Paul Moorehead
@paulmoorehead.bsky.social
Poet and physician.
My new poetry collection, “Green”, is available from Breakwater Books. https://breakwaterbooks.com/products/green
My new poetry collection, “Green”, is available from Breakwater Books. https://breakwaterbooks.com/products/green
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Tomorrow is J.R.R. #Tolkien's 134th birthday! As Frodo did for Bilbo, the Tolkien Society continues to celebrate Tolkien's birthday in his absence with our #TolkienBirthdayToast. Our tradition: at 9pm your time raise a glass and toast "The Professor!" www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolki...
Tolkien Birthday Toast 2026
To celebrate Tolkien's 134th birthday on 3 January 2026, the Tolkien Society invites all Tolkien fans to raise a toast to the Professor. The Toast After Bilbo left the Shire on his eleventy-first birt...
www.tolkiensociety.org
January 2, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Tomorrow is J.R.R. #Tolkien's 134th birthday! As Frodo did for Bilbo, the Tolkien Society continues to celebrate Tolkien's birthday in his absence with our #TolkienBirthdayToast. Our tradition: at 9pm your time raise a glass and toast "The Professor!" www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolki...
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
J.R.R. Tolkien was born #OTD in 1892.
🎨Alan Lee
J.R.R. Tolkien was born #OTD in 1892.
🎨Alan Lee
January 2, 2026 at 5:57 PM
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
J.R.R. Tolkien was born #OTD in 1892.
🎨Alan Lee
J.R.R. Tolkien was born #OTD in 1892.
🎨Alan Lee
I support this wholeheartedly.
We need three day weekends. Friday night is the best part. Saturday is recovery from the week and night before, doing as little as possible. And Sunday is mostly spent dreading Monday nearing. There's no designated day for whimsy, frolicking, or exacting revenge on enemies of old.
January 2, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I support this wholeheartedly.
A 2025 list!
So many intriguing titles…
So many intriguing titles…
A ‘best of’ list of 2025 Canadian poetry books
dusie.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-be...
dusie.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-be...
January 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A 2025 list!
So many intriguing titles…
So many intriguing titles…
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I am honoured to announce I’ve been appointed as a member to the Order of Canada. Thank you to everyone for the support! I dedicate this to my late Mom who taught me so much about history, local independent media & research. I know that she would be, like me, screaming with joy! #orderofcanada
December 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I am honoured to announce I’ve been appointed as a member to the Order of Canada. Thank you to everyone for the support! I dedicate this to my late Mom who taught me so much about history, local independent media & research. I know that she would be, like me, screaming with joy! #orderofcanada
December 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I don’t know where someone gets enough time to read enough poetry to be able to compile an annual top
52 list, suggesting that many more than 52 books were read.
Thanks @robmclennan.bsky.social for this great summary of 2024 in poetry. Can’t wait for the 2025 list.
52 list, suggesting that many more than 52 books were read.
Thanks @robmclennan.bsky.social for this great summary of 2024 in poetry. Can’t wait for the 2025 list.
my 'best of' list of 2025 Canadian poetry books lands soon; remember what i wrote for last year?
dusie.blogspot.com/2024/12/a-be...
dusie.blogspot.com/2024/12/a-be...
A ‘best of’ list of 2024 Canadian poetry books
Once more, I offer my annual list of the seemingly-arbitrary “worth repeating” (given ‘best’ is such an inconclusive, imprecise designation)...
dusie.blogspot.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I don’t know where someone gets enough time to read enough poetry to be able to compile an annual top
52 list, suggesting that many more than 52 books were read.
Thanks @robmclennan.bsky.social for this great summary of 2024 in poetry. Can’t wait for the 2025 list.
52 list, suggesting that many more than 52 books were read.
Thanks @robmclennan.bsky.social for this great summary of 2024 in poetry. Can’t wait for the 2025 list.
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“The short winter’s day was drawing to a close. It seems to me sometimes that these are the only days I have ever known, and especially that most charming moment of all, just before night wipes them out.” — Samuel Beckett
December 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
“The short winter’s day was drawing to a close. It seems to me sometimes that these are the only days I have ever known, and especially that most charming moment of all, just before night wipes them out.” — Samuel Beckett
The New Yorker Poetry Podcast is good. most recently, Patricia Lockwood does very nice readings of Elizabeth Bishop as well as a piece of her own. (So many poets, without naming names, are terrible at reading their own work. So nice to hear a reading with some real emotion.)
#poetry #poetrypodcasts
#poetry #poetrypodcasts
Poetry Podcast
Readings and conversations with The New Yorker’s poetry editor, Kevin Young.
www.newyorker.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The New Yorker Poetry Podcast is good. most recently, Patricia Lockwood does very nice readings of Elizabeth Bishop as well as a piece of her own. (So many poets, without naming names, are terrible at reading their own work. So nice to hear a reading with some real emotion.)
#poetry #poetrypodcasts
#poetry #poetrypodcasts
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Enshittification of the internet pushing people to zines and other paper materials. The zine scene is definitely growing—I've seen local classes in zine making, kids and their parents taking it up.
www.cbc.ca/arts/print-i...
www.cbc.ca/arts/print-i...
December 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Enshittification of the internet pushing people to zines and other paper materials. The zine scene is definitely growing—I've seen local classes in zine making, kids and their parents taking it up.
www.cbc.ca/arts/print-i...
www.cbc.ca/arts/print-i...
Yesterday I posted a piece that posited a sameness in Canadian poetry. Cointerpoint: Sue Goyette’s Ocean. Perhaps my favourite book of Canadian poetry, Ocean is like nothing else, a poetic
novel-cum-history of nature’s agency and our relationship with it.
#poetry #canlit #tinybookreviews
novel-cum-history of nature’s agency and our relationship with it.
#poetry #canlit #tinybookreviews
Sue Goyette - Griffin Poetry Prize
Sue Goyette has published a novel and ten books of poems, including The Brief Reincarnation of a Girl, Penelope, Monoculture, and Ocean (for which she was shortlisted for the 2014 Griffin Poetry Prize...
griffinpoetryprize.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Yesterday I posted a piece that posited a sameness in Canadian poetry. Cointerpoint: Sue Goyette’s Ocean. Perhaps my favourite book of Canadian poetry, Ocean is like nothing else, a poetic
novel-cum-history of nature’s agency and our relationship with it.
#poetry #canlit #tinybookreviews
novel-cum-history of nature’s agency and our relationship with it.
#poetry #canlit #tinybookreviews
I recently learned that it’s “God rest ye merry, gentlemen,” rather than “God rest ye merry gentlemen,” which is a much better line.
#poetry #punctuationmatters
#poetry #punctuationmatters
December 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I recently learned that it’s “God rest ye merry, gentlemen,” rather than “God rest ye merry gentlemen,” which is a much better line.
#poetry #punctuationmatters
#poetry #punctuationmatters
How to read a poem — Harvard Gazette
Ideally over a lifetime, says New Yorker’s Kevin Young.
news.harvard.edu
December 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Interesting read. I haven’t read the book discussed, but lots of good points made here about Canadian writing and poetry in particular.
Canadian Literature Needs to Stop Talking Only to Itself | The Walrus
Jide Salawu’s bracing poetry debut challenges the idea that national writing can exist in isolation
thewalrus.ca
December 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Interesting read. I haven’t read the book discussed, but lots of good points made here about Canadian writing and poetry in particular.
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Book slide. The big move has started! Moving shop from Kentville to Sackville.
December 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Book slide. The big move has started! Moving shop from Kentville to Sackville.
“Cracking Amber” is the first poem I wrote that would eventually be in Green, and it is something of a mission statement. Enjoy!
…and if you like it, check out Green at Breakwater Books or wherever you buy good books.
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#poetry #canlit #giftideas
…and if you like it, check out Green at Breakwater Books or wherever you buy good books.
PS Share!
breakwaterbooks.com/products/green
#poetry #canlit #giftideas
December 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“Cracking Amber” is the first poem I wrote that would eventually be in Green, and it is something of a mission statement. Enjoy!
…and if you like it, check out Green at Breakwater Books or wherever you buy good books.
PS Share!
breakwaterbooks.com/products/green
#poetry #canlit #giftideas
…and if you like it, check out Green at Breakwater Books or wherever you buy good books.
PS Share!
breakwaterbooks.com/products/green
#poetry #canlit #giftideas
I’m halfway through a (second) listen of Lincoln in the Bardo on audiobook. Calling this an audiobook feels inaccurate: it’s something more like a radio play, with an amazing cast. (Nick Offerman is particularly excellent.)
The original book is a great read as well.
#booksky #tinybookreviews
The original book is a great read as well.
#booksky #tinybookreviews
December 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I’m halfway through a (second) listen of Lincoln in the Bardo on audiobook. Calling this an audiobook feels inaccurate: it’s something more like a radio play, with an amazing cast. (Nick Offerman is particularly excellent.)
The original book is a great read as well.
#booksky #tinybookreviews
The original book is a great read as well.
#booksky #tinybookreviews
People often ask what Green is about.
Ahem.
Parenting. Science. Nature. Baseball. The Hulk. Being Irish. A cat. A monkey. A demon. Dinosaurs. Change. Mistakes. Heroes. Urine. Monsters. Grandfathers. Bedtime.
If any of that sounds interesting, check oit Green!
#poetry #canlit #giftideas
Ahem.
Parenting. Science. Nature. Baseball. The Hulk. Being Irish. A cat. A monkey. A demon. Dinosaurs. Change. Mistakes. Heroes. Urine. Monsters. Grandfathers. Bedtime.
If any of that sounds interesting, check oit Green!
#poetry #canlit #giftideas
Green
How does wonder induce change in us, as people and as readers? Paul Moorehead’s poetic voice arrives fully-formed—intriguing, inquiring, and innovating—to address this question.
Green: the colour of ...
breakwaterbooks.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
People often ask what Green is about.
Ahem.
Parenting. Science. Nature. Baseball. The Hulk. Being Irish. A cat. A monkey. A demon. Dinosaurs. Change. Mistakes. Heroes. Urine. Monsters. Grandfathers. Bedtime.
If any of that sounds interesting, check oit Green!
#poetry #canlit #giftideas
Ahem.
Parenting. Science. Nature. Baseball. The Hulk. Being Irish. A cat. A monkey. A demon. Dinosaurs. Change. Mistakes. Heroes. Urine. Monsters. Grandfathers. Bedtime.
If any of that sounds interesting, check oit Green!
#poetry #canlit #giftideas
Signing books from 11:00 to 1:00 today, at Breakwater Books.
263 Duckworth Street
#poetry #canlit #giftideas
263 Duckworth Street
#poetry #canlit #giftideas
Green
How does wonder induce change in us, as people and as readers? Paul Moorehead’s poetic voice arrives fully-formed—intriguing, inquiring, and innovating—to address this question.
Green: the colour of ...
breakwaterbooks.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Signing books from 11:00 to 1:00 today, at Breakwater Books.
263 Duckworth Street
#poetry #canlit #giftideas
263 Duckworth Street
#poetry #canlit #giftideas
Very cool. I hope this wave of enthusiasm avoid the collectables mania of the 90s.
#nomorefoilvariantcovers iykyk
#nomorefoilvariantcovers iykyk
Kids are into comics again - is their timing spot on?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Why are kids getting into comics and is their timing spot on?
What is driving a surge in enthusiasm for comics among children and how may it benefit their future?
www.bbc.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Very cool. I hope this wave of enthusiasm avoid the collectables mania of the 90s.
#nomorefoilvariantcovers iykyk
#nomorefoilvariantcovers iykyk
Some are turned off of poetry because they’re worried they won’t “get it”. Green is an accessible collection, perfect for the poetry-curious person on your list.
#poetry #CanLit #giftideas
#poetry #CanLit #giftideas
Green
How does wonder induce change in us, as people and as readers? Paul Moorehead’s poetic voice arrives fully-formed—intriguing, inquiring, and innovating—to address this question.
Green: the colour of ...
breakwaterbooks.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Some are turned off of poetry because they’re worried they won’t “get it”. Green is an accessible collection, perfect for the poetry-curious person on your list.
#poetry #CanLit #giftideas
#poetry #CanLit #giftideas