Helen Robertson
@helendestroy.bsky.social
Witch, bitch, and full-time disaster. Trans, genderqueer, bisexual, dyke poet.
Member of the poetry collective VII
www.helen-robertson.com
Member of the poetry collective VII
www.helen-robertson.com
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Helen Robertson
@helendestroy.bsky.social
· Nov 12
body of stone - Helen Robertson — The Blasted Tree
body of stone by Helen Robertson, The Blasted Tree Publishing Company, poetry collection, Canada
www.theblastedtree.com
Welp, with more people now following me maybe I should drop this here. It's the online version of my chapbook from 2021.
www.theblastedtree.com/body-of-ston...
www.theblastedtree.com/body-of-ston...
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give every transgender person a mech suit
November 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
give every transgender person a mech suit
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Good morning
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November 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Good morning
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Do iiiiiiiit
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Do iiiiiiiit
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a drop of honey is being poured into a glass
Alt: honey being poured
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Huge congratulations and good luck to beestung's 2026 Best Small Fictions nominees!
em roth
nat raum
Loren Maria Guay
Mac Wilder
sterling-elizabeth arcadia
Read their work at beestungmag.com
em roth
nat raum
Loren Maria Guay
Mac Wilder
sterling-elizabeth arcadia
Read their work at beestungmag.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Huge congratulations and good luck to beestung's 2026 Best Small Fictions nominees!
em roth
nat raum
Loren Maria Guay
Mac Wilder
sterling-elizabeth arcadia
Read their work at beestungmag.com
em roth
nat raum
Loren Maria Guay
Mac Wilder
sterling-elizabeth arcadia
Read their work at beestungmag.com
Hmmm, do I cut my workout a little short? My last machine has a line up
November 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Hmmm, do I cut my workout a little short? My last machine has a line up
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a gentle reminder of patience and trusting the process for the week, my friends
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
a gentle reminder of patience and trusting the process for the week, my friends
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sharing my gay little OCs
lesbian werewolves forever
lesbian werewolves forever
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
sharing my gay little OCs
lesbian werewolves forever
lesbian werewolves forever
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Want to walk into and through an actual Iron Age house…and UP THE STAIRS?
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Want to walk into and through an actual Iron Age house…and UP THE STAIRS?
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
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math textbook covers for some reason:
November 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
math textbook covers for some reason:
I know linguistic drift happens but I am NOT a fan of how I'm seeing young folk online (25 give or take) use "solo poly" to describe polyamory where you aren't dating the whole polycule.
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I know linguistic drift happens but I am NOT a fan of how I'm seeing young folk online (25 give or take) use "solo poly" to describe polyamory where you aren't dating the whole polycule.
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The Factory Reading Series pre-small press book fair reading, November 21: Stuart Ross, Liam Burke + Amanda Earl, / @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @ottawasmallpress.bsky.social @meetthepresses.bsky.social ;
smallpressalmanac.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
smallpressalmanac.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The Factory Reading Series pre-small press book fair reading, November 21: Stuart Ross, Liam Burke + Amanda Earl,
span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents The Factory Reading Series the pre-small press book fair reading featuring reading...
smallpressalmanac.blogspot.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The Factory Reading Series pre-small press book fair reading, November 21: Stuart Ross, Liam Burke + Amanda Earl, / @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @ottawasmallpress.bsky.social @meetthepresses.bsky.social ;
smallpressalmanac.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
smallpressalmanac.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
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if you're in Ottawa and want to attend the ottawa small press book fair pre-fair reading on Nov 21, come hear me read with fellow honourable features: Liam Burke and Stuart Ross. It's gonna be great! and then come to the fair the next day! www.facebook.com/events/13388...
pre-small press book fair reading, November 21: Stuart Ross, Liam Burke + Amanda Earl,
Event in Ottawa by Rob McLennan on Friday, November 21 2025
www.facebook.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
if you're in Ottawa and want to attend the ottawa small press book fair pre-fair reading on Nov 21, come hear me read with fellow honourable features: Liam Burke and Stuart Ross. It's gonna be great! and then come to the fair the next day! www.facebook.com/events/13388...
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YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
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Me, asleep on a plane, being woken up by the attendant asking if I want a bag of nuts
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Me, asleep on a plane, being woken up by the attendant asking if I want a bag of nuts
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Bumper sticky I'm gettin made for the doggies and the doggy-adjacent :3c
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Bumper sticky I'm gettin made for the doggies and the doggy-adjacent :3c
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Huge congratulations and good luck to beestung's 2026 Best Microfiction nominees!
em roth
nat raum
Loren Maria Guay
Yufan Lu
sterling-elizabeth arcadia
Read their work at beestungmag.com
em roth
nat raum
Loren Maria Guay
Yufan Lu
sterling-elizabeth arcadia
Read their work at beestungmag.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Huge congratulations and good luck to beestung's 2026 Best Microfiction nominees!
em roth
nat raum
Loren Maria Guay
Yufan Lu
sterling-elizabeth arcadia
Read their work at beestungmag.com
em roth
nat raum
Loren Maria Guay
Yufan Lu
sterling-elizabeth arcadia
Read their work at beestungmag.com
I'm really getting sick of OC telling drivers to terminate their route early near their new final stop (and not changing the listed final destination) rather than anywhere in the first 90% of the route.
November 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I'm really getting sick of OC telling drivers to terminate their route early near their new final stop (and not changing the listed final destination) rather than anywhere in the first 90% of the route.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Oh a random laugh in the gym? Must be at me.
I really kind of hate my brain at times.
I really kind of hate my brain at times.
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Oh a random laugh in the gym? Must be at me.
I really kind of hate my brain at times.
I really kind of hate my brain at times.
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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So thrilled to share that I have a new poem out in Strange Horizons!!!
618 Days in Longsleep
by Mahaila Smith @mahailasmith.ca
"The view is terrifying."
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
by Mahaila Smith @mahailasmith.ca
"The view is terrifying."
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
So thrilled to share that I have a new poem out in Strange Horizons!!!
Well, I'm glad I have an ontario photo ID card because apparently current Hydro Ottawa policy is if you don't have either
a) a passport
b) a driver's license
c) a photo ID card
you can't get electricity.
Absolutely fucking horrendous.
a) a passport
b) a driver's license
c) a photo ID card
you can't get electricity.
Absolutely fucking horrendous.
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Well, I'm glad I have an ontario photo ID card because apparently current Hydro Ottawa policy is if you don't have either
a) a passport
b) a driver's license
c) a photo ID card
you can't get electricity.
Absolutely fucking horrendous.
a) a passport
b) a driver's license
c) a photo ID card
you can't get electricity.
Absolutely fucking horrendous.