mreid@bsky.social
@mreid.bsky.social
poet, gardener, intelligence expert
former Managing Editor at Arc poetry Magazine
former Director at VerseFest, now a volunteer
former guitar/mandolin at Call Me Katie
books with Brick, Chaudiere, Anansi, rdc, etc
former Managing Editor at Arc poetry Magazine
former Director at VerseFest, now a volunteer
former guitar/mandolin at Call Me Katie
books with Brick, Chaudiere, Anansi, rdc, etc
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Our worst assumptions proven.
Deaths are higher in emergency rooms of hospitals owned by private equity firms, per Harvard University.
They did the math: It’s cheaper to let you die than to save you with a procedure you can’t afford.
This is what happens when profits are prioritized over people.
They did the math: It’s cheaper to let you die than to save you with a procedure you can’t afford.
This is what happens when profits are prioritized over people.
February 16, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Our worst assumptions proven.
Futbol elegans, 2025 (garden assemblage with buckthorn, on balsa)
February 14, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Futbol elegans, 2025 (garden assemblage with buckthorn, on balsa)
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the schedule for the sixteenth annual edition of VERSeFest : Ottawa's International Poetry Festival is now online! / @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social ;
March 24-30, 2026: check out the full schedule and ticket information at verseottawa.ca/en/versefest
March 24-30, 2026: check out the full schedule and ticket information at verseottawa.ca/en/versefest
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February 10, 2026 at 8:24 PM
the schedule for the sixteenth annual edition of VERSeFest : Ottawa's International Poetry Festival is now online! / @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social ;
March 24-30, 2026: check out the full schedule and ticket information at verseottawa.ca/en/versefest
March 24-30, 2026: check out the full schedule and ticket information at verseottawa.ca/en/versefest
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
Pipeline, 2025 (miscellaneous garden debris on stained balsa).
February 8, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Pipeline, 2025 (miscellaneous garden debris on stained balsa).
A Murder, 2025 (garden assemblage, twigs and seeds on tongue depressor)
February 1, 2026 at 6:44 PM
A Murder, 2025 (garden assemblage, twigs and seeds on tongue depressor)
Types of Sailboats: Ottawa, 2026 (milkweed, raspberry, misc leaves, balsa)>
January 26, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Types of Sailboats: Ottawa, 2026 (milkweed, raspberry, misc leaves, balsa)>
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©️Robynne Limoges ‘Hostages’
January 22, 2026 at 7:18 PM
©️Robynne Limoges ‘Hostages’
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Gustaf Sobin,
from “Seven Perseids”
from “Seven Perseids”
January 20, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Gustaf Sobin,
from “Seven Perseids”
from “Seven Perseids”
Waltz of the Curlies, 2025. (unidentified garden remnants)
January 18, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Waltz of the Curlies, 2025. (unidentified garden remnants)
Doris Salcedo! Amanda Earl!
@harbottlestores.bsky.social
Favourite artist of the day: Doris Salcedo. She describes her work as ‘a topology of mourning’; in each of her sculptures, installations and public projects Salcedo bears witness to life that has become the casualty of a political agenda.
#installationart
Favourite artist of the day: Doris Salcedo. She describes her work as ‘a topology of mourning’; in each of her sculptures, installations and public projects Salcedo bears witness to life that has become the casualty of a political agenda.
#installationart
January 18, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Doris Salcedo! Amanda Earl!
Border Wall, with Internet, 2026 (birch, ornamental grass, buckthorn, chickenwire, on tongue depressor).
January 11, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Border Wall, with Internet, 2026 (birch, ornamental grass, buckthorn, chickenwire, on tongue depressor).
A pleasure, Erin!
Our third feature from our latest issue is Monty Reid @mreid.bsky.social who shares his poem ‘Skate’ with us today! Thanks, Monty
January 8, 2026 at 4:07 PM
A pleasure, Erin!
The Pirates Arrive at Caracas, 2026 (construction with bark, burrs, berries)
January 5, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The Pirates Arrive at Caracas, 2026 (construction with bark, burrs, berries)
The Trade Delegation, 2026 (milkweed, unidentified plants, balsa)
January 5, 2026 at 12:09 AM
The Trade Delegation, 2026 (milkweed, unidentified plants, balsa)
honored to have a wintry poem in this issue of Pinhole!
Our 16th issue is here! Head over to pinholepoetry.ca/current-issue-pinhole-poetry/ to read all the amazing poems and check out Wenda Salomon’s beautiful pinhole photographs.
Please share this issue far and wide. We’re very proud and grateful to be able to publish such good work.
Please share this issue far and wide. We’re very proud and grateful to be able to publish such good work.
January 3, 2026 at 12:52 PM
honored to have a wintry poem in this issue of Pinhole!
@francesboyle19.bsky.social l
and all the best for 2026 to you as well!
and all the best for 2026 to you as well!
January 2, 2026 at 9:29 PM
@francesboyle19.bsky.social l
and all the best for 2026 to you as well!
and all the best for 2026 to you as well!
@robynne-limoges.bsky.social
hope 2026 is a great year for you!
hope 2026 is a great year for you!
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
@robynne-limoges.bsky.social
hope 2026 is a great year for you!
hope 2026 is a great year for you!
Butterfly Wind 2025 (milkweed, saskatoon, balsa)
December 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Butterfly Wind 2025 (milkweed, saskatoon, balsa)
Merry Christmas to all!
December 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Merry Christmas to all!
Tilt 2025: garden assemblage (goldenrod with galls, tongue depressor)
December 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Tilt 2025: garden assemblage (goldenrod with galls, tongue depressor)
Launch,2025, garden assemblage (burr, saskatoon, on balsa)
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Launch,2025, garden assemblage (burr, saskatoon, on balsa)
new book coming, not exactly soon.
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
new book coming, not exactly soon.
Frost last night does in the tomatoes, even tho covered!
October 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Frost last night does in the tomatoes, even tho covered!