Paul Vermeersch
@paulvermeersch.bsky.social
Human poet/artist. Latest book NMLCT: POEMS from ECW Press. Professor at Sheridan College. Senior editor at Wolsak and Wynn. Editor-in-chief at The Ampersand Review of Writing & Publishing. wererabbit on Bandcamp. https://linktr.ee/paulvermeersch
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LONDON, ONTARIO! Mark your calendars: I'm bringing NMLCT to you with thanks to Antler River Poetry! I'll see you at Little Wren Books on Dec 09, 2025. 7PM.
From my early childhood in London in the 1970s, to my time as a student at Western in the 1990s, it will feel like a homecoming. See you then!
From my early childhood in London in the 1970s, to my time as a student at Western in the 1990s, it will feel like a homecoming. See you then!
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Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi, The Book of Interruptions / @dearkestrel.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social ;
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Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi, The Book of Interruptions
│││ I can no longer afford humour a spear knocks at my caged heart and the rattles awaken a primal fear. a marble floor, a marble bust...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi, The Book of Interruptions / @dearkestrel.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social ;
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The CBC Poetry Prize shortlist is announced today! Congratulations to these poets.
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
5 writers make the 2025 CBC Poetry Prize shortlist | CBC Books
Read the five works contending for $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and a Banff Centre writing residency. The winner will be announced on Nov. 19, 2025.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The CBC Poetry Prize shortlist is announced today! Congratulations to these poets.
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
NMLCT is officially in its second printing! Thanks for all the support! And thanks to my publisher, @ecwpress.bsky.social!
November 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
NMLCT is officially in its second printing! Thanks for all the support! And thanks to my publisher, @ecwpress.bsky.social!
Q: How did the world get so ugly?
A: "... we no longer believe in the idea of ordinary beauty, or in the idea of a public that deserves ordinary beauty."
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A: "... we no longer believe in the idea of ordinary beauty, or in the idea of a public that deserves ordinary beauty."
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How Did The World Get So Ugly?
YouTube video by The Cultural Tutor | Sheehan Quirke
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November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Q: How did the world get so ugly?
A: "... we no longer believe in the idea of ordinary beauty, or in the idea of a public that deserves ordinary beauty."
youtu.be/tWYxrowovts?...
A: "... we no longer believe in the idea of ordinary beauty, or in the idea of a public that deserves ordinary beauty."
youtu.be/tWYxrowovts?...
Zohran Mamdani's campaign in NYC has been the most hopeful political act I've seen in many years. Maybe since Jack Layton's campaign in 2011.
I cannot emphasize enough how much Zohran Mamdani's campaign was very much about a platform focused on accountability, but also about having fun, fostering genuine connections with its citizens, and reminding people why they moved to New York City and should still want to live there
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Zohran Mamdani's campaign in NYC has been the most hopeful political act I've seen in many years. Maybe since Jack Layton's campaign in 2011.
Reposted by Paul Vermeersch
I cannot emphasize enough how much Zohran Mamdani's campaign was very much about a platform focused on accountability, but also about having fun, fostering genuine connections with its citizens, and reminding people why they moved to New York City and should still want to live there
November 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I cannot emphasize enough how much Zohran Mamdani's campaign was very much about a platform focused on accountability, but also about having fun, fostering genuine connections with its citizens, and reminding people why they moved to New York City and should still want to live there
Thrilled to see this review of Alexis Von Konigslow's brilliant exceptional THE EXCLUSION ZONE!
"Reading The Exclusion Zone is like walking through the dark, silent forest itself—the deeper you go, the closer you get to the truth."
Read the whole review here:
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"Reading The Exclusion Zone is like walking through the dark, silent forest itself—the deeper you go, the closer you get to the truth."
Read the whole review here:
heavyfeatherreview.org/2025/11/06/t...
Fiction Review: Kevin McMahon Reads Alexis Von Konigslow’s Novel The Exclusion Zone
Chernobyl. The name itself conjures a range of emotions and images, and my own intrigue in this infamous disaster was more than sufficient to pique my interest in giving this particular title a rea…
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November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thrilled to see this review of Alexis Von Konigslow's brilliant exceptional THE EXCLUSION ZONE!
"Reading The Exclusion Zone is like walking through the dark, silent forest itself—the deeper you go, the closer you get to the truth."
Read the whole review here:
heavyfeatherreview.org/2025/11/06/t...
"Reading The Exclusion Zone is like walking through the dark, silent forest itself—the deeper you go, the closer you get to the truth."
Read the whole review here:
heavyfeatherreview.org/2025/11/06/t...
Last night's double book launch at Sheridan College for myself and Alexander Hollenberg was truly a night to remember! I am very fortunate to teach and work with such wonderful people. 🎉
November 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Last night's double book launch at Sheridan College for myself and Alexander Hollenberg was truly a night to remember! I am very fortunate to teach and work with such wonderful people. 🎉
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"The Crown"
If you mime placing a crown upon your head, and freeze
when your thumbnails touch your hair, your fingers
will become the tips of antlers.
@paulvermeersch.bsky.social
NMLCT
If you mime placing a crown upon your head, and freeze
when your thumbnails touch your hair, your fingers
will become the tips of antlers.
@paulvermeersch.bsky.social
NMLCT
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
"The Crown"
If you mime placing a crown upon your head, and freeze
when your thumbnails touch your hair, your fingers
will become the tips of antlers.
@paulvermeersch.bsky.social
NMLCT
If you mime placing a crown upon your head, and freeze
when your thumbnails touch your hair, your fingers
will become the tips of antlers.
@paulvermeersch.bsky.social
NMLCT
It has been a pleasure being one of the judges of the CBC poetry contest this year. Congratulations to the 23 writers on the long list announced this morning. The short list will be announced on November 13, and the winner on November 19.
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
23 writers from across Canada make 2025 CBC Poetry Prize longlist | CBC Books
The winner will receive $6,000, a writing residency and have their work published on CBC Books
www.cbc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It has been a pleasure being one of the judges of the CBC poetry contest this year. Congratulations to the 23 writers on the long list announced this morning. The short list will be announced on November 13, and the winner on November 19.
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
There is nothing worse for poetry than a poet who has no enthusiasm for the art form. No love. No humility. Just that snide, above-it-all derision for all the work they deem unworthy. It's so tired and dim and cynical and barren. It sucks the blood out of poetry like a tick.
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
There is nothing worse for poetry than a poet who has no enthusiasm for the art form. No love. No humility. Just that snide, above-it-all derision for all the work they deem unworthy. It's so tired and dim and cynical and barren. It sucks the blood out of poetry like a tick.
Dick Cheney was a monster. He did not have one redeeming human quality. He is dead. He lived too long. One day someone will speak his name for the last time. May that day come soon.
November 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Dick Cheney was a monster. He did not have one redeeming human quality. He is dead. He lived too long. One day someone will speak his name for the last time. May that day come soon.
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I just stepped outside for a minute and when I came back in, all this goodness was waiting for me
#books #comics #cookies @augursociety.bsky.social @paulvermeersch.bsky.social
#books #comics #cookies @augursociety.bsky.social @paulvermeersch.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I just stepped outside for a minute and when I came back in, all this goodness was waiting for me
#books #comics #cookies @augursociety.bsky.social @paulvermeersch.bsky.social
#books #comics #cookies @augursociety.bsky.social @paulvermeersch.bsky.social
MISSISSAUGA! CITY OF MY BIRTH! I'll be doing a book launch for NMLCT at Sheridan College's HMC campus on NOVEMBER 5, from 6-8pm.
I'll be joined by poet and fellow Sheridan prof Alexander Hollenberg, launching his new collection Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Be there.
I'll be joined by poet and fellow Sheridan prof Alexander Hollenberg, launching his new collection Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Be there.
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
MISSISSAUGA! CITY OF MY BIRTH! I'll be doing a book launch for NMLCT at Sheridan College's HMC campus on NOVEMBER 5, from 6-8pm.
I'll be joined by poet and fellow Sheridan prof Alexander Hollenberg, launching his new collection Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Be there.
I'll be joined by poet and fellow Sheridan prof Alexander Hollenberg, launching his new collection Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Be there.
Toronto: I’ll be at the @meetthepresses.bsky.social Indie Literary Market from 12-4 today with the @theampersandreview.bsky.social! A feast of small press writing and community. Come by the Cecil Community Centre today and check it out!
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November 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Toronto: I’ll be at the @meetthepresses.bsky.social Indie Literary Market from 12-4 today with the @theampersandreview.bsky.social! A feast of small press writing and community. Come by the Cecil Community Centre today and check it out!
maps.app.goo.gl/NTV5QhYWdYXf...
maps.app.goo.gl/NTV5QhYWdYXf...
LONDON, ONTARIO! Mark your calendars: I'm bringing NMLCT to you with thanks to Antler River Poetry! I'll see you at Little Wren Books on Dec 09, 2025. 7PM.
From my early childhood in London in the 1970s, to my time as a student at Western in the 1990s, it will feel like a homecoming. See you then!
From my early childhood in London in the 1970s, to my time as a student at Western in the 1990s, it will feel like a homecoming. See you then!
October 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
LONDON, ONTARIO! Mark your calendars: I'm bringing NMLCT to you with thanks to Antler River Poetry! I'll see you at Little Wren Books on Dec 09, 2025. 7PM.
From my early childhood in London in the 1970s, to my time as a student at Western in the 1990s, it will feel like a homecoming. See you then!
From my early childhood in London in the 1970s, to my time as a student at Western in the 1990s, it will feel like a homecoming. See you then!
Jack-o-lantern 2025 is ready for duty! Happy Halloween, my friends!
October 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Jack-o-lantern 2025 is ready for duty! Happy Halloween, my friends!
Yahoo is blocking people with Gmail accounts from replying to Yahoo accounts. I fear this a battle that Yahoo will ultimately loose.
October 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Yahoo is blocking people with Gmail accounts from replying to Yahoo accounts. I fear this a battle that Yahoo will ultimately loose.
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So honoured to see my story “Of Blood and Pomegranates” published in Issue 8.2 in @augursociety.bsky.social. Please do take a look!
Augur Issue 8.2 is NOW LIVE! 🎊 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site!
Discover...
🔥 an elemental aftermath of an affair
🦖 a monstrous hymn of awe and destruction
🍯 devastation dripped in honey and rain
& so much more!
🔗 Starting reading here: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...
🧵
Discover...
🔥 an elemental aftermath of an affair
🦖 a monstrous hymn of awe and destruction
🍯 devastation dripped in honey and rain
& so much more!
🔗 Starting reading here: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...
🧵
October 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
So honoured to see my story “Of Blood and Pomegranates” published in Issue 8.2 in @augursociety.bsky.social. Please do take a look!
A reminder that the French had a solution for all this bullshit in 1793.
October 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A reminder that the French had a solution for all this bullshit in 1793.
MISSISSAUGA! CITY OF MY BIRTH! I'll be doing a book launch for NMLCT at Sheridan College's HMC campus on NOVEMBER 5, from 6-8pm.
I'll be joined by poet and fellow Sheridan prof Alexander Hollenberg, launching his new collection Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Be there!
I'll be joined by poet and fellow Sheridan prof Alexander Hollenberg, launching his new collection Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Be there!
October 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
MISSISSAUGA! CITY OF MY BIRTH! I'll be doing a book launch for NMLCT at Sheridan College's HMC campus on NOVEMBER 5, from 6-8pm.
I'll be joined by poet and fellow Sheridan prof Alexander Hollenberg, launching his new collection Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Be there!
I'll be joined by poet and fellow Sheridan prof Alexander Hollenberg, launching his new collection Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Be there!
AI bots are the zombies that zombie movies and comics and novels were predicting all along. Self-publishing scams and publicity scams are proliferating with AI bots. All kinds of phishing scams. Everywhere you turn, there's another AI bot standing in your way, trying to feed off your life-force.
October 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
AI bots are the zombies that zombie movies and comics and novels were predicting all along. Self-publishing scams and publicity scams are proliferating with AI bots. All kinds of phishing scams. Everywhere you turn, there's another AI bot standing in your way, trying to feed off your life-force.
BRING BACK MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS!
October 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
BRING BACK MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS!
Ursula K. Le Guin was born on Oct 21, 1929 (96 years ago yesterday). This poem from my new book NMLCT is written after her short story "Nine Lives," originally published in the Nov 1969 issue of Playboy Magazine. Her essential work continues to radiate thru our lives.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Ursula K. Le Guin was born on Oct 21, 1929 (96 years ago yesterday). This poem from my new book NMLCT is written after her short story "Nine Lives," originally published in the Nov 1969 issue of Playboy Magazine. Her essential work continues to radiate thru our lives.
ecwpress.com/products/nmlct
ecwpress.com/products/nmlct
The Plagiarism Machine is also The Illiteracy Machine.
October 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The Plagiarism Machine is also The Illiteracy Machine.