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Uproarliterary

@uproarliterary.bsky.social
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We are a literary blog based out of the Lawrence House Centre for the Arts in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. We publish two themed issues, plus we host the Carmen Ziolkowski Poetry Prize, in honour of Sarnia poet Carmen Ziolkowski

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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Some more memories of home ending with a definition of what home is. #home #nonfiction lawrencehouse.ca/this-old-hou...
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This Old House–The Place We Called Home – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Today's selection involves a return to a previous home. lawrencehouse.ca/the-mansion/ #fiction #home
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The Mansion – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Another poem about the homeless: lawrencehouse.ca/homeless-gre... #homelessness #poetry
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homeless greenway – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
This poem from "A Place To Call Home" describes the horror of losing one's home to war. lawrencehouse.ca/bellum/ #war #homelessness #poetry
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Bellum – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Another fine piece. A fictionalized account of someone who lives in an encampment. lawrencehouse.ca/ednas-mouth/ #homelessness #fiction
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Edna’s Mouth – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Poet Penn Kemp provides us with an alternate read of the Epiphany. lawrencehouse.ca/a-short-hist... #LondonOntario #Poetry
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A Short History of Epiphany – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Today's poem from "A Place To Call Home" is another poem from Sarnia's Michelle Beauchamp about the plight of the homeless. lawrencehouse.ca/the-most-hum... #homelessness #poetry
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The Most Humble – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Today's poem from "A Place To Call Home: describes the plight of one losing their home by going to a nursing home. lawrencehouse.ca/parched/ #longtermcare #poetry #eldercare
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Parched – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
From our "A Place To Call Home" issue, an evocative short story about a homeless man. Something many communities can relate to: lawrencehouse.ca/life-stories/ #homelessness #home #Fiction #writingblogs
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Life Stories – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
One more week to submit to "A Place To Call Home." We are especially searching for poems and prose about the indignity of being unhoused. We are also a paying market: ten dollars per poem and twenty dollars per prose piece. Deadline is January 31st, 2025. Submit here: lawrencehouse.ca/uproar/theme/
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Theme Submit – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Looking for submissions for “A Place To Call Home.” Think of the unhoused, encampments of all kinds, our environmental home, the effects of war and the loss of homes. Think of home as a basic human right. Deadline: January 31st, 2025. Click here to submit: lawrencehouse.ca/uproar/theme/
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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Our final #poem to showcase is "Actias Luna" by Kathryn MacDonald . lawrencehouse.ca/actias-luna/
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Actias Luna – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Sam Hendrian from Los Angeles writes about the #homeless in this bittersweet #poem. lawrencehouse.ca/discarded-li...
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Discarded Life – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Caitlin Cacciatore is today's poet with her poem "Prodigal Daughters." "submerged in a sorrow so sweet I could not help but drink. there are only scars where all my stars used to be."… lawrencehouse.ca/prodigal-dau... more
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Seed Futures – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
A magnificent poem with a magnificent photograph. A #poem by Kate Rogers. "The birds will launch, retrace memory between the tug of the moon and the hum of the earth. Fly south." lawrencehouse.ca/migrants-of-...
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Migrants of the Marsh – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Katharine Weinmann was our 2024 Carmen Ziolkowski Award Winner, and is back again with a beautiful poem about aging. #poetry #aging lawrencehouse.ca/where-a-poem...
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Where A Poem Resides – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Michelle Beauchamp creates an exquisite winter scene, using the haibun form. #poetry #haibun #winter lawrencehouse.ca/melange/
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Mèlange – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Ashley Oakes muses about her grandmother in this thoughtful prose poem. #poetry #grandparents lawrencehouse.ca/photosynthes...
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Photosynthesis – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Sarah Ace Rogers explores loss in an exquisite way. #poetry #loss lawrencehouse.ca/haunted-bride/
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Haunted Bride – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
A magical story from one photograph. lawrencehouse.ca/a-relic-by-t...
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A Relic by the Sea – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
This non-fiction piece from a writer whose work has appeared at CBC captured our attention. #prose #literaryblog #women lawrencehouse.ca/things-my-mo...
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Things My Mother Taught Me – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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Uproarliterary @uproarliterary.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
We had many outstanding prose and poetry entries to choose from for this season's issue A Moment in Time. Everything from writing inspired by personal family photographs to stunning nature scenes. We hope you enjoy reading the 8 poems and 2 prose pieces that we selected. lawrencehouse.ca/uproar/
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Uproar – The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
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