Anna Quon
@annaquon.bsky.social
Mad, mixed race, mobility impaired poet, novelist and Halifax Poet Laureate 2024 - 2027
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Anna Quon
@annaquon.bsky.social
· Nov 15
hello world, feeling slightly new born!
hope this place is safer and sunnier than the one i just left.
hope this place is safer and sunnier than the one i just left.
Tonight at Paul O Regan Hall, such a fascinating look back at the history of art spaces in Halifax... and a bleak view of the present and future. Art needs a home too.
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Tonight at Paul O Regan Hall, such a fascinating look back at the history of art spaces in Halifax... and a bleak view of the present and future. Art needs a home too.
the wind around my bedroom window today and for the past few days has sounded like the wind that howls around the NS Hospital. Not a healing feature of that place.
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
the wind around my bedroom window today and for the past few days has sounded like the wind that howls around the NS Hospital. Not a healing feature of that place.
Reposted by Anna Quon
Join the municipality's Poet Laureate, Anna Quon & former Youth Poet Laureate, Asiah Sparks for a writing workshop for Black Nova Scotians aged 16+. Nov 20 | 7-9 p.m. This evening of writing, reflection & healing through poetry will be hosted virtually by the Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute.
Virtual mental health poetry workshop for Black Nova Scotians aged 16+! November 20, 2005 from 7 to 9 p.m. Free to register at forms.office.com/r/ZJWttLgsJj
November 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Join the municipality's Poet Laureate, Anna Quon & former Youth Poet Laureate, Asiah Sparks for a writing workshop for Black Nova Scotians aged 16+. Nov 20 | 7-9 p.m. This evening of writing, reflection & healing through poetry will be hosted virtually by the Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute.
Walked on the waterfront with dad today. A glorious day for it. We didn't get there all summer for a number of reasons and today i forgot to take photos. So just imagine a tiny 93 year old sitting facing the sun with his sunglasses on soaking it all in...
November 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Walked on the waterfront with dad today. A glorious day for it. We didn't get there all summer for a number of reasons and today i forgot to take photos. So just imagine a tiny 93 year old sitting facing the sun with his sunglasses on soaking it all in...
Sometimes I think I must be done. My brain feels arid as a desert. Hoping this isn't an end, but if it is it's the whimper variety.
October 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Sometimes I think I must be done. My brain feels arid as a desert. Hoping this isn't an end, but if it is it's the whimper variety.
Heart full of sads. Sometimes a good thing is still a sad thing.
October 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Heart full of sads. Sometimes a good thing is still a sad thing.
Dad's favourite tree in the Public Gardens. #WeepingEuropeanBeech
October 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Dad's favourite tree in the Public Gardens. #WeepingEuropeanBeech
this should be a lot of fun! November 22, from 2-4 pm. Come here Opaat Press poets read their work! Halifax Central Library
October 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
this should be a lot of fun! November 22, from 2-4 pm. Come here Opaat Press poets read their work! Halifax Central Library
Virtual mental health poetry workshop for Black Nova Scotians aged 16+! November 20, 2005 from 7 to 9 p.m. Free to register at forms.office.com/r/ZJWttLgsJj
October 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Virtual mental health poetry workshop for Black Nova Scotians aged 16+! November 20, 2005 from 7 to 9 p.m. Free to register at forms.office.com/r/ZJWttLgsJj
What I have learned helping someone whose going into longterm care-- I have way too many things
October 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
What I have learned helping someone whose going into longterm care-- I have way too many things
Everything that used to mean something feels far away. Things that weren't an issue earlier this year suddenly are THE burning issue. It's stomach churning how quickly everything can change, personally and professionally and politically too though that's not what's eating me. It's the personal part.
October 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Everything that used to mean something feels far away. Things that weren't an issue earlier this year suddenly are THE burning issue. It's stomach churning how quickly everything can change, personally and professionally and politically too though that's not what's eating me. It's the personal part.
ugh i reactivate my facebook account by mistake. thankfully i quickly figured out how to deactivate it... it gave me some creepy deja vu.
October 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
ugh i reactivate my facebook account by mistake. thankfully i quickly figured out how to deactivate it... it gave me some creepy deja vu.
@harryagarrison.bsky.social welcome to this place!
October 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
@harryagarrison.bsky.social welcome to this place!
Today didn't turn out the way I thought it would but either way I would have and did miss #booktoberfest. Hope all the writers, readers, publishers and booksellers had great time!
October 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Today didn't turn out the way I thought it would but either way I would have and did miss #booktoberfest. Hope all the writers, readers, publishers and booksellers had great time!
World Mental Health Day... because anyone who has a brain, needs a healthy mind too, to get through a day in this world.
October 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
World Mental Health Day... because anyone who has a brain, needs a healthy mind too, to get through a day in this world.
If anyone who can pick it up would like this drawing in chalk pastel and oil pastel on brown paper, called Darkness Descending and made after the presidential election of 2016, let me know. it's pretty huge, bigger than 4 feet w x 3 1/2 feet high. I can't promise it but wondering who might like it.
October 3, 2025 at 6:48 AM
If anyone who can pick it up would like this drawing in chalk pastel and oil pastel on brown paper, called Darkness Descending and made after the presidential election of 2016, let me know. it's pretty huge, bigger than 4 feet w x 3 1/2 feet high. I can't promise it but wondering who might like it.
Poems are taking their time. It's theirs to take. A poem is not a curling stone that you have to hurry hard. But when it hits the mark, after however long, you'll know it.
#poetry #takeyourtime #isnotcurling
#poetry #takeyourtime #isnotcurling
October 1, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Poems are taking their time. It's theirs to take. A poem is not a curling stone that you have to hurry hard. But when it hits the mark, after however long, you'll know it.
#poetry #takeyourtime #isnotcurling
#poetry #takeyourtime #isnotcurling
Reposted by Anna Quon
"They keened like
witches and cut
the stars
in half."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Seagulls at the University by @annaquon.bsky.social (2025 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2025/09/10/s...
witches and cut
the stars
in half."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Seagulls at the University by @annaquon.bsky.social (2025 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2025/09/10/s...
September 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"They keened like
witches and cut
the stars
in half."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Seagulls at the University by @annaquon.bsky.social (2025 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2025/09/10/s...
witches and cut
the stars
in half."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Seagulls at the University by @annaquon.bsky.social (2025 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2025/09/10/s...
Writing Rumble 2025 (Halifax)
Fundraiser & public reading Thursday, Oct 23 (2pm - 8pm) All welcome
writers.ns.ca
September 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
i often forget to use hashtags so here goes
#hashtag #forgetful #habit #uptooearly
#iusedahashtagandalligotwasthislousypost
#hashtag #forgetful #habit #uptooearly
#iusedahashtagandalligotwasthislousypost
September 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
i often forget to use hashtags so here goes
#hashtag #forgetful #habit #uptooearly
#iusedahashtagandalligotwasthislousypost
#hashtag #forgetful #habit #uptooearly
#iusedahashtagandalligotwasthislousypost
Great opportunity for HRM Youth aged 14 to 18!
#youthpoetlaureate #halifax #poetry
The Halifax Regional Municipality is inviting residents to apply for the Youth Poet Laureate Program.
For more information, visit the HRM website.
#youthpoetlaureate #halifax #poetry
The Halifax Regional Municipality is inviting residents to apply for the Youth Poet Laureate Program.
For more information, visit the HRM website.
September 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Great opportunity for HRM Youth aged 14 to 18!
#youthpoetlaureate #halifax #poetry
The Halifax Regional Municipality is inviting residents to apply for the Youth Poet Laureate Program.
For more information, visit the HRM website.
#youthpoetlaureate #halifax #poetry
The Halifax Regional Municipality is inviting residents to apply for the Youth Poet Laureate Program.
For more information, visit the HRM website.
Just a reminder that I'm still collecting stories and poems for the Poet Laureate Mental Health Poem Project! For more information contact me at plmhpoemproject@gmail.com.
September 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Just a reminder that I'm still collecting stories and poems for the Poet Laureate Mental Health Poem Project! For more information contact me at plmhpoemproject@gmail.com.
Reposted by Anna Quon
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Today, as the Israeli government “calls on tens of thousands of reservists to participate in the cruel re-occupation of Gaza City, I implore my fellow soldiers: Refuse to report,” Yotam Vilk writes in a guest essay.
Today, as the Israeli government “calls on tens of thousands of reservists to participate in the cruel re-occupation of Gaza City, I implore my fellow soldiers: Refuse to report,” Yotam Vilk writes in a guest essay.
Opinion | Refusing to Serve in Gaza Is the Only Way to Save Israel
It is the duty of Israeli military reserves to stay home and not fight an unjust war.
nyti.ms
August 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Today, as the Israeli government “calls on tens of thousands of reservists to participate in the cruel re-occupation of Gaza City, I implore my fellow soldiers: Refuse to report,” Yotam Vilk writes in a guest essay.
Today, as the Israeli government “calls on tens of thousands of reservists to participate in the cruel re-occupation of Gaza City, I implore my fellow soldiers: Refuse to report,” Yotam Vilk writes in a guest essay.