poetry

Slam poetry epiphanies

The Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (CFSW) is a five-day annual competition of slam poetry for national glory, which took place this year in Victoria on Oct. 13-Oct. 18.

New audience for spoken word poetry?

While the first Vike’s Men’s football game led to a loss against the UBC Thunderbirds, Jeremy Loveday’s spoken word poem “Masks Off: a Message to Men” scored with many in…

For new poetry fans

An interview with John Barton and Chris Hutchinson

Victoria shows poetic innovation

By year’s end, Victoria could have first youth poet laureate in Canada