Amanda Lamarche

Really excited by the influx of poets and poetry lovers on Bluesky this weekend. Hi! By way of introduction, here’s a poem of mine published in the Best Canadian Poetry anthology many moons ago. Hoping to share newer stuff very soon!

Honestly, the feeling of seeing my poem on a bus was on par with the feeling of holding my first book. This is great news for writers and riders!

I love the dedication in My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinhem

I’d love to get rid of social media but then how would I send my annual DM to the Indigo Girls begging for a Swamp Ophelia reissue

May I have your attention: Cassandra would like to show you her grey dino

Turned 49 and found a hawk in the birdbath. That has to be a good omen.

A slice #oilpainting #art

I watched eight Spider-Man movies this weekend instead of cleaning out a closet.

New glasses, same willingness to engage.

The Kars 4 Kids jingle continues to shorten my lifespan

Fucked that there are a million songs about love but only one about baking me a cake as fast as you can

Just used the words “menstrual centipede” in a voice memo to the bestie in case anyone was hankerin’ for a HRT update.

My new car looks like it had buccal fat removal.

Just finished 10 months of weekly sessions unpacking an eating disorder I’ve had since I was a child. I’m proud of myself, though a bit unmoored and angry about more things than I realized. So, the work continues. If you are in need of similar supports, Looking Glass BC has resources available 🫶

The volume of warmfuzzies I’m getting with the Canucks this off-season is ✨enchanting✨

Book Cover of the Day: #BookWormSat

In case multicoloured corgi toe-beans are of interest to you

As a Vancouver Canucks fan, I YEARN.

Thank you to @miss604.com for making me aware of Breka’s butterscotch, chocolate and ketchup chip cookie. It was not exactly for me, but as a lover of (nearly?) all things sweet and salty, these are the bakery tips I need. The more irrational the flavour, the better.

A medicalert keychain of sorts.

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Attention: Please meet my nephew

Today’s peri update: When I scowl, my forehead looks like mille-feuille.

I’m here for the posing-like-my-fiancé-as-I-walk-down-the-aisle-towards-him vibes #canucks

I’m on so many new meds and supplements and tinctures and potions that I’m throwing everything in a bag so my non-perimenopausal colleague can build me a med schedge this week. Shout out to a real one.

It’s been 20 years since I’ve published my first collection. A poem share at this point is like a good friend giving me a lil pep talk to get to my second 🫶

My family got clotheslined by stress this week, but this lil prawn worked diligently to lower everyone’s heart rate with borks, snuggles and therapeutic mlems. Dogs! 🍤 #dogsky

Le-mons 🍋 #oilpainting #art

I have no idea if the Canucks being run by ex-Canucks is good or bad, but I’m certainly way more excited about the coming season than I was two weeks ago.

Hilary Pecis (American, b. 1979). Adios Verano (acrylic on canvas).

I’m the type of person who when missing someone will check google earth and be all awww there’s their recycling at the end of the driveway that’s where they put cans god I miss them

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I was thirteen when Paul Simon released his song, The Obvious Child. I simply cannot and will not stay seated when it comes on. There is no jammier jam. I have told numerous people that it will be my funeral song, and an emotionally conflicting conga line must happen or I will haunt.

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I think the best part of when men show me attention is how my whole body thinks it’s dying 🫶

The Glenlivet bottle has a Nova Scotian friend now (pardon the arm that hasn’t seen sun since 1998) #tattoo #ducktoller

Congratulations to Benjamin Wood, winner of the Winston Graham Historical Prize 2026 for his wonderful novel Seascraper #books #WinstonGrahamHistoricalPrize #Seascraper #historicalfiction ⏳️📚 #booksky 💙📚

In the ring of hell where I have to send myself an email reminding myself to respond to emails.

Late to the party, but this Rosalia album is making me want to stand menacingly at the end of my enemies’ driveways.

Quinn Hughes on SNL will kill me.

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Quinn Hughes at the White House will kill me.

Interview #2 in my 2026 #BCPoetry interview series with @readlocalbc.bsky.social is here! I spoke with @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social about her new @arsenalpulp.bsky.social collection, "Buzzkill Clamshell." I hope you enjoy it:

I’ve already watched an entire hockey game but I have to wait an hour and a half for London Drugs to open so I can get prescription antacids? What even is time

Else the Puck a liar call.

Bill's mother is incredible.

Alright, I’m up to watch Seth Jarvis thrive.

It’s not the ideal outcome, but I can’t help but be proud to see women of any nation get a medal around their neck for playing hockey.