Lisa Baird
@eramosageese.bsky.social
Poet, essayist
www.lisabaird.ca
www.lisabaird.ca
I’m featuring at the Guelph Poetry Slam this Saturday! It's at Which Craft, 91 Wyndham St. N., Guelph. The cost is $15 or pay- what-you-can, $10 if you perform at the open mic or the poetry slam (the slam prize is $100!) Doors at 8PM, show at 8:30PM.
April 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I’m featuring at the Guelph Poetry Slam this Saturday! It's at Which Craft, 91 Wyndham St. N., Guelph. The cost is $15 or pay- what-you-can, $10 if you perform at the open mic or the poetry slam (the slam prize is $100!) Doors at 8PM, show at 8:30PM.
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Edmonton friends and poetry-lovers everywhere! It's time for Literary Editions with poets Shannon Arntfield, Lisa Baird, and Omar Ramadan.
Join online or in person: April 23 from 5 to 6:30 pm MT.
Register: www.eventbrite.ca/manage/event...
@orphdc.bsky.social @eramosageese.bsky.social #poetry
Join online or in person: April 23 from 5 to 6:30 pm MT.
Register: www.eventbrite.ca/manage/event...
@orphdc.bsky.social @eramosageese.bsky.social #poetry
April 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Edmonton friends and poetry-lovers everywhere! It's time for Literary Editions with poets Shannon Arntfield, Lisa Baird, and Omar Ramadan.
Join online or in person: April 23 from 5 to 6:30 pm MT.
Register: www.eventbrite.ca/manage/event...
@orphdc.bsky.social @eramosageese.bsky.social #poetry
Join online or in person: April 23 from 5 to 6:30 pm MT.
Register: www.eventbrite.ca/manage/event...
@orphdc.bsky.social @eramosageese.bsky.social #poetry
Thanks a million to yolk literary journal for publishing this nonfiction piece—a tribute to Tori Amos disguised as a coming of age story & memoir of my teen years.
Still Breathing (How Tori Amos Taught Me to Dance) by Lisa Baird | Yolk Literary: Non-fiction
Lisa Baird’s tribute to Tori Amos is an emotional epic, at once drawing the reader into experiences of grief, becoming, admiration, desire, and more. “Still Breathing” manages to balance these happeni...
www.yolkliterary.ca
April 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Thanks a million to yolk literary journal for publishing this nonfiction piece—a tribute to Tori Amos disguised as a coming of age story & memoir of my teen years.
I’m delighted to see my book "When Whales Went Back to the Water" mentioned in 49th Shelf’s Most Anticipated 2025 Spring Poetry Preview ❤
Most Anticipated: Our 2025 Spring Poetry Preview · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
Poetry to look forward to in the first half of 2025.
49thshelf.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I’m delighted to see my book "When Whales Went Back to the Water" mentioned in 49th Shelf’s Most Anticipated 2025 Spring Poetry Preview ❤
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Kelowna friends: On March 1, Muhannad Ayyash and Jeremy Wildeman offer a public seminar: "Understanding Canada’s Complicity in the Genocide of Palestinians."
The event is open to the public and runs from 10 am to 12 pm.
bit.ly/41oV9OW
@cjpme.org #Palestine #YLW
The event is open to the public and runs from 10 am to 12 pm.
bit.ly/41oV9OW
@cjpme.org #Palestine #YLW
February 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Kelowna friends: On March 1, Muhannad Ayyash and Jeremy Wildeman offer a public seminar: "Understanding Canada’s Complicity in the Genocide of Palestinians."
The event is open to the public and runs from 10 am to 12 pm.
bit.ly/41oV9OW
@cjpme.org #Palestine #YLW
The event is open to the public and runs from 10 am to 12 pm.
bit.ly/41oV9OW
@cjpme.org #Palestine #YLW
“When Whales Went Back to the Water” is here! Available via independent bookstores, directly from @ualbertapress.bsky.social, or drop me a line and ask for a copy (I can send it anywhere in Canada for $4 postage). If you are in Guelph I will happily hand-deliver.
#joy #poetry #medicine
#joy #poetry #medicine
February 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“When Whales Went Back to the Water” is here! Available via independent bookstores, directly from @ualbertapress.bsky.social, or drop me a line and ask for a copy (I can send it anywhere in Canada for $4 postage). If you are in Guelph I will happily hand-deliver.
#joy #poetry #medicine
#joy #poetry #medicine
Please sign the petition urging the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to go after Loblaws for selling underweighted meat, price gouging, etc etc.
#guillotine
#guillotine
Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Clamp down on Loblaw's corporate greed - Leadnow
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January 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Please sign the petition urging the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to go after Loblaws for selling underweighted meat, price gouging, etc etc.
#guillotine
#guillotine
Thank you to @ualbertapress.bsky.social for giving my book a home (and a gorgeous cover). "When Whales Went Back to the Water" is one of the best things I have ever made. Can't wait to put it into your hands. Publication date is Feb 13th.
#poetry #queerpoets #science
bit.ly/3DNesb7
#poetry #queerpoets #science
bit.ly/3DNesb7
When Whales Went Back to the Water - University of Alberta Press
Steely, tender, and sensual, Lisa Baird’s When Whales Went Back to the Water creates a reverent container for a broken world. These poems are hymns to livi...
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January 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Thank you to @ualbertapress.bsky.social for giving my book a home (and a gorgeous cover). "When Whales Went Back to the Water" is one of the best things I have ever made. Can't wait to put it into your hands. Publication date is Feb 13th.
#poetry #queerpoets #science
bit.ly/3DNesb7
#poetry #queerpoets #science
bit.ly/3DNesb7
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"Thank you for all that you did and thank you for showing us that will power is still an incredible source of change, and a renewable source at that. Thank you for caring and thank you for humanizing the people that too often get dehumanized. Thank you for being real."
In a world all of jerks and tyrants, be a Kate Nixon
This week's Market Squared remembers a capital 'F' Friend
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January 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"Thank you for all that you did and thank you for showing us that will power is still an incredible source of change, and a renewable source at that. Thank you for caring and thank you for humanizing the people that too often get dehumanized. Thank you for being real."