Jessica Lee McMillan
@jessicaleemcmillan.com
Poet, teacher, music nerd | Chapbook: 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 A 𝐃𝐢𝐦𝐞 I𝐧 T𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐭 U𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 T𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧 via Pinhole Poetry, Spring 2026 | Poems in CV2, The Malahat Review, QWERTY, ROOM, Crab Creek Review, The New Quarterly.
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The Mothers, 1921 woodcut, by German artist and #printmaker Käthe Kollwitz, is an anti war artwork, from the perspective of mothers #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The Mothers, 1921 woodcut, by German artist and #printmaker Käthe Kollwitz, is an anti war artwork, from the perspective of mothers #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
Banger
The first taste of Robyn's first album in over 7 years is a rush of dancefloor-moving bliss www.brooklynvegan.com/robyn-dopami...
Robyn "Dopamine" Track Review
The genre of feel-good pop songs about feeling good has a tendency to get a little too literal or on-the-nose, a trap that Robyn's ”Dopamine” never falls into.
www.brooklynvegan.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Banger
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Planet Earth Poetry's 30 for 30 fundraiser link- please share and help keep Western Canada's longest running poetry series going for another 30 years (or more!)!
💟📕
gofund.me/4ceb9c262
@zoeidadickinson.bsky.social @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social
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gofund.me/4ceb9c262
@zoeidadickinson.bsky.social @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social
Donate to 30 for 30, organized by Steven Ross Smith
30 for 30 - $30 for 30 Years - Help us fund another 30 years of poetry!
Planet Earth Poetry invites y… Steven Ross Smith needs your support for 30 for 30
gofund.me
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Planet Earth Poetry's 30 for 30 fundraiser link- please share and help keep Western Canada's longest running poetry series going for another 30 years (or more!)!
💟📕
gofund.me/4ceb9c262
@zoeidadickinson.bsky.social @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social
💟📕
gofund.me/4ceb9c262
@zoeidadickinson.bsky.social @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social
Joe's still speaking.
"...They say it would be wine and roses
If England were for Englishmen again"
"I missed the fourteen-eighteen war
But not the sorrow afterwards"
"...The garden party not a word was said
The ladies lifted cake to their mouths"
youtu.be/_TwDOO_RJ8Y
"...They say it would be wine and roses
If England were for Englishmen again"
"I missed the fourteen-eighteen war
But not the sorrow afterwards"
"...The garden party not a word was said
The ladies lifted cake to their mouths"
youtu.be/_TwDOO_RJ8Y
The Clash - Something About England (Remastered) [Official Audio]
YouTube video by theclashVEVO
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Joe's still speaking.
"...They say it would be wine and roses
If England were for Englishmen again"
"I missed the fourteen-eighteen war
But not the sorrow afterwards"
"...The garden party not a word was said
The ladies lifted cake to their mouths"
youtu.be/_TwDOO_RJ8Y
"...They say it would be wine and roses
If England were for Englishmen again"
"I missed the fourteen-eighteen war
But not the sorrow afterwards"
"...The garden party not a word was said
The ladies lifted cake to their mouths"
youtu.be/_TwDOO_RJ8Y
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Next Sunday! Fun, inspiration, etc. Come join us!
Hey friends, our next reading is 3 weeks away! It will feature Betsy Warland (reading H.D.), Justyna Krol (reading Adam Zagajewski), Cabil Martinez (reading Jim-Wong Chu), and Kyle McKillop (reading Bill Knott).
It all happens November 16th, 3pm at Outisiders and Others. Save the date!
It all happens November 16th, 3pm at Outisiders and Others. Save the date!
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Next Sunday! Fun, inspiration, etc. Come join us!
Reposted by Jessica Lee McMillan
🍁 Here’s our #CanadianSongOfTheDay
🎶 “My Crud Princess” by No Joy of Montreal, Quebec from the 2025 album “Bugland.”
💪 #SupportCanadianArtists — it’s great for our artists, culture, economy, and your SOUL!
#CanadaSky #Canada
🎧 youtu.be/Qu0-NrqtXDA?...
🎶 “My Crud Princess” by No Joy of Montreal, Quebec from the 2025 album “Bugland.”
💪 #SupportCanadianArtists — it’s great for our artists, culture, economy, and your SOUL!
#CanadaSky #Canada
🎧 youtu.be/Qu0-NrqtXDA?...
No Joy - My Crud Princess (lyric video)
YouTube video by No Joy
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🍁 Here’s our #CanadianSongOfTheDay
🎶 “My Crud Princess” by No Joy of Montreal, Quebec from the 2025 album “Bugland.”
💪 #SupportCanadianArtists — it’s great for our artists, culture, economy, and your SOUL!
#CanadaSky #Canada
🎧 youtu.be/Qu0-NrqtXDA?...
🎶 “My Crud Princess” by No Joy of Montreal, Quebec from the 2025 album “Bugland.”
💪 #SupportCanadianArtists — it’s great for our artists, culture, economy, and your SOUL!
#CanadaSky #Canada
🎧 youtu.be/Qu0-NrqtXDA?...
Post you from a different era.
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Post you from a different era.
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'Women of Punk' 1980 London. (Back row L-R) Chrissie Hynde, Debbie Harry, Viv Albertine, Siouxsie Sioux, (front) Poly Styrene & Pauline Black (photo by M.Putland) #WomensArt
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 AM
'Women of Punk' 1980 London. (Back row L-R) Chrissie Hynde, Debbie Harry, Viv Albertine, Siouxsie Sioux, (front) Poly Styrene & Pauline Black (photo by M.Putland) #WomensArt
"...I cover my ears,
it’s not enough.
But I suppose
the engineers
weren’t wrong.
We are getting
somewhere
after all,
and fast—
we’re almost
to the next station
which could double
as a bomb shelter
should we need one…"
it’s not enough.
But I suppose
the engineers
weren’t wrong.
We are getting
somewhere
after all,
and fast—
we’re almost
to the next station
which could double
as a bomb shelter
should we need one…"
Tuesday poem #657 : Jamella Hagen : Shiny Silver Train / @jamellahagen.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @gaspereaupress.bsky.social ;
dusie.blogspot.com/2025/11/tues...
dusie.blogspot.com/2025/11/tues...
Tuesday poem #657 : Jamella Hagen : Shiny Silver Train
Some nights lately when I try to work my heart is caged in a Soviet-era subway car travelling deep underground at high speed n...
dusie.blogspot.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"...I cover my ears,
it’s not enough.
But I suppose
the engineers
weren’t wrong.
We are getting
somewhere
after all,
and fast—
we’re almost
to the next station
which could double
as a bomb shelter
should we need one…"
it’s not enough.
But I suppose
the engineers
weren’t wrong.
We are getting
somewhere
after all,
and fast—
we’re almost
to the next station
which could double
as a bomb shelter
should we need one…"
I walk everywhere. A lot. I’m limping by the end of the day and struggling to find proper footwear (preferably boots and never leather) for the Wet Coast. Insoles make every shoe too tight. The problem is systemic for women looking for reasonable shoes for changing needs.
www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
Scrap the ‘shrink it and pink it’ approach to women’s running shoes – SFU study
www.sfu.ca
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I walk everywhere. A lot. I’m limping by the end of the day and struggling to find proper footwear (preferably boots and never leather) for the Wet Coast. Insoles make every shoe too tight. The problem is systemic for women looking for reasonable shoes for changing needs.
www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
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Hey friends, our next reading is 3 weeks away! It will feature Betsy Warland (reading H.D.), Justyna Krol (reading Adam Zagajewski), Cabil Martinez (reading Jim-Wong Chu), and Kyle McKillop (reading Bill Knott).
It all happens November 16th, 3pm at Outisiders and Others. Save the date!
It all happens November 16th, 3pm at Outisiders and Others. Save the date!
November 3, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Hey friends, our next reading is 3 weeks away! It will feature Betsy Warland (reading H.D.), Justyna Krol (reading Adam Zagajewski), Cabil Martinez (reading Jim-Wong Chu), and Kyle McKillop (reading Bill Knott).
It all happens November 16th, 3pm at Outisiders and Others. Save the date!
It all happens November 16th, 3pm at Outisiders and Others. Save the date!
Album of the month begins in a few hours via @theriffmedia.bsky.social. Scroll for Zoom link.
Welcome to all! 1pm PST/4pm EST
@jthepisodes.bsky.social will lead our discussion on The Foreign Exchange’s seminal debut Connected.
medium.com/the-riff/the...
Welcome to all! 1pm PST/4pm EST
@jthepisodes.bsky.social will lead our discussion on The Foreign Exchange’s seminal debut Connected.
medium.com/the-riff/the...
The Riff Album of The Month — “In This New World, We’re Gonna Need Each Other”
Sunday, November 2nd, 4PM EST/1PM PT
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November 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Album of the month begins in a few hours via @theriffmedia.bsky.social. Scroll for Zoom link.
Welcome to all! 1pm PST/4pm EST
@jthepisodes.bsky.social will lead our discussion on The Foreign Exchange’s seminal debut Connected.
medium.com/the-riff/the...
Welcome to all! 1pm PST/4pm EST
@jthepisodes.bsky.social will lead our discussion on The Foreign Exchange’s seminal debut Connected.
medium.com/the-riff/the...
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A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt
via Smithsonian Magazine
via Smithsonian Magazine
October 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt
via Smithsonian Magazine
via Smithsonian Magazine
Join us @ the Listening Post (Hastings & Main) November 6th @ 6pm in celebration of Muriel Marjorie, poet, activist, and actor well known in the DTES for the Muriel’s Journey Poetry Prize readings & open mic, plus launch of this year’s Fire from the Heart chapbook:
www.heartofthecityfestival.com
www.heartofthecityfestival.com
Heart of the City Festival
www.heartofthecityfestival.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Join us @ the Listening Post (Hastings & Main) November 6th @ 6pm in celebration of Muriel Marjorie, poet, activist, and actor well known in the DTES for the Muriel’s Journey Poetry Prize readings & open mic, plus launch of this year’s Fire from the Heart chapbook:
www.heartofthecityfestival.com
www.heartofthecityfestival.com
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
October 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
Reposted by Jessica Lee McMillan
Poets Wanted: Dead or Alive, Open Mic & Tellers
of Short Tales feat. Gina Armstrong & Victoria Vancek of “Haunted History BC” & JG Chayko with a spooky short story.
Hosts: Chelsea Comeau & Janet Kvammen
CENTENNIAL LODGE, Queen’s Park
Wed, OCT 29, 7-9pm
Free! Costume Contest! Prizes!
rclas.com
of Short Tales feat. Gina Armstrong & Victoria Vancek of “Haunted History BC” & JG Chayko with a spooky short story.
Hosts: Chelsea Comeau & Janet Kvammen
CENTENNIAL LODGE, Queen’s Park
Wed, OCT 29, 7-9pm
Free! Costume Contest! Prizes!
rclas.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Poets Wanted: Dead or Alive, Open Mic & Tellers
of Short Tales feat. Gina Armstrong & Victoria Vancek of “Haunted History BC” & JG Chayko with a spooky short story.
Hosts: Chelsea Comeau & Janet Kvammen
CENTENNIAL LODGE, Queen’s Park
Wed, OCT 29, 7-9pm
Free! Costume Contest! Prizes!
rclas.com
of Short Tales feat. Gina Armstrong & Victoria Vancek of “Haunted History BC” & JG Chayko with a spooky short story.
Hosts: Chelsea Comeau & Janet Kvammen
CENTENNIAL LODGE, Queen’s Park
Wed, OCT 29, 7-9pm
Free! Costume Contest! Prizes!
rclas.com
Reposted by Jessica Lee McMillan
"How many grams does it take to sing the blues? How many grams does it take to shine?"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
The Weight of Money by Sean Thomas Dougherty (@SeanThomasD.bsky.social) (2025 Only Poems Daily) www.onlypoemsdaily.com/p/the-weight...
#TodaysPoem #poetry
The Weight of Money by Sean Thomas Dougherty (@SeanThomasD.bsky.social) (2025 Only Poems Daily) www.onlypoemsdaily.com/p/the-weight...
The Weight of Money by Sean Thomas Dougherty
the weight of money is more than can be measured
www.onlypoemsdaily.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"How many grams does it take to sing the blues? How many grams does it take to shine?"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
The Weight of Money by Sean Thomas Dougherty (@SeanThomasD.bsky.social) (2025 Only Poems Daily) www.onlypoemsdaily.com/p/the-weight...
#TodaysPoem #poetry
The Weight of Money by Sean Thomas Dougherty (@SeanThomasD.bsky.social) (2025 Only Poems Daily) www.onlypoemsdaily.com/p/the-weight...
“Reclamation is thirsty work".
Great poem up by Marilyn Letts on in long con’s @longconmagazine.bsky.social October issue:
longconmag.com/issue-2-2/ma...
Great poem up by Marilyn Letts on in long con’s @longconmagazine.bsky.social October issue:
longconmag.com/issue-2-2/ma...
Marilyn Letts
“(De)Construction Instructions” Marilyn Letts Marilyn Letts is a poet and writer who loves to experiment. Her poetry publications include FreeFall Magazine, Feathertale Review, Other Voices, and Queen...
longconmag.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
“Reclamation is thirsty work".
Great poem up by Marilyn Letts on in long con’s @longconmagazine.bsky.social October issue:
longconmag.com/issue-2-2/ma...
Great poem up by Marilyn Letts on in long con’s @longconmagazine.bsky.social October issue:
longconmag.com/issue-2-2/ma...
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ISSUE 2.2 (longconmag.com/issue-2-2/) is Connor Andersen, Yvonne Blomer, Sarah Burgoyne, A. Damon Cutter, Angela Hibbs, Lori Langille, Marilyn Letts, Gil McElroy, Jessica Patterson, Anton Pooles, Emma Rhodes, Natalie Rice, Hugh Thomas, Kieran Valde, & Hannah Zamora
ISSUE 2.2
Andersen | Blomer | Burgoyne | Cutter | Hibbs | Langille | Letts | McElroy | Patterson | Pooles | Rhodes | Rice | Thomas | Valde | Zamora
longconmag.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
ISSUE 2.2 (longconmag.com/issue-2-2/) is Connor Andersen, Yvonne Blomer, Sarah Burgoyne, A. Damon Cutter, Angela Hibbs, Lori Langille, Marilyn Letts, Gil McElroy, Jessica Patterson, Anton Pooles, Emma Rhodes, Natalie Rice, Hugh Thomas, Kieran Valde, & Hannah Zamora
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Courtney Barnett is back with her first new music since 2023. Hear "Stay In Your Lane" www.brooklynvegan.com/courtney-bar...
October 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Courtney Barnett is back with her first new music since 2023. Hear "Stay In Your Lane" www.brooklynvegan.com/courtney-bar...
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Joy — like music, like love — is one of those entirely unnecessary miracles of consciousness that give meaning to survival with its bright allegiance to the most alive part of us www.themarginalian.org/2025/07/04/m...
A Defense of Joy
One of the most important things to have learned in life is that choosing joy in a world rife with reasons for despair is a countercultural act of courage and resistance, choosing it not despite th…
www.themarginalian.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Joy — like music, like love — is one of those entirely unnecessary miracles of consciousness that give meaning to survival with its bright allegiance to the most alive part of us www.themarginalian.org/2025/07/04/m...
Reposted by Jessica Lee McMillan
Peaches announces 1st album in 10 years & tour with Model/Actriz: hear "Not In Your Mouth None of Your Business" www.brooklynvegan.com/peaches-anno...
Peaches announces 1st album in 10 years & tour with Model/Actriz: hear "Not In Your Mouth None of Your Business"
'No Lube So Rude' will be out in 2026
www.brooklynvegan.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Peaches announces 1st album in 10 years & tour with Model/Actriz: hear "Not In Your Mouth None of Your Business" www.brooklynvegan.com/peaches-anno...