Just pinning this post as a general introduction for anyone adding me or checking out my profile ✍️📝🎙 #Poet #Spokenwordartist #writer #teacher #poetlaureate #mississaugaculture #mississaugapoetry #publishedpoet #spokenword #profile #Bio #poetprofile #introduction #introducing

📝 From a poem about identifying more with mentor characters as I grow ✍️ 📖 #poem #poet #poetry #quote #obiwankenobi #miyagi #paimei #splinter #stick #mentorarchetype #poemquote #poempreview

😲 I found one of my books with @MosaicPress in the "Canadian Literature" section at BMV Books Toronto @BMVBooksAnnex - @BMVBookstores on Saturday ☺️ #bmvtoronto #mosaicpress #author #writer #canadianliterature #poet #book #bookstore

📢 ✍️ 📖 💻 Two poems from my next book are now available to read in @darkwinterlit 📘 https://t.co/ZS3j5prEGR Thanks and gratitude to Editor-in-Chief @scraigwhytock for her kind support 😀 #poet #poems #poetryjournal #literaryjournal #canadianpoetry

✍️ From a recent poem about issues of communication & trust 📝 and yes, the title is an allusion to John Carpenter's 1982 movie "The Thing" 👾 🎞 👍 #poem #poet #poetsofinstagram #poemexcerpt #poetry #writing #instapoet #johncarpenter #thething #johncarpenterthething

Came upon this quote during some evening reading 👓 📖 📸 🌃 #virginiawoolf #eveningreading #bookquote #mississaugaphoto

📢 I'll be facilitating a spoken word workshop/open mic at this year's Mississauga Literary Festival between 11:30am and 1:00pm on the lower level 😀 📚 https://t.co/dhyH8ghEIL @SaugaCulture @mississaugalib #mississauga #mississaugaliteraryfestival #mississaugalibrary #poet

📢 I'm excited to announce that I've been accepted to exhibit books at this year's Mississauga Literary Festival in the @mississaugalib central branch on Sat, Sept 13th! #mississauga #mississaugaliteraryfestival #mississaugalibrary #poet #author #bookselling #publishedauthor

📢 🗓🎙Thurs. July 31st! OUTER HAVEN POETRY NIGHT XIX will feat. Violet & Jonathan Freeman @rabbitfish63, with open mic after 😊🎙 Info and tix available on Eventbrite: https://t.co/U5oNp1j29R #outerhavenpoetry #Poetry #Poets #spokenword #openmic #eventbrite #toronto #poems

Writing, reading, and swimming today ✍️ 📖 🏊‍♂️ #summer #reading #writing #swimming

Midnight Mississauga Fog (view from the window next to my bed) 📸 🌃 🪟 🌫 🌔 #mississauga #photo #photography #midnightphoto #fog #nightfog #mississaugaphoto #nightphoto

9:15pm, Jun. 16th - TO 🕘 📸 🏙 "Just to check out the late night Record shop. Call it impulsive, Call it compulsive, Call it insane, But when I'm surrounded I just can't stop. #brianwilson #barenakedladies #selfie #photo #SankofaSquare #toronto #samtherecordman #yongestreet

🙏 📸 📽️ Some pics from last month’s launch for my newest poetry book published by @MosaicPress | Thanks to @gwilder5 and Toronto’s Foy House for hosting the event 😀 https://t.co/MTAZ231xnB #mosaicpress #booklaunch #poetrybook #poetrypublisher #published #publishedpoems

👓📚 Nearing the end 📖 🤠 😔 #reading #book #lonesomedove #western #larrymcmurtry

Congratulations to all the nominees! 🥳🙌🔥👏 *Fun fact: @annapoetry and myself are poets with @MosaicPress, so Mosaic is represented twice at the awards 😄🙏 @MissArtsCouncil #Mississauga #mississaugaartscouncil #writers #awards #awardsceremony #finalists #martyawards #poets

📸 📝 🤗 🙏 From the launch for my poetry book published by @darkwinterlit press 📖 A special thanks to editor @scraigwhytock 🙏 Book available at https://t.co/YA7ibekIQT https://t.co/wE7Px4miS7 Lower photos by @BrendeeGreen #darkwinterpress #booklaunch #poetrybook #poet

You novelists are sick puppies for how you make readers care about characters, then do the worst shit to them right after moments of triumph and hope. God damn it. 🤬 #lonesomedove #novel #reader #heartbreak #plottwist #readerproblems #reading #fiction #novelist

✍️ 📖 📝 Part of a poem that came to me one day at the gym this week 💡 #poem #poetrypreview #writingpoetry #newpoetry #poempreview #poemexcerpt #poetryquote #inspired #poeminspiration #saturday #saturdaypoem #weekendpoetry #mutineer #poemquote #writing #poet #writerlife

📢 ⚠️ 🚨 Save the date - May 5th is the launch for my poetry book published by @MosaicPress 📖 Thanks to @gwilder5 & Foy House for presenting this event 🙏 https://t.co/LeFDG4Wsej #mosaicpress #booklaunch #poetrybook #poetrypublisher #published #publishedpoems #publishedpoetry

📨📚 I got the first copies of my new poetry book from @MosaicPress this week 😊 You can order a copy online here: https://t.co/X0cdgRDPAJ… #poetrybook #poetrycollection #published #book #bookselling #publishedbook #authorcopies #traditionalpublisher #ontariopoet #poet

A poem from my new book with @MosaicPress I recited last Sunday in @HamsartM15766 📽 📖🎙 You can order copies online here: https://t.co/MTAZ231xnB #mosaicpress #hamsartmarketsoukcafe #openmic #fundraiser #poet #poem #poetry #poetrybook #bookpromo #spokenword #poetryreading