Archive - Darian Writes

Introducing: Morning Poems

My debut poetry collection spills into the gap between sleep and its other. Order your copy & join me on 02 December for its launch in Toronto.

Nov 21, 2023 •

Keeping Secrets / On Other Names

The name is a sign. It points and I follow.

Nov 11, 2023 •

26 October, 2025

where did all the flowers go?

Oct 26, 2024 •

one year of many deaths; remembering / who will fight when we're all gone?

Sep 24, 2023 •

The Ground is Full of Ghosts

Poems and photos from Syracuse, part of a wider travel project and soon-to-be publication.

Aug 28, 2023

Beginner's Luck

Thoughts on starting fresh.

Jan 31, 2024 •

writing the word, reading the world

Dec 11, 2024 •

Poetics of Place - Episode 8

Sensing like ticks, scaling like stars

Mar 26 •

a landscape hosts something

a landscape hosts something is a new workshop I conceptualized while performing research for my fellowship with the Center for Book Arts this May.

Aug 27, 2024 •

Associations no.1 with Danielle Goshay

A new iteration based in collaboration

Dec 10, 2023 •

Writing Dancing & Loving

Poems & images from archiving Toronto's Summer Love-In Festival 2023

Oct 13, 2023 •

Poetics of Place - Episode 3

Here is my third post reflecting on the 8-part experimental writing workshop, Poetics of Place.

Feb 13 •

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