Aidan Chafe

Thrilled to have been selected as the ONLY POEMS 2025 Poet of the Year! @onlypoemsmag.bsky. www.onlypoems.net/contest/poet...

Thank you so much for the endorsement:) I am a huge admirer of your work. This means a lot.

Hey Raphael, here’s my Alejandro…strikingly similar handsomeness

A huge congratulations! That’s a lot of fun-looking lit for kids!

Going!

Hey Janet! Yes, I’ll do my best to make it out next week to PIP!

But then again, who am I to say. There is more cultural diversity in the identities of the writers today, than has ever been. So, in those opportunities for marginalized voices, I’m grateful.

…yep. I keep going to bookstores to read CanLit poetry and return disappointed by the lack of creativity, originality, insight and overall talent in the voices and poems.

Dammnnn…is that ever true. Particularly here in Canada.

Cover reveal!

I'm beyond excited to share that CLOUDWATCHER, winner of the inaugrual Stern Prize from @ampoetryreview.bsky.social & forthcoming from Copper Canyon, has a cover and is now available to pre-order (link in the replies)! 🌩️ 🌩️ 🌩️

There are few greater honours than this (and all the moreso when the poem is this good). Thank you, Jessica!

Aidan Chafe's @allegorically.bsky.social poem "Cowboy Archetype Survival Guide" is live in Issue 68 of The Ex-Puritan. Read here: ex-puritan.ca/cowboy-arche...

Oh, it is!

This reminds me of the Denis Villeneuve film Enemy.

Huge Congratulations!!!

had one of those listening to Sarah Marshall’s “Birmingham” and singing through the roof of the car after realizing the lyrics are about a woman breaking free of an abusive relationship!

Preach!

I asked the class what they do with their insecurities and the boy who missed my preamble about generations of men who won’t talk about their emotions says, “I just push it down, like a man. There’s no point talking about it.” And, he got the last word in before the bell. Amen, it’s Friday.

You too!

Congratulations!

Huge congratulations!!!

Hi Terese…fellow Canadian poet here:)

I second that!

A Gr. 11 student wrote, “Some people with the brightest light cast the darkest shadows.” One of the best lines I’ve read this year.

It was not as good as Dark, but I enjoyed the cryptic elements, along with the red herrings. It had some Westworld vibes.

Never thought of it that way!!! Have you watched 1899? From the same creators as Dark.

You're too kind!

Agreed. However, I am a huge fan of Dark (even though I spent hours on YouTube having smarter people explain all the time loops for me).