Ronna Bloom
@ronnabloom.bsky.social
Writer of poems and essays. Taker of photographs.
IN A RIPTIDE is out now! Published by Brick Books.
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IN A RIPTIDE is out now! Published by Brick Books.
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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
~ Edgar Allen Poe
~ Edgar Allen Poe
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
~ Edgar Allen Poe
~ Edgar Allen Poe
Yesterday's art project
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Yesterday's art project
I'm going to Montreal to launch my new book with Stephanie Bolster and Gillian Sze! Wheeeee! If you're there, come!
(And if you can suggest a quiet restaurant open Sunday night I'll prescribe you a poem.)
(And if you can suggest a quiet restaurant open Sunday night I'll prescribe you a poem.)
October 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I'm going to Montreal to launch my new book with Stephanie Bolster and Gillian Sze! Wheeeee! If you're there, come!
(And if you can suggest a quiet restaurant open Sunday night I'll prescribe you a poem.)
(And if you can suggest a quiet restaurant open Sunday night I'll prescribe you a poem.)
To have @robmclennan.bsky.social eyes on one's work is to feel a part of the poetry landscape in a welcome way.
There's something very distilled and calming about this response to my book that i appreciate. Thank you, rob!
There's something very distilled and calming about this response to my book that i appreciate. Thank you, rob!
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
To have @robmclennan.bsky.social eyes on one's work is to feel a part of the poetry landscape in a welcome way.
There's something very distilled and calming about this response to my book that i appreciate. Thank you, rob!
There's something very distilled and calming about this response to my book that i appreciate. Thank you, rob!
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Reposted by Ronna Bloom
"Has anyone done that for you, lately
or ever? Come over, torn open the sky
and let the snow fall in the wrong month
to show there's a rip in the face of the world?"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Rending the Garments by @ronnabloom.bsky.social
In a Riptide (2025 Brick Books) the-wood-lot.ca/2025/09/21/v...
or ever? Come over, torn open the sky
and let the snow fall in the wrong month
to show there's a rip in the face of the world?"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Rending the Garments by @ronnabloom.bsky.social
In a Riptide (2025 Brick Books) the-wood-lot.ca/2025/09/21/v...
October 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Here's some beauty for you.
October 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Here's some beauty for you.
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"It helps, I find, to dress for God who, if present
is what everyone wears underneath."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Clothes by @ronnabloom.bsky.social from In a Riptide (2025 Brick Books) asterismbooks.com/product/in-a...
is what everyone wears underneath."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Clothes by @ronnabloom.bsky.social from In a Riptide (2025 Brick Books) asterismbooks.com/product/in-a...
October 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"It helps, I find, to dress for God who, if present
is what everyone wears underneath."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Clothes by @ronnabloom.bsky.social from In a Riptide (2025 Brick Books) asterismbooks.com/product/in-a...
is what everyone wears underneath."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Clothes by @ronnabloom.bsky.social from In a Riptide (2025 Brick Books) asterismbooks.com/product/in-a...
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"I'll know you when you get here - but if you don't arrive
I'm waving anyway, because you might need it
on your long road through, the one everyone is taking."
#SundaySentence #TodaysPoem
Envoy by @ronnabloom.bsky.social from In a Riptide (2025 Brick Books) www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/in-a-ripti...
I'm waving anyway, because you might need it
on your long road through, the one everyone is taking."
#SundaySentence #TodaysPoem
Envoy by @ronnabloom.bsky.social from In a Riptide (2025 Brick Books) www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/in-a-ripti...
In a Riptide by Ronna Bloom
Reviewed by Michael Greenstein
www.theseaboardreview.ca
October 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"I'll know you when you get here - but if you don't arrive
I'm waving anyway, because you might need it
on your long road through, the one everyone is taking."
#SundaySentence #TodaysPoem
Envoy by @ronnabloom.bsky.social from In a Riptide (2025 Brick Books) www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/in-a-ripti...
I'm waving anyway, because you might need it
on your long road through, the one everyone is taking."
#SundaySentence #TodaysPoem
Envoy by @ronnabloom.bsky.social from In a Riptide (2025 Brick Books) www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/in-a-ripti...
Sometimes like now in a different town and on my way further, i am shocked by my utter freedom. And privilege.
October 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Sometimes like now in a different town and on my way further, i am shocked by my utter freedom. And privilege.
Excited to moderate a panel at the 2025 Victoria Festival of Authors featuring Cecily Nicholson, Christina Shah, and Karen Solie!
Poetry at the Threshold: Witness, Resistance, and Renewal: October 17 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm at Langham Court Theatre. Would love to see you there!
Poetry at the Threshold: Witness, Resistance, and Renewal: October 17 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm at Langham Court Theatre. Would love to see you there!
October 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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"Has anyone done that for you, lately
or ever? Come over, torn open the sky
and let the snow fall in the wrong month
to show there's a rip in the face of the world?"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Rending the Garments by @ronnabloom.bsky.social
In a Riptide (2025 Brick Books) the-wood-lot.ca/2025/09/21/v...
or ever? Come over, torn open the sky
and let the snow fall in the wrong month
to show there's a rip in the face of the world?"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Rending the Garments by @ronnabloom.bsky.social
In a Riptide (2025 Brick Books) the-wood-lot.ca/2025/09/21/v...
October 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Has anyone done that for you, lately
or ever? Come over, torn open the sky
and let the snow fall in the wrong month
to show there's a rip in the face of the world?"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Rending the Garments by @ronnabloom.bsky.social
In a Riptide (2025 Brick Books) the-wood-lot.ca/2025/09/21/v...
or ever? Come over, torn open the sky
and let the snow fall in the wrong month
to show there's a rip in the face of the world?"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Rending the Garments by @ronnabloom.bsky.social
In a Riptide (2025 Brick Books) the-wood-lot.ca/2025/09/21/v...
The host of Fresh Air on CBC Radio, Ismaila Alfa, and I had a conversation about poetry and I prescribed him some poems!
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
September 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The host of Fresh Air on CBC Radio, Ismaila Alfa, and I had a conversation about poetry and I prescribed him some poems!
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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small one has ringette (a long day for her so far: picked her up from guide camp to lunch in car en route to ukulele and then straight here), so starting in on three further Brick Books titles, by Jody Chan, Estlin McPhee and Ronna Bloom, / @ronnabloom.bsky.social @estmcphee.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
small one has ringette (a long day for her so far: picked her up from guide camp to lunch in car en route to ukulele and then straight here), so starting in on three further Brick Books titles, by Jody Chan, Estlin McPhee and Ronna Bloom, / @ronnabloom.bsky.social @estmcphee.bsky.social
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Reposted by Ronna Bloom
"Happiness was just out there in the air
and Lord knows what's coming next."
Happiness by @ronnabloom.bsky.social from In a Riptide (Brick Books), launching this evening at Toronto's Flying Books
and Lord knows what's coming next."
Happiness by @ronnabloom.bsky.social from In a Riptide (Brick Books), launching this evening at Toronto's Flying Books
September 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
"Happiness was just out there in the air
and Lord knows what's coming next."
Happiness by @ronnabloom.bsky.social from In a Riptide (Brick Books), launching this evening at Toronto's Flying Books
and Lord knows what's coming next."
Happiness by @ronnabloom.bsky.social from In a Riptide (Brick Books), launching this evening at Toronto's Flying Books
I wish you could smell this.
Book launch bouquet and brownies.
(Tho if you come to Flying Books tonight you can eat the brownies.)
Book launch bouquet and brownies.
(Tho if you come to Flying Books tonight you can eat the brownies.)
September 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I wish you could smell this.
Book launch bouquet and brownies.
(Tho if you come to Flying Books tonight you can eat the brownies.)
Book launch bouquet and brownies.
(Tho if you come to Flying Books tonight you can eat the brownies.)
Today is publication day for my book IN A RIPTIDE. Yay! It's out!
September 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Today is publication day for my book IN A RIPTIDE. Yay! It's out!
I am agog. 😯 And happy.
In a Riptide is officially out on September 15.
Pre-order and it will come.
#Brickbooks #love #poetry #books
In a Riptide is officially out on September 15.
Pre-order and it will come.
#Brickbooks #love #poetry #books
September 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I am agog. 😯 And happy.
In a Riptide is officially out on September 15.
Pre-order and it will come.
#Brickbooks #love #poetry #books
In a Riptide is officially out on September 15.
Pre-order and it will come.
#Brickbooks #love #poetry #books
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Thank you to 49th shelf @49thshelf.bsky.social for including if:prey, then:huntress on this list! I'm in fine company: @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @isabellawangbc.bsky.social @ronnabloom.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social, John Barton, Joseph Dandurand- and more!
Most Anticipated: Our 2025 Fall Poetry Preview with titles from @caitlinpress.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social
49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/08... #Poetry #CanLit
49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/08... #Poetry #CanLit
Most Anticipated: Our 2025 Fall Poetry Preview · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
Poetry to look forward to in the second half of 2025
49thshelf.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Thank you to 49th shelf @49thshelf.bsky.social for including if:prey, then:huntress on this list! I'm in fine company: @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @isabellawangbc.bsky.social @ronnabloom.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social, John Barton, Joseph Dandurand- and more!
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IT'S HERE!!! Happy Labour Day. Why not celebrate with some work-themed poetry?
Pre-order 'if: prey, then: huntress' at nightwoodeditions.com/products/978...
Who are some of your favorite work poets?
#poetry #workpoetry #LabourDay
@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social
Pre-order 'if: prey, then: huntress' at nightwoodeditions.com/products/978...
Who are some of your favorite work poets?
#poetry #workpoetry #LabourDay
@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
IT'S HERE!!! Happy Labour Day. Why not celebrate with some work-themed poetry?
Pre-order 'if: prey, then: huntress' at nightwoodeditions.com/products/978...
Who are some of your favorite work poets?
#poetry #workpoetry #LabourDay
@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social
Pre-order 'if: prey, then: huntress' at nightwoodeditions.com/products/978...
Who are some of your favorite work poets?
#poetry #workpoetry #LabourDay
@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social
Saturday morning poetry anyone?
If you're in EST zone watch at 10am in your pjs. Sept 13. Poets from all over. The whole day. Streaming ...
If you're in EST zone watch at 10am in your pjs. Sept 13. Poets from all over. The whole day. Streaming ...
Poetry Lit! 5th (5th!) birthday special. Saturday's 2nd readings are Vasiliki Albedo (@minorroarr.bsky.social), Ronna Bloom (@ronnabloom.bsky.social), Sukhema. Live stream - drop in to watch or read one poem at the open mic. Info: www.eventbrite.nl/e/poetry-lit...
August 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Saturday morning poetry anyone?
If you're in EST zone watch at 10am in your pjs. Sept 13. Poets from all over. The whole day. Streaming ...
If you're in EST zone watch at 10am in your pjs. Sept 13. Poets from all over. The whole day. Streaming ...
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Tuesday poem #647 : Ronna Bloom : Things he said the last time we visited / @ronnabloom.bsky.social @wlupress.bsky.social ;
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Tuesday poem #647 : Ronna Bloom : Things he said the last time we visited
You smell like cloves and eucalyptus. Please spray some of that in my sleeves. I'll have a popsicle, lemon. Do you have more of t...
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August 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Tuesday poem #647 : Ronna Bloom : Things he said the last time we visited / @ronnabloom.bsky.social @wlupress.bsky.social ;
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An old poem of mine. Because August.
August 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
An old poem of mine. Because August.