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gillissusan Aug 23, 2023

Do we do politics on mastodon social? Bc if we do there’s good news on the Ontario Greenbelt front https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-opp-refers-greenbelt-investigation-to-rcmp/

RCMP reviewing potential ‘irregularities’ in Ontario Greenbelt development after referral from OPP

The announcement comes a day after the chief of staff to Ontario’s Housing Minister resigned, saying his actions have been ‘unfairly depicted’

The Globe and Mail

gillissusan Mar 12, 2023

Days: a poem by David O’Meara #poem #poets #poetry #timetravel

https://www.concreteandriver.ca/2023/01/david-omeara-poem.html

DAVID O'MEARA: A POEM

Poetry and the writing/reading life

gillissusan Mar 12, 2023

The cattle haven’t lost an hour #cattle #daylightsavings #walking

gillissusan Feb 15, 2023

This poem took a long time to jump into the world. Thanks to The Fiddlehead for giving it a fine place to land, and great company to be in. And what a cover!

gillissusan Feb 5, 2023

Maria Popova Feb 5, 2023

“In rare moments of deep play, we can lay aside our sense of self, shed time’s continuum, ignore pain, and sit quietly in the absolute present, watching the world’s ordinary miracles.”
https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/08/04/diane-ackerman-deep-play/

Diane Ackerman on the Evolutionary and Existential Purpose of Deep Play

“In rare moments of deep play, we can lay aside our sense of self, shed time’s continuum, ignore pain, and sit quietly in the absolute present, watching the world’s ordinary miracles.”…

The Marginalian

gillissusan Feb 5, 2023

Sheri Benning’s gorgeous and stirring Field Requiem — one of my favorite books of #poetry from recent months. Read the excerpt I shared (with Sheri’s permission) that Facebook blocked because Facebook mistakes art for harm 
https://www.concreteandriver.ca/2023/02/sheri-benning-field-requiem-three-parts.html
 Image by Heather Benning

SHERI BENNING: FIELD REQUIEM, THREE PARTS

Poetry and the writing/reading life

gillissusan Dec 30, 2022

Current: a #poem by Gillian Sze. Inspired by Gaia: a #sculpture by Shane Wilson

#artwork #ekphrasis #poetry #poetrylovers #amreading #Gaia

https://www.concreteandriver.ca/2022/12/gillian-sze-poem.html

GILLIAN SZE: A POEM

On poetry and the writing/reading life.

gillissusan Dec 23, 2022

Where does their night end and mine begin? #wintertainment #edwardhopper #jigsawpuzzles #fineart

gillissusan Nov 30, 2022

New project with my friend Susie Osler, ceramicist, #mosslover, artist extraordinaire: MIND, second in a series of bookmarks that pair luminous paintings with evocative micro-poems

Info at https://www.susieosler.com/sgsobookmarks

#Bookmarks #Poetry #CreativeCollaboration
#SGSO #Readers #SusanGillis #SusieOsler #GiftsForReaders #AmReading #BookLovers #BookLoversOfMastodon