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Admission to all individual events (except the two poetry workshops) from Wednesday though Sunday

VERSeFest Invitational Poetry Slam

19 Nov 2021 • 09:00 PM–11:00 PM Eastern

Online event

Hosted by Rusty Priske

The Poets

Apollo the Child

English Local

Omnipresent poetic leader, Apollo the Child will enliven your hope

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Dimorphic

English Local Canada

Dimorphic discovered spoken word in 2008, and has represented Lanark County at 7 national festivals.

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DMP

English Local Canada

Daniel Mark Patterson has been delivering spoken word for 13 years.

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Jason Selman

English Canada

Jason Selman has published two collections and co-edited the poetry anthology Talking Book.

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Africa As A Dream That Travels Through My Heart

Kevin Matthews

English Local Canada

Rhythmic moral voice Kevin Matthews calls for our best selves.

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Manahil Bandukwala

English Local Canada

Author of Heliotropia and MONUMENT, which was shortlisted for the 2023

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Heliotropia

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Namitha Rathinappillai

English Local Canada

Namitha Rathinappillai is a Tamil-Canadian published poet, organizer and workshop published Dirty Laundry in 2019.

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Dirty Laundry

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Poetiquette

English Local Canada

Poetiquette explores the bleeding edge of hearts.

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Sean O’Gorman

English Canada

Veteran spoken word poet Sean O’Gorman has a pact with impact.

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textcurious

English Local Canada

Sound poet composer textcurious pushes language where it never knew it could go.