Gary Barwin

after Rumi

when I leave this body
people will ask
what did he do with his life?

I wrote this poem
it was enough

I had a daydream where I gave a tree the Heimlich maneuver: on suicide Some thoughts related to my forthcoming novel

Some thoughts on suicide, meaning and grief related to my forthcoming novel, The Comedian's Book of the Dead

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Michael Sikkema : Contemporary Vispo Conversations : Kate Siklosi, Dani Spinosa and Amanda Earl Small Press Intravues: Occasional Interviews with writers working and publishing in the small press ecosystem Interview #19: Kate Siklosi ...

newly posted: Michael Sikkema : Contemporary Vispo Conversations : Kate Siklosi, Dani Spinosa and Amanda Earl / @amandaearl.bsky.social ;
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I have some upcoming availability for literary editing and coaching in all genres and styles. Email me for details!

Thought it's a good time to repost this ALL SHALL BE WELL video (thanks Julian of Norwich!)

This was such a great reading -- such brilliant and funny and insightful talented people to read with. And buy Evan's new book!

For Gaza

or dogs

A Fingerprint is a Promise and Other Things That Aren’t Quite Idioms 1. A stone is unique. A fingerprint is unique also. There’s a sad love song that says: it’s not hard to fall when you float like a cannonball. 2. How will robot dominance begin? The body mourns what it once held like dappled light fading on a garden path. 3. A girl folds herself into a suitcase, folding grief into perfect origami birds. One escapes. It won’t return -- no matter how nicely asked. 4. According to Baldwin, the human heart is cryptocrystalline at its core and formation-- and while porcelain forgets touch in precisely 3.2 hours, forget-me-nots never forget anything at all.

For this Sunday's 029: #Poem + #Prompt, inspired by unpublished fables from Gary Barwin @garybarwin.bsky.social and hosted by @neonpajamas.bsky.social, I humbly offer:

A Fingerprint is a Promise and Other Things That Aren’t Quite Idioms
#poetryonbluesky #poetry #writingcommunity #KeepWriting

update: Zachary Schomburg has been added to the lineup!

Join us virtually next Sunday (July 27) to celebrate the launch of Evan Nicholls' new multimedia book

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Climate Change and Chill: on choosing inaction and peace Why don’t we stop everything and change the world?

Why don’t we act to stop climate change, violence and social ills? We know what to do. A passage from Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim gives one explanation.

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All Shall Be Well (after Julian of Norwich)

Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 28 personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.

Bastille Day, the orbweaver’s song & more w/ @garybarwin.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social @lisabrockwell.bsky.social @richardjnewman.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @richfergusonpoet.bsky.social @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social
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bpNichol: a tribute album Every time I’m asked about which writers have been an influence on me, I cite bpNichol.

bpNichol: a tribute album: from archive to newhive

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Gisele Pelicot awarded France's Legion of Honour Pelicot was named knight of the Legion of Honour on a list announced ahead of France's Bastille Day.

Gisèle Pelicot given France's highest award www.bbc.com/news/article...

POEM TO POETRY for Vik Shirley not a sleepwalker’s hands crescent moons or the space between but the heart, asleep yet pumping as if the night were urgent

a poem for @vikshirley.bsky.social

Changing the world! what art can do, climate change, entertwinment, David Suzuki and hunkering down

Changing the world!
what art can do, climate change, entertwinment, David Suzuki and hunkering down and an island entirely filled with birds
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EASY TIGER: a virtual reading, Evan Nicholls reading from his new book, Easy Tiger, July 27 at 4pm ET, with readings from Mark Leidner, Vik Shirley, Gary Barwin, and Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi

I'm hosting a super cool virtual reading at the end of the month to celebrate Evan's new book! Featuring some of my favorite writers on this planet

RSVP for free: bit.ly/easytigerlaunch

@markleidner.bsky.social / @vikshirley.bsky.social / @garybarwin.bsky.social / @futuretensebooks.bsky.social

Thank you. That's so kind of you to post this.

Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 27 A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.

This week in the poetry blogs w/ @garybarwin.bsky.social @aempoet.bsky.social @shawnalemay.bsky.social @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social @kathrynanna.bsky.social @edmundprestwich.bsky.social @mariapopova.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social 1/3
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THE QUICK FROWN BOX, by Gary Barwin 12 track album

A new album of music for typewriters, acoustic and digital instruments.

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Being a "human (inter)being" In Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts she uses the image of the Argonauts’ ships which, like the ship of Theseus are routinely replaced part by part as regular maintenance.

Thinking about self: like timespace, the self is both time and location. (Also, a poem where I change my head for birds.)

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Old Growth: a poem with fire old-growth studies the dingy clouds a red breasted nuthatch

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Imaginary Wilderness: Hereness AUDIO: Imaginary Wilderness: Piano on harp on marsh

Making music from the continuous present

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Netanyahu was born from a little blue egg. There was a nest and then there was chirping and then Netanyahu was born from a little blue egg.

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