Word Play

Celebrate Youth Week with a Poetry Slam

Poetry House joins with Burnaby Library, Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services and Legacies 2010 to host a Youth Slam and Graffiti Art Night during Youth Week in Burnaby. This event is open to poets ages 13-18 years. A poetry and spoken word workshop a couple of weeks ahead of the event will help poets prepare their work for the slam.

Poetry and Spoken Word Workshop
Thursday, April 17, 7-9pm
Summit Youth Centre
200 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby
Facilitators: Shannon Rayne and RC Weslowski
The workshop is free and open to poets of all styles and experience levels.

Graffiti Art and Youth Slam Event
Thursday, May 1, 5-10pm
Summit Youth Centre - 200 Willingdon Ave Burnaby
Graffiti Painting and Barbeque - 5-8pm
Poetry Slam - 8-10pm
Admission and supper are free.
Cash Prizes
Host: Sasha Langford
Your slam poem must include your expression of the BC spirit - in hip hop, rant, storytelling - all poetic styles, expressions and points-of-view are welcome.

For information, call Raj at Summit Youth Centre 604 268-1369 or email us at vanpohouse@yahoo.ca

Hello! Welcome to our shiny new home. We hope you like it…feel free to sit on the furniture.

The purpose of this entry will be to tell you all of the clever things we’ve been up to.

First, we’re doing all sorts of structural reorganization. The phrase “structural reorganization” sounds really boring, so we won’t go into details. All it means in real words is that our workshop process should run a little smoother, and we will appear on the surface to be slightly more organized.

Second, we’re engaging in super secret meetings with the youth of today to make nefarious plans about conquering the world. The youth of today are awesome, smart, and good-looking. Your future will be well-tended. More details on this soon.

Third, we’re booking workshops. If you are a teacher who wants us to come to your classroom, go here. If you are a student who wants us to come to your classroom, tell your teacher to go here. If you are a garden gnome, go away. No offense.

If you’ve had a workshop with us in the past and you want to share your experience, we are welcoming entries from guest bloggers. E-mail us at wordplaypoets at gmail dot com, and tell us what you thought.

That is all. Until next time. Beware.