Hello loyal readers. I'm in Moncton now, relaxing at the hotel with a night off. Halifax was great fun, between the shows and the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word. Saw some great slam poetry, and sat in on some inspiring panel discussions.(during which I said that as a straight white man, if I talked about what I was allowed to say, I'd be a mime.) Then we did some Guerrila poetry by going around the city streets doing poetry. Finally an Atlantic gale came up and we got soaked. I took a couple days to get my stuff dried out.
It was great to see my pal's from Vancouver, ie Fred and Sean and Zach - and also got the chance to meet and drink with Nora. They were all great and finished in the finals with the tiniest of margins of scores seperating all the teams. It was also very cool to see my new poetry friends from Toronto and Calgary out there mixing with the Van slam. It's remarkable how fast I have gone from deciding to do slam poetry in February to hanging out at the nationals in October. The producer of the festival told me I had made a real impression andI was definately now, one of them. Very nice.
Now I am in Moncton after a great show in Fredrickton. Tomorrow tonight I go to Dooley's in Marimeshi. This is the portion of the tour where I've never been before.
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My Dad used to go salmon fishing on the Miramichi River when he visited his sister who lived in Nova Scotia. He always enjoyed those trips. I hope you're enjoying your stay there too. If I recall, it's a scenic area. I bet there's nice fall colours.
ReplyDeleteit was beautiful! some photos soon.
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