Joanna Streetly
@joannastreetly.bsky.social
Lover of words, art, wild things
Best Canadian Essays, Best Canadian Poetry, 4 books incl Wild Fierce Life: Dangerous Moments on the Outer Coast
NEW! “All of Us Hidden” poetry, Caitlin Press, Oct 2025.
Tla-o-qui-aht territory
www.joannastreetly.com
Best Canadian Essays, Best Canadian Poetry, 4 books incl Wild Fierce Life: Dangerous Moments on the Outer Coast
NEW! “All of Us Hidden” poetry, Caitlin Press, Oct 2025.
Tla-o-qui-aht territory
www.joannastreetly.com
This strong collection by @jidesalawu.bsky.social arrived in my life today. If you haven’t read Jide’s work yet, I encourage you to dive in! He writes of migration, the leaving and the waiting and the loss. He writes of a broken and exploited homeland, one that sings through him onto the page.
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM
This strong collection by @jidesalawu.bsky.social arrived in my life today. If you haven’t read Jide’s work yet, I encourage you to dive in! He writes of migration, the leaving and the waiting and the loss. He writes of a broken and exploited homeland, one that sings through him onto the page.
November 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Three more sleeps! After a long hard year I can’t wait to put everything else aside and fully celebrate with @lornedaniel.bsky.social and this fab Tofino crowd.
November 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Three more sleeps! After a long hard year I can’t wait to put everything else aside and fully celebrate with @lornedaniel.bsky.social and this fab Tofino crowd.
But do you have belly dancing arbutus trees where you live? 🌱
October 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
But do you have belly dancing arbutus trees where you live? 🌱
Ah-Neets-Naas sharing the terrible/terrifying truths he endured at residential school & chasing these with, “So that’s TRUTH. But telling this truth has never made life better. Because who cares? Who really cares? So—reconciliation? Tell me what that means & how it will change our lives!”
September 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Ah-Neets-Naas sharing the terrible/terrifying truths he endured at residential school & chasing these with, “So that’s TRUTH. But telling this truth has never made life better. Because who cares? Who really cares? So—reconciliation? Tell me what that means & how it will change our lives!”
Nothing like an afternoon of autumn gardening to remember all the details you intended to include in the morning’s writing, but forgot.
🌱 #amwriting
🌱 #amwriting
September 30, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Nothing like an afternoon of autumn gardening to remember all the details you intended to include in the morning’s writing, but forgot.
🌱 #amwriting
🌱 #amwriting
So my book has arrived at the publishers and you think I’d be used to this business of w a i t i n g to receive my copy by now, but honestly it has never been more agonizing. (Angst plus mail strike)
#amwriting #writingcommunity #poetry
caitlinpress.com/Books/A/All-...
#amwriting #writingcommunity #poetry
caitlinpress.com/Books/A/All-...
September 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
So my book has arrived at the publishers and you think I’d be used to this business of w a i t i n g to receive my copy by now, but honestly it has never been more agonizing. (Angst plus mail strike)
#amwriting #writingcommunity #poetry
caitlinpress.com/Books/A/All-...
#amwriting #writingcommunity #poetry
caitlinpress.com/Books/A/All-...
Two nets. Must be autumn because until now there was only one here…
(A person could spend waaay too long wondering how spiders store all these miles of silk in their bodies)
(A person could spend waaay too long wondering how spiders store all these miles of silk in their bodies)
September 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Two nets. Must be autumn because until now there was only one here…
(A person could spend waaay too long wondering how spiders store all these miles of silk in their bodies)
(A person could spend waaay too long wondering how spiders store all these miles of silk in their bodies)
Lovely bike ride to Yaaqsis, (Long Beach) today. Such soft coastal light. Swooping through the forested path on the bike is my current fave gateway to lateral thinking and #writing related ideas.
#Tlaoquiahtterritory
#Tlaoquiahtterritory
September 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Lovely bike ride to Yaaqsis, (Long Beach) today. Such soft coastal light. Swooping through the forested path on the bike is my current fave gateway to lateral thinking and #writing related ideas.
#Tlaoquiahtterritory
#Tlaoquiahtterritory
A celebration of white and yellow. Late September anemones reach for the sun. 🌱
September 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A celebration of white and yellow. Late September anemones reach for the sun. 🌱
I call this one “The Swimmer”
Seen today at beautiful Sproat lake, after a long and lovely swim.
#swimming #swim #lakes #september
Seen today at beautiful Sproat lake, after a long and lovely swim.
#swimming #swim #lakes #september
September 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I call this one “The Swimmer”
Seen today at beautiful Sproat lake, after a long and lovely swim.
#swimming #swim #lakes #september
Seen today at beautiful Sproat lake, after a long and lovely swim.
#swimming #swim #lakes #september
I’ve spent this month reading and re-reading the poems in @lornedaniel.bsky.social’s collection, What is Broken Binds Us, University of Calgary Press.
His words lure you into poems that are urgent and moving, courageous and unexpected.
Congratulations Lorne! This is one for the Special Shelf.
His words lure you into poems that are urgent and moving, courageous and unexpected.
Congratulations Lorne! This is one for the Special Shelf.
September 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I’ve spent this month reading and re-reading the poems in @lornedaniel.bsky.social’s collection, What is Broken Binds Us, University of Calgary Press.
His words lure you into poems that are urgent and moving, courageous and unexpected.
Congratulations Lorne! This is one for the Special Shelf.
His words lure you into poems that are urgent and moving, courageous and unexpected.
Congratulations Lorne! This is one for the Special Shelf.
Under the boardwalk… wild gentians beautifying the Nuu-chah-nulth trail 🌱
September 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Under the boardwalk… wild gentians beautifying the Nuu-chah-nulth trail 🌱
I love these wild carrots the most when they still have that hint of pink, before they are fully open.
🌱 #bloomscrolling
🌱 #bloomscrolling
August 8, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I love these wild carrots the most when they still have that hint of pink, before they are fully open.
🌱 #bloomscrolling
🌱 #bloomscrolling
Love in the mist—the west coast mist, that is….
🌱 nigella
🌱 nigella
August 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Love in the mist—the west coast mist, that is….
🌱 nigella
🌱 nigella
At least there was a gorgeous night sky while staying up waiting for tsunami action…
July 30, 2025 at 7:13 AM
At least there was a gorgeous night sky while staying up waiting for tsunami action…
At home waiting for the tsunami…
July 30, 2025 at 7:11 AM
At home waiting for the tsunami…
Honey bee banquet 🌱
July 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Honey bee banquet 🌱
Fog effects.
Sure sign of summer in Tla-o-qui-aht territory
Sure sign of summer in Tla-o-qui-aht territory
July 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Fog effects.
Sure sign of summer in Tla-o-qui-aht territory
Sure sign of summer in Tla-o-qui-aht territory
An avenue of foxgloves in the evening light. So lovely! 🌱💐
June 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
An avenue of foxgloves in the evening light. So lovely! 🌱💐
June 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
10:30 pm at the 49th parallel on the shortest night of the year. The extraordinary lingering dusk that feeds my memory all year long
#solstice
#solstice
June 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
10:30 pm at the 49th parallel on the shortest night of the year. The extraordinary lingering dusk that feeds my memory all year long
#solstice
#solstice
Loving the remnants of dew on this LUSH peony.
And everything about peonies 🤗 🌱
And everything about peonies 🤗 🌱
June 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Loving the remnants of dew on this LUSH peony.
And everything about peonies 🤗 🌱
And everything about peonies 🤗 🌱
New favourites popping up every week. This columbine is *yum!*
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June 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
New favourites popping up every week. This columbine is *yum!*
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One two three POP!!
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May 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
One two three POP!!
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