Sunday, January 12, 2PM
Audreys Books
10702 Jasper Ave
The Stroll of Poets is proud to offer another version of Fresh Verse to enrich our Haven Reading Series. This season the Haven committee has decided to change the venue to Audreys Books and reschedule the Fresh Verse event to mid-season instead of at the end of it.
Come out to see fledgling writers soar, come out to hear rising voices roar, enjoy open mic, good company and more. Come out to see some new faces, hear some new voices, and appreciate fresh verses presented by several of Edmonton’s emerging young poets, Ashleigh Wiggins, Janel Lope, Amy Bacon, Ashley Alton, Anindita Mukherjee, Natasha Riddell, Joshua Querijero, and Zachary Jickling. As usual, an open mic will follow the featured readers. Our mic host will be Max Vandersteen.
The Stroll of Poets is honoured to promote the messages of young voices in order to encourage youth to create poetry such as these powerful words borrowed from a poem by Zain Rishi, a British Indian writer based in Edinburgh:
I Want to Be the Moonlight on Gaza
Take my body
and make it
moonlight
for the rivers
and children
of Gaza.
Take my world—
I do not want it.
Give me another
where the sky
promises nothing
but light
and love
and more of it.