Frances Boyle
@francesboyle19.bsky.social
My novel, Skin Hunger, is coming in 2026. In the meantime, my latest poetry books are Openwork & Limestone (2022) & Light-carved Passages (2024). Prairie-raised author of Seeking Shade (stories 2020), Tower (novella 2018) etc.
www.francesboyle.com
www.francesboyle.com
Here's my poem for the Hallows, and for my mother who would have turned 105 today.
Like many other poems in Openwork and Limestone, my most recent book, this brings together the mythic/deep time with the familial/personal.
Like many other poems in Openwork and Limestone, my most recent book, this brings together the mythic/deep time with the familial/personal.
November 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Here's my poem for the Hallows, and for my mother who would have turned 105 today.
Like many other poems in Openwork and Limestone, my most recent book, this brings together the mythic/deep time with the familial/personal.
Like many other poems in Openwork and Limestone, my most recent book, this brings together the mythic/deep time with the familial/personal.
What a joy to come home from vacation to this gorgeous new book by my friend @kimfahner.bsky.social ! Bees and magic and fantastic poetry -- I've been looking forward to this for a while!
August 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
What a joy to come home from vacation to this gorgeous new book by my friend @kimfahner.bsky.social ! Bees and magic and fantastic poetry -- I've been looking forward to this for a while!
Received my contrib copy of dream publication @prisminternational.bsky.social with my poem "Likeness". My brother Peter's been gone 25 years but grief remains fresh.
Happy to see friends @rsitoski.bsky.social, Susan Wismer, @snehaskanta.bsky.social here. Thanks to Poetry Editor Ayda Niknami & team!
Happy to see friends @rsitoski.bsky.social, Susan Wismer, @snehaskanta.bsky.social here. Thanks to Poetry Editor Ayda Niknami & team!
August 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Received my contrib copy of dream publication @prisminternational.bsky.social with my poem "Likeness". My brother Peter's been gone 25 years but grief remains fresh.
Happy to see friends @rsitoski.bsky.social, Susan Wismer, @snehaskanta.bsky.social here. Thanks to Poetry Editor Ayda Niknami & team!
Happy to see friends @rsitoski.bsky.social, Susan Wismer, @snehaskanta.bsky.social here. Thanks to Poetry Editor Ayda Niknami & team!
Just finished Zilla Jones's stunning novel The World So Wide. I can't say enough good things about it. Fascinating immersion in the world of opera and political upheaval in Grenada, a nail-biting plot, and a fierce, flawed and beautifully nuanced main character, Felicity Alexander. A fantastic read!
July 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Just finished Zilla Jones's stunning novel The World So Wide. I can't say enough good things about it. Fascinating immersion in the world of opera and political upheaval in Grenada, a nail-biting plot, and a fierce, flawed and beautifully nuanced main character, Felicity Alexander. A fantastic read!
Happy to have my contrib copy of @theampersandreview.bsky.social with my poem "Pelagic"! I've loved the mag since the 1st issue, and glad to appear alongside mentor/friend Barry Dempster. The great @razovsky.bsky.social is on the cover! Thanks to EIC @paulvermeersch.bsky.social and the entire team!
June 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Happy to have my contrib copy of @theampersandreview.bsky.social with my poem "Pelagic"! I've loved the mag since the 1st issue, and glad to appear alongside mentor/friend Barry Dempster. The great @razovsky.bsky.social is on the cover! Thanks to EIC @paulvermeersch.bsky.social and the entire team!
So pleased to have my dreamy poem "Remnants" in the lovely journal Book of Matches. Go to www.bookofmatcheslitmag.com page 77 for my poem, and stay for other work by fine writers including friend Meg Freer. Thanks to editors Kelli Allen and Nicholas Christian for choosing my work for this issue!
May 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
So pleased to have my dreamy poem "Remnants" in the lovely journal Book of Matches. Go to www.bookofmatcheslitmag.com page 77 for my poem, and stay for other work by fine writers including friend Meg Freer. Thanks to editors Kelli Allen and Nicholas Christian for choosing my work for this issue!
These beauties arrived from @karenschindler.bsky.social 's Baseline Press! I don't use the term "beauties" lightly-- the chapbooks are absolutely gorgeous inside& out. Congratulations to friends @snullr.bsky.social & Dagne Forrest!. I love Eve Joseph's work, so I added her chapbook to my order.
April 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
These beauties arrived from @karenschindler.bsky.social 's Baseline Press! I don't use the term "beauties" lightly-- the chapbooks are absolutely gorgeous inside& out. Congratulations to friends @snullr.bsky.social & Dagne Forrest!. I love Eve Joseph's work, so I added her chapbook to my order.
I can't draw to save my life, but here are MY birds in a poem.
April 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I can't draw to save my life, but here are MY birds in a poem.
The great actor Gene Hackman has died. My dad and I saw The French Connection when I was a teen, rare that it was just the two of us, so I always link him & Hackman.
Here's my poem about The Conversation, one of my fave films, from my book Light-carved Passages from @doublebackreview.bsky.social
Here's my poem about The Conversation, one of my fave films, from my book Light-carved Passages from @doublebackreview.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The great actor Gene Hackman has died. My dad and I saw The French Connection when I was a teen, rare that it was just the two of us, so I always link him & Hackman.
Here's my poem about The Conversation, one of my fave films, from my book Light-carved Passages from @doublebackreview.bsky.social
Here's my poem about The Conversation, one of my fave films, from my book Light-carved Passages from @doublebackreview.bsky.social
My first writing post here! Contrib copies from 2024 finally arrived, with 2 poems in @fiddlehd.bsky.social, thanks to editors @phillipcrymble.bsky.social, @puneetdutt.bsky.social, Chuqiao Yang & Ross Leckie. I'm also honoured to have a poem in the 100th issue of Scotland's @dreich.bsky.social.
January 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My first writing post here! Contrib copies from 2024 finally arrived, with 2 poems in @fiddlehd.bsky.social, thanks to editors @phillipcrymble.bsky.social, @puneetdutt.bsky.social, Chuqiao Yang & Ross Leckie. I'm also honoured to have a poem in the 100th issue of Scotland's @dreich.bsky.social.