @biblioasis.bsky.social, to Anita Lahey, and to @tolu.ca. And what a bonus that @sarahwolfson.bsky.social is in there with me. 0155
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 19/05/2026Tinnitus is a constant fridge hum in my head. But I also have to deal with the *actual* fridge hum. 2120
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 09/05/2026Skarsgård is great, but Kevin R. Free is *my* Murderbot. So glad he voiced the new book. 050
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 04/05/2026PLATFORM DECAY arrives tomorrow. Not everything is horrible. torpublishinggroup.com/platform-dec...torpublishinggroup.comPlatform Decay 030
Reposted by Tolu Oloruntobaaaron boothby @ellipticalnight.bsky.social · 18/04/2026I think my actual answer as much as I care to have one and works for kids too is "words that make music when you say them out loud" 151
Reposted by Tolu Oloruntobaadamsol.bsky.social @adamsol.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Words that want to be music. 151
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 18/04/2026I love this. Also more age-appropriate than Anne Carson’s "If prose is a house, poetry is a man on fire running quite fast through it." 🙃 160
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 18/04/2026My 5 year-old asked “What’s a poem?” when I told her what I was scribbling on the side while I made lunch. My older kid and I really struggled to explain. How does one define poetry for a kindergartener? 12234
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 15/04/2026Me when I started having nightmares set in my childhood home again, after I already beat that level. 082
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 10/04/2026My sleep tracker tells me I had a sleep score of 99. The highest I've ever had. But I spent more time in REM sleep, having ridiculous, distressing dreams. I feel very poorly rested and sad. But yay for my high score. 470
Reposted by Tolu OloruntobaKing Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026If you think this is exhausting, imagine being Iranian. 3354371085
Reposted by Tolu Oloruntobas. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 07/04/2026Anyway, we have ample research on how living under a state of sustained terror and stress causes life-long health problems as well as intergenerational epigenetic effects. This feels like it's making you sick because it actually is making you sick. 8352461438
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 08/04/2026I did think he was going to use nukes. I’m so relieved that I’m in tears. Fuck that guy. 2281
Reposted by Tolu OloruntobaShepseskare in Love @upfromsumdirt.blacksky.app · 07/04/2026Cholesterolemia by @tolu.caopen.substack.comCholesterolemiaIn declaring filial bankruptcy I must confess as well, the death of my relative, who drank of our family’s teapot, who I did not warn that this, our oily blood, will abrade your pipes, will confirm yo... 142
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 04/04/2026Danny Go!: I owe you an apology. I wasn’t really familiar with your game. 000
Reposted by Tolu OloruntobaTwonks @twonks.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Hope you have a Good Friday 12840109
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 24/03/2026I’m proud of myself for teaching my kids the “It’s got electrolytes” refrain from Idiocracy. But I don’t always make good decisions. Today, I was in a shop and bought harmonicas for both of them on a whim. I usually have better judgment than this, but you can’t win them all. 1130
Reposted by Tolu OloruntobaDerek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 21/03/2026hey, it's #worldpoetryday -- here, help yourself to free PDFs of everything i've written: derekbeaulieu.ca/pdfs/ 1134
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 20/03/2026I realized yesterday that NOT ONCE have I ever found that I forgot to lock the garage or front door, or turn off the stove when I went back to check. 170
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 16/03/2026Finally got one of those AI-generated author emails. It was so long. It. Just. Kept. Going. I think they function on the same principle as many scam emails. It’s a numbers game but every now and then, they find someone who is so needy / greedy / uninformed, that they actually work. 131
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 08/03/2026I can’t prove it but Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” is about a snoring companion. 161
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 08/03/2026Whenever I watch alien invasion movies like War Machine, I chuckle in my knowledge that they are about immigrants (see also, Lovecraft). Gives the movies a certain je ne sais quoi. 2102