mreid@bsky.social
@mreid.bsky.social
poet, gardener, intelligence expert
former Managing Editor at Arc poetry Magazine
former Director at VerseFest, now a volunteer
former guitar/mandolin at Call Me Katie
books with Brick, Chaudiere, Anansi, rdc, etc
former Managing Editor at Arc poetry Magazine
former Director at VerseFest, now a volunteer
former guitar/mandolin at Call Me Katie
books with Brick, Chaudiere, Anansi, rdc, etc
new book coming, not exactly soon.
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
new book coming, not exactly soon.
Frost last night does in the tomatoes, even tho covered!
October 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Frost last night does in the tomatoes, even tho covered!
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Another early poem by Cole Swensen. Can't get this one out of my head.
October 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Another early poem by Cole Swensen. Can't get this one out of my head.
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Issue 4.3 is here! Featuring poems & photographs by 18 poets, 3 pinhole photographers & 4 new members of our Chapbook Love Letter Club; we’re so excited to see all this creative work out in the world. Please read & share!
pinholepoetry.ca/current-issue-pinhole-poetry/
pinholepoetry.ca/current-issue-pinhole-poetry/
October 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Issue 4.3 is here! Featuring poems & photographs by 18 poets, 3 pinhole photographers & 4 new members of our Chapbook Love Letter Club; we’re so excited to see all this creative work out in the world. Please read & share!
pinholepoetry.ca/current-issue-pinhole-poetry/
pinholepoetry.ca/current-issue-pinhole-poetry/
some sweetness from the Just Food Community Farm this am!
September 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
some sweetness from the Just Food Community Farm this am!
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Buck Downs, exit style
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robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/08/buck...
Buck Downs, exit style
nothing left to refund did you ever try to fix yourself and find out that doesn’t work a purchase that loo...
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August 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Buck Downs, exit style
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robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/08/buck...
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some above/ground press author activity: Ellen Chang-Richardson, Beatriz Hausner, Benjamin Niespodziany, Vik Shirley, Gary Barwin + Monty Reid, / @mreid.bsky.social @vikshirley.bsky.social @neonpajamas.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/08/some...
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/08/some...
some author activity: Chang-Richardson, Hausner, Niespodziany, Shirley, Barwin + Reid,
Ellen Chang-Richardson is featured in the "Canadian Poets Series" via Peripety and/or Tronies ; Beatriz Hausner is interviewed over at Touch...
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August 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
some above/ground press author activity: Ellen Chang-Richardson, Beatriz Hausner, Benjamin Niespodziany, Vik Shirley, Gary Barwin + Monty Reid, / @mreid.bsky.social @vikshirley.bsky.social @neonpajamas.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/08/some...
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/08/some...
catch the event at Redbird on Aug 7th!
above/ground press author spotlight #6 : Monty Reid
, reading as part of the above/ground press 32nd anniversary event on August 7 in Ottawa, / @mreid.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun...
, reading as part of the above/ground press 32nd anniversary event on August 7 in Ottawa, / @mreid.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun...
July 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
catch the event at Redbird on Aug 7th!
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Feed: "rob mclennan's blog"
By: noreply@blogger.com (rob mclennan) on Saturday, July 12, 2025
By: noreply@blogger.com (rob mclennan) on Saturday, July 12, 2025
the above/ground press 32nd anniversary reading/launch/party! August 7 at RedBird,
celebrating THIRTY-TWO YEARS of continuous activity (and nearly fourteen hundred publications), Ottawa publisher above/ground press presents...
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July 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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By: noreply@blogger.com (rob mclennan) on Saturday, July 12, 2025
By: noreply@blogger.com (rob mclennan) on Saturday, July 12, 2025
ah, the hospital poem... will get to it tomorrow...spending a lot of time in the garden these days
The poem was incredible. I wanted to post it, could not find it again. Can you please post directly? Thank you.
July 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
ah, the hospital poem... will get to it tomorrow...spending a lot of time in the garden these days
cupcakes for Frances' birthday, more raspberries
July 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
cupcakes for Frances' birthday, more raspberries
fresh garlic salt from today's scapes!
July 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
fresh garlic salt from today's scapes!
Raspberries from the garden every day this week!
July 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Raspberries from the garden every day this week!
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Again, just a general call for essays by Canadian poets. They can be personal, poetic, something in-between, from established older writers or MFA students, whatever the case may be. Send queries to query@the-wood-lot.ca and I am sure we can work something out.
July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Again, just a general call for essays by Canadian poets. They can be personal, poetic, something in-between, from established older writers or MFA students, whatever the case may be. Send queries to query@the-wood-lot.ca and I am sure we can work something out.
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End-Song
by Fanny Howe
by Fanny Howe
July 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
End-Song
by Fanny Howe
by Fanny Howe
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
~ George Orwell, 1984
~ George Orwell, 1984
July 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
~ George Orwell, 1984
~ George Orwell, 1984
Dessert tonight - mash-up pie, mostly raspberry and rhubarb, with some saskatoons and strawberries tossed in - all from the garden. Delicious!
July 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Dessert tonight - mash-up pie, mostly raspberry and rhubarb, with some saskatoons and strawberries tossed in - all from the garden. Delicious!
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July 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
white currants
gooseberries?
July 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
white currants
Reading at Ottawa RiverKeeper event!
July 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Reading at Ottawa RiverKeeper event!
