Frances Boyle
@FrancesBoyle19
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Latest book Openwork & Limestone (Frontenac House). Prairie-raised author of Seeking Shade (stories 2020) This White Nest (poems 2019) Tower (novella 2018) etc
Unceded Algonquin territory
Joined December 2015
Many thanks to wonderful poetry-booster @bookgaga for sharing a snippet of my poem in @wildroofjournal !
"green clock glow night lights in breathing dormitories cold firefly light trapped in jars" #TodaysPoem #poetry He that shines in the dark by @FrancesBoyle19 (2025 @WildRoofJournal)
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I'm delighted to have a poem in the lovely new issue of @wildroofjournal ! Thanks to EIC Aaron Lelito and team. I love mags that foster a sense of community and WRJ is certainly one of those!
It's pub day for our new issue! Poetry | Fiction | Nonfiction | Visual Art Check it out: https://t.co/CJdrnCW9HB
#poetry #litmag #poetrycommunity
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I'm not here much anymore, but offer my book Light-carved Passages for anyone in need of another #SealeyChallenge book as August winds down. Download it for free from Doubleback books: https://t.co/vDc8azuOEy
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The poems in Light-carved Passages knot and weave, tracing connections through tangles of family histories, and paths along rivers. Shadows and absences permeate the collection as does an intensity…
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Amnesty strongly condemns Israel’s deliberate killing of journalists in an air strike on a media tent in occupied Gaza City. Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues have been the eyes and voices of Gaza. Starved and exhausted, they continued to bravely report from the frontlines,
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While pretending to support de-escalation, @MarkJCarney endorses the concept of bombing a country’s nuclear facilities. Instead of standing up for international law, Canada is legitimizing Trump’s criminal acts of aggression against Iran and making this moment far more dangerous.
Iran’s nuclear programme is a grave threat to international security, and Canada has been consistently clear that Iran can never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. While U.S. military action taken last night was designed to alleviate that threat, the situation in the
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Iconic anti-war poster, originally by US printmaker Lorraine Schneider, 1966 #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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The Madleen’s Gaza Freedom Flotilla is an important solidarity initiative that will help to keep the spotlight on Israel’s illegal and suffocating blockade of the occupied Gaza Strip amidst its ongoing genocide. The Gaza Freedom Flotilla must be allowed to carry out its peaceful
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UN experts call for safe passage for the #FreedomFlotilla Coalition’s ship carrying essential medical aid, food, and baby supplies to #Gaza: "Over 600 days into #Israel’s starvation campaign against Palestinians, the situation is at its most horrific." https://t.co/3OMjTnLWaN
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free submission open throughout june retweet for eternal happiness, love & peace on earth https://t.co/ScH0JNrFfY ✌️
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It’s been 11 days since @MarkJCarney threatened to DO something if Israel expanded their settlements. We are waiting. #SanctionIsraelNow
#ArmsEmbargoNow
Canada opposes Israel’s approval of 22 new settlements in the West Bank and calls on Israel to reverse this decision. Israeli settlements in the occupied territories violate international law and undermine prospects for lasting peace and security via the two-state solution.
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Congratulations to all the finalists, especially @EkeLore !
Our top 10 finalists for our tiny chaps contest. Love to all who entered and shared their wee poems.
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Submissions for our themed issue “Home” are open! To inspire you, we’re sharing some of our editorial team’s favorite poems that explore the theme of home. Today, we have “Twenty-One Love Poems [Poem II]” by Adrienne Rich, chosen by our art editor & socials manager Hallie.
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So happy that @AlexRettie chose to include my bit of frippery among the fine poems in this Easter Bouquet!
Very happy to announce PFPOI's Easter issue is live, featuring poems from @FrancesBoyle19 @SallyThomasNC @BMcGrewvy @SarahInkspires @rensch95874 @shimmo23 @palmwyndrinkard @thejolaade @tamrmint Titilayo Matiku and William Orbih. Link in comments.
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🤸🤸The count down is on! The Guernica Prize for Literary Fiction is open for submissions until April 30th!🏆️For submission details PLEASE visit our website: https://t.co/HIw9XKfbi9
#guernicaprize #litfictionprizes #CanLit #CanadianLitPrizes
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Excited to announce that PFPOI's Easter Bouquet of Poems will be available to read online and as a downloadable PDF on April 11. The issue fetures 12 poems -- formal and free verse, religious and not very religious -- from 10 poets, 4 countries, and 3 continents.
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Sharing my poem, "Kindled", published last week in the UK magazine @fullhouselit . Thanks so much to EIC @leiabellebutler They say they like poems that take risks, experiment with form / spacing / language. You can hear me read the poem too. https://t.co/HwCpZRxSW9
fullhouseliterary.com
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Delighted to have my poem "Hejira", inspired by one of my fave Joni Mitchell songs, in this uber-cool magazine, edited by the equally cool @KeersteeMack !
Now playing: Volume 21 See you at AWP! https://t.co/pP2uZYjOho
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Looks great. I love how easy it is to look up poems from past contests (and I love that a couple of mine are among them!). Thanks @AlexRettie !
OK -- the site is updated! You can now find collections of poems by contest from the top navigation. You can even download PDFs of each contest's poems. Check it out:
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A literary retreat possibility that looks fantastic -- well worth checking out!
CALL FOR RESIDENTIAL STAY AT THE “ZVONA i NARI” LITERARY RETREAT IN LIŽNJAN!! Applications, including a biography and proposed project along with excerpts from current work, can be sent to the email address: zvonainari@gmail.com until March 2, 2025. https://t.co/ItakCllvbj
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