Lesley-Anne Evans

Poet
Home: Kelowna, BC
Homeplace: Belfast
Highs: MA Poetry, Queen's University Belfast
Books:
Mute Swan, 2021
New book forthcoming from Ronsdale Press, 2027

[Lesley-Anne Evans @LAEPoems]

It’s early days, but I can’t hold it in any longer!

I'm over the moon to announce I signed my next book with @ronsdalepress @wendyatkinson! Forthcoming, spring 2027, I’ll be sharing details as they come.

Because you read and come to readings and say good things. Thank you.

[Lesley-Anne Evans @LAEPoems]

@drsarahlaw @AmethystReview What a terrible feeling that must be to be locked out of your journal. I'm sorry for your troubles.

[Lesley-Anne Evans @LAEPoems]

@DanielGHinds @ellyfromearth @amybingham @elaine_morrison @a_george_parker @SpiroPoetry @michelerule @OenonePoet @NMOliverPoetry @catalogofdream wonderful to share these pages with you!

[Lesley-Anne Evans @LAEPoems]

It's only taken 3 years to consider adding Mute Swan and her author to Goodreads. Please consider rating your experience of my poetry collection, and/or writing a short review. Thanks for your ongoing support!

#canlit #poetry #poet #womenwhowrite

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Catch up: laundry, protecting the new veggies from critters, walking, errands, meeting a friend to walk in the woods among the Arrowleaf Balsamroot.

#spring #slowdown #presence

[Lesley-Anne Evans @LAEPoems]

From time to time I’ve been known to play with magnets. I’m sharing a selection of those ICEBOX POEMS on my IG stories this week. You’re welcome ☺️

https://t.co/DaleXvjBOy

#freepoetry #napomo2024 #nationalpoetrymonth #iceboxpoems #iceboxpoetry #magneticpoetry #magnetpoems

[Lesley-Anne Evans @LAEPoems]

Circa 2017.

Five True Stories

He taught me how to hook a worm just so, then cast my line and wait. The red and white bobber...(see IG post)

#sharepoems #instpoem #freepoetry

https://t.co/297PSeU4ys

[Lesley-Anne Evans @LAEPoems]

@nakedpastor co-ed sleepovers, liaisons on the bus at teen camp, massage, and watching the LEFT BEHIND series when I thought I could be sure about something.

[Lesley-Anne Evans @LAEPoems]

Another poem from the archives, circa 2021, is the opening poem from Mute Swan.

#iamwriting #womenwhowrite #thestthomaspoetryseries #poetry #poets #canlit

https://t.co/p5hUoJsNmF

[Paraclete Press @paracletepress]

Honored and privileged to publish Luci Shaw’s new release, “Reversing Entropy”! #poetry #poetrylovers

[Lesley-Anne Evans @LAEPoems]

@paracletepress My heart beats faster when I see what is possible as a lifelong poet. Age is meaningless. Luci Shaw, every congratulations for bringing another beautiful and resonant collection into our world. Can't wait to read it!

#onwardandupward #poetsforever #poetry #poets

[David Hayward | Artist @nakedpastor]

Religion, in my opinion, tends towards exclusion.

If it really does believe it is the right religion, it must.

Which is why, as huge parts of the population becomes more fundamentalist, it becomes more hateful and discriminatory.

To the point where they genuinely believe they must only love themselves and deny the others access.

[Lesley-Anne Evans @LAEPoems]

A partial poem from the archives, 2010.

Scotch Mints

And I thought (tried not to, but I did) of
You, tucked in there
and what remains of you tucked in here,
in us.…
the lingering smell of your cigar
as you sit in the darkened backyard with Bob
shooting the breeze.

[Lesley-Anne Evans @LAEPoems]

I've been digging into the archives and finding lots of poems. I figured why hoard when I can share them.

https://t.co/c5QSddk1oS

#oldpoems #newtoyoupoems #sharepoems #poetry #poet #beautyhunter

[Lesley-Anne Evans @LAEPoems]

See this Instagram photo by @magpieandrowan https://t.co/4hHvSnVQwl

[Lesley-Anne Evans @LAEPoems]

@KimPigSquash is it my imagination, or is that little tinkler smiling?

[Lesley-Anne Evans @LAEPoems]

@DanielGHinds @ellyfromearth @amybingham @elaine_morrison @a_george_parker @SpiroPoetry @michelerule @OenonePoet @NMOliverPoetry @catalogofdream Well done!

[Daniel Hinds @DanielGHinds]

Pleased to have one of my poems collected in the Ourselves in Rivers and Oceans anthology from The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. My copy has arrived, so looking forward to reading all the other poems!

[Lesley-Anne Evans @LAEPoems]

@malcolmguite Found them! Also in Texas :) https://t.co/d2sIn11ODA