Paul Vermeersch
@paulvermeersch.bsky.social
Human poet/artist. Latest book NMLCT: POEMS from ECW Press. Professor at Sheridan College. Senior editor at Wolsak and Wynn. Editor-in-chief at The Ampersand Review of Writing & Publishing. wererabbit on Bandcamp. https://linktr.ee/paulvermeersch
NMLCT is officially in its second printing! Thanks for all the support! And thanks to my publisher, @ecwpress.bsky.social!
November 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
NMLCT is officially in its second printing! Thanks for all the support! And thanks to my publisher, @ecwpress.bsky.social!
Last night's double book launch at Sheridan College for myself and Alexander Hollenberg was truly a night to remember! I am very fortunate to teach and work with such wonderful people. 🎉
November 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Last night's double book launch at Sheridan College for myself and Alexander Hollenberg was truly a night to remember! I am very fortunate to teach and work with such wonderful people. 🎉
MISSISSAUGA! CITY OF MY BIRTH! I'll be doing a book launch for NMLCT at Sheridan College's HMC campus on NOVEMBER 5, from 6-8pm.
I'll be joined by poet and fellow Sheridan prof Alexander Hollenberg, launching his new collection Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Be there.
I'll be joined by poet and fellow Sheridan prof Alexander Hollenberg, launching his new collection Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Be there.
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
MISSISSAUGA! CITY OF MY BIRTH! I'll be doing a book launch for NMLCT at Sheridan College's HMC campus on NOVEMBER 5, from 6-8pm.
I'll be joined by poet and fellow Sheridan prof Alexander Hollenberg, launching his new collection Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Be there.
I'll be joined by poet and fellow Sheridan prof Alexander Hollenberg, launching his new collection Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Be there.
Toronto: I’ll be at the @meetthepresses.bsky.social Indie Literary Market from 12-4 today with the @theampersandreview.bsky.social! A feast of small press writing and community. Come by the Cecil Community Centre today and check it out!
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November 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Toronto: I’ll be at the @meetthepresses.bsky.social Indie Literary Market from 12-4 today with the @theampersandreview.bsky.social! A feast of small press writing and community. Come by the Cecil Community Centre today and check it out!
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LONDON, ONTARIO! Mark your calendars: I'm bringing NMLCT to you with thanks to Antler River Poetry! I'll see you at Little Wren Books on Dec 09, 2025. 7PM.
From my early childhood in London in the 1970s, to my time as a student at Western in the 1990s, it will feel like a homecoming. See you then!
From my early childhood in London in the 1970s, to my time as a student at Western in the 1990s, it will feel like a homecoming. See you then!
October 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
LONDON, ONTARIO! Mark your calendars: I'm bringing NMLCT to you with thanks to Antler River Poetry! I'll see you at Little Wren Books on Dec 09, 2025. 7PM.
From my early childhood in London in the 1970s, to my time as a student at Western in the 1990s, it will feel like a homecoming. See you then!
From my early childhood in London in the 1970s, to my time as a student at Western in the 1990s, it will feel like a homecoming. See you then!
Jack-o-lantern 2025 is ready for duty! Happy Halloween, my friends!
October 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Jack-o-lantern 2025 is ready for duty! Happy Halloween, my friends!
MISSISSAUGA! CITY OF MY BIRTH! I'll be doing a book launch for NMLCT at Sheridan College's HMC campus on NOVEMBER 5, from 6-8pm.
I'll be joined by poet and fellow Sheridan prof Alexander Hollenberg, launching his new collection Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Be there!
I'll be joined by poet and fellow Sheridan prof Alexander Hollenberg, launching his new collection Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Be there!
October 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
MISSISSAUGA! CITY OF MY BIRTH! I'll be doing a book launch for NMLCT at Sheridan College's HMC campus on NOVEMBER 5, from 6-8pm.
I'll be joined by poet and fellow Sheridan prof Alexander Hollenberg, launching his new collection Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Be there!
I'll be joined by poet and fellow Sheridan prof Alexander Hollenberg, launching his new collection Human Story will not Consume the Cosmos.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Be there!
AI bots are the zombies that zombie movies and comics and novels were predicting all along. Self-publishing scams and publicity scams are proliferating with AI bots. All kinds of phishing scams. Everywhere you turn, there's another AI bot standing in your way, trying to feed off your life-force.
October 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
AI bots are the zombies that zombie movies and comics and novels were predicting all along. Self-publishing scams and publicity scams are proliferating with AI bots. All kinds of phishing scams. Everywhere you turn, there's another AI bot standing in your way, trying to feed off your life-force.
Ursula K. Le Guin was born on Oct 21, 1929 (96 years ago yesterday). This poem from my new book NMLCT is written after her short story "Nine Lives," originally published in the Nov 1969 issue of Playboy Magazine. Her essential work continues to radiate thru our lives.
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ecwpress.com/products/nmlct
October 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Ursula K. Le Guin was born on Oct 21, 1929 (96 years ago yesterday). This poem from my new book NMLCT is written after her short story "Nine Lives," originally published in the Nov 1969 issue of Playboy Magazine. Her essential work continues to radiate thru our lives.
ecwpress.com/products/nmlct
ecwpress.com/products/nmlct
I had a blast in Montreal last night for the launch of NMLCT! Thanks to Jessi MacEachern, Liz Howard, and Jay Ritchie for joining me. Thanks also to Leigh Kotsilidis for hosting us at the Rocket Science Room, and to Paragraph Books for selling our books. Next weekend: Vancouver @writersfest.bc.ca
October 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I had a blast in Montreal last night for the launch of NMLCT! Thanks to Jessi MacEachern, Liz Howard, and Jay Ritchie for joining me. Thanks also to Leigh Kotsilidis for hosting us at the Rocket Science Room, and to Paragraph Books for selling our books. Next weekend: Vancouver @writersfest.bc.ca
MONTREAL! GET READY!
I'll see you tonight at the Rocket Science Room!
I'll be joined by Liz Howard and Jessi MacEachern, with Jay Ritchie as our emcee!
Doors at 6:30.
www.facebook.com/events/18488...
I'll see you tonight at the Rocket Science Room!
I'll be joined by Liz Howard and Jessi MacEachern, with Jay Ritchie as our emcee!
Doors at 6:30.
www.facebook.com/events/18488...
October 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
MONTREAL! GET READY!
I'll see you tonight at the Rocket Science Room!
I'll be joined by Liz Howard and Jessi MacEachern, with Jay Ritchie as our emcee!
Doors at 6:30.
www.facebook.com/events/18488...
I'll see you tonight at the Rocket Science Room!
I'll be joined by Liz Howard and Jessi MacEachern, with Jay Ritchie as our emcee!
Doors at 6:30.
www.facebook.com/events/18488...
NEW PAINTING!
"Architecture of Destroyed Architecture"
30" x 22", acrylic, graphite and coloured pencils on paper.
There is some inspiration taken from the late John Scott in this piece, but I have tried to remain true to the visual language I have been developing over the past few years.
"Architecture of Destroyed Architecture"
30" x 22", acrylic, graphite and coloured pencils on paper.
There is some inspiration taken from the late John Scott in this piece, but I have tried to remain true to the visual language I have been developing over the past few years.
October 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
NEW PAINTING!
"Architecture of Destroyed Architecture"
30" x 22", acrylic, graphite and coloured pencils on paper.
There is some inspiration taken from the late John Scott in this piece, but I have tried to remain true to the visual language I have been developing over the past few years.
"Architecture of Destroyed Architecture"
30" x 22", acrylic, graphite and coloured pencils on paper.
There is some inspiration taken from the late John Scott in this piece, but I have tried to remain true to the visual language I have been developing over the past few years.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but a squirrel's nest is called a "drey."
This is a drey.
This is a drey.
October 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but a squirrel's nest is called a "drey."
This is a drey.
This is a drey.
NMLCT is the CBC's poetry "Top Pick" for the second half of 2025. Thank you to the CBC and to everyone who has been supporting my book this year. I feel incredibly lucky.
Visit here to see the whole list: www.cbc.ca/books/all-th...
Visit here to see the whole list: www.cbc.ca/books/all-th...
October 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
NMLCT is the CBC's poetry "Top Pick" for the second half of 2025. Thank you to the CBC and to everyone who has been supporting my book this year. I feel incredibly lucky.
Visit here to see the whole list: www.cbc.ca/books/all-th...
Visit here to see the whole list: www.cbc.ca/books/all-th...
Thanks to @mcarthurmooney.bsky.social for this 5-star endorsement for NMLCT on Goodreads: “Heavy metal content, to a smooth jazz beat.”
Yeah, I’ll take it!!! Thank you, sir!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
Yeah, I’ll take it!!! Thank you, sir!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
October 15, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Thanks to @mcarthurmooney.bsky.social for this 5-star endorsement for NMLCT on Goodreads: “Heavy metal content, to a smooth jazz beat.”
Yeah, I’ll take it!!! Thank you, sir!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
Yeah, I’ll take it!!! Thank you, sir!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
80s me is so confused right now
October 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
80s me is so confused right now
Thanks to @inkstainedwreck.ca for spreading the word of NMLCT!
“Had to put the book down several times just to say ‘god damn it that’s good’. NMLCT, or, Animal City, is an example of the author at the absolute top of their game.”
“Had to put the book down several times just to say ‘god damn it that’s good’. NMLCT, or, Animal City, is an example of the author at the absolute top of their game.”
October 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Thanks to @inkstainedwreck.ca for spreading the word of NMLCT!
“Had to put the book down several times just to say ‘god damn it that’s good’. NMLCT, or, Animal City, is an example of the author at the absolute top of their game.”
“Had to put the book down several times just to say ‘god damn it that’s good’. NMLCT, or, Animal City, is an example of the author at the absolute top of their game.”
NEW PAINTING!
"Werewolf Architecture"
30" x 22", acrylic, graphite and coloured pencils on paper.
"Werewolf Architecture"
30" x 22", acrylic, graphite and coloured pencils on paper.
October 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
NEW PAINTING!
"Werewolf Architecture"
30" x 22", acrylic, graphite and coloured pencils on paper.
"Werewolf Architecture"
30" x 22", acrylic, graphite and coloured pencils on paper.
MONTREAL! I'm launching NMLCT in your city at the Rocket Science Room on October 18 at 6:30pm.
W/ poets Liz Howard & Jessi MacEachern, and Jay Ritchie as emcee. With thanks to Leigh Kotsilidis.
Hope to see you there! Click here for all the DETAILS:
www.facebook.com/events/18488...
W/ poets Liz Howard & Jessi MacEachern, and Jay Ritchie as emcee. With thanks to Leigh Kotsilidis.
Hope to see you there! Click here for all the DETAILS:
www.facebook.com/events/18488...
October 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
MONTREAL! I'm launching NMLCT in your city at the Rocket Science Room on October 18 at 6:30pm.
W/ poets Liz Howard & Jessi MacEachern, and Jay Ritchie as emcee. With thanks to Leigh Kotsilidis.
Hope to see you there! Click here for all the DETAILS:
www.facebook.com/events/18488...
W/ poets Liz Howard & Jessi MacEachern, and Jay Ritchie as emcee. With thanks to Leigh Kotsilidis.
Hope to see you there! Click here for all the DETAILS:
www.facebook.com/events/18488...
These are the paintings I've completed from July 26 to September 21, 2025. I'm calling this my "Architecture" series. To see more of my paintings or learn more about these paintings, visit paulvermeersch.ca.
Music: "Kay Sage" by wererabbit.
Music: "Kay Sage" by wererabbit.
October 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
These are the paintings I've completed from July 26 to September 21, 2025. I'm calling this my "Architecture" series. To see more of my paintings or learn more about these paintings, visit paulvermeersch.ca.
Music: "Kay Sage" by wererabbit.
Music: "Kay Sage" by wererabbit.
The guy who ordered the hit on Jamal Khashoggi is the one paying for this comedy festival in Riyadh, so everlasting shame on any comic who takes this blood money. Remember MBS means "Murder wth Bone Saw."
September 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The guy who ordered the hit on Jamal Khashoggi is the one paying for this comedy festival in Riyadh, so everlasting shame on any comic who takes this blood money. Remember MBS means "Murder wth Bone Saw."
My paintings "Architecture of the Island of Wrong Animals" and "Architecture of the Siren" are no longer available, and are either already at or on their way to new homes.
To learn more about my paintings, click here: www.paulvermeersch.ca/p/art.html
To learn more about my paintings, click here: www.paulvermeersch.ca/p/art.html
September 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My paintings "Architecture of the Island of Wrong Animals" and "Architecture of the Siren" are no longer available, and are either already at or on their way to new homes.
To learn more about my paintings, click here: www.paulvermeersch.ca/p/art.html
To learn more about my paintings, click here: www.paulvermeersch.ca/p/art.html
I’ll be at Toronto's Word on the Street this weekend. Come by the @ecwpress.bsky.social booth at 11am on Saturday. I’ll be signing books. Come by and say hello!
Word On The Street’s 36th Annual Festival
David Pecaut Square
215 King Street W
Sat, Sept 27 – 11AM – 6PM
Sun, Sept 28 – 10AM – 5PM
Word On The Street’s 36th Annual Festival
David Pecaut Square
215 King Street W
Sat, Sept 27 – 11AM – 6PM
Sun, Sept 28 – 10AM – 5PM
September 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I’ll be at Toronto's Word on the Street this weekend. Come by the @ecwpress.bsky.social booth at 11am on Saturday. I’ll be signing books. Come by and say hello!
Word On The Street’s 36th Annual Festival
David Pecaut Square
215 King Street W
Sat, Sept 27 – 11AM – 6PM
Sun, Sept 28 – 10AM – 5PM
Word On The Street’s 36th Annual Festival
David Pecaut Square
215 King Street W
Sat, Sept 27 – 11AM – 6PM
Sun, Sept 28 – 10AM – 5PM
Thanks to everyone who made last night so amazing. We gathered! We shared poetry and art and music. Thanks to
@ecwpress.bsky.social
! Thanks to The Piston! Thanks to Type Books! Thanks to Hills Florist! Magic exists! All you have to do is speak the words and something happens!!! Love!!! ❤️ P
@ecwpress.bsky.social
! Thanks to The Piston! Thanks to Type Books! Thanks to Hills Florist! Magic exists! All you have to do is speak the words and something happens!!! Love!!! ❤️ P
September 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Thanks to everyone who made last night so amazing. We gathered! We shared poetry and art and music. Thanks to
@ecwpress.bsky.social
! Thanks to The Piston! Thanks to Type Books! Thanks to Hills Florist! Magic exists! All you have to do is speak the words and something happens!!! Love!!! ❤️ P
@ecwpress.bsky.social
! Thanks to The Piston! Thanks to Type Books! Thanks to Hills Florist! Magic exists! All you have to do is speak the words and something happens!!! Love!!! ❤️ P
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September 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It is September 24. This is today. It is September 24. This is today. It is September 24. This is today. It is September 24. This is today. It is September 24. This is today.