Canadian Festival of Spoken Word

CFSW 2019 is being hosted in Guelph, Ontario, from October 13th to 15th.
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Up From The Roots win national poetry slam tournament at the 2019 Canadian Festival of Spoken Word

On behalf of the Spoken Word Canada (now speakNORTH) Board of Directors, as well as the Canadian Festival of Spoken… https://t.co/OoVCeJG5Oz

[Guelph Community Foundation @GuelphCF]

Congrats #CFSW2019 on an incredible event - for celebrating, honouring and speaking so honestly to all #grateful

[Canadian Festival of Spoken Word @CFSW_FCSW]

Watch Finals Live #cfsw2019 #spokenword #canada ⬇️
https://t.co/sZU7dmcBbR

[Ahmed Ali @AKnowmadic]

In case you were like, "I really want to see The Canadian Festival of Spoken Word Finals". Well, they got you! Live stream can be found here https://t.co/pAYOo4nrQk #Cfsw2019

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Did we mention finals are now LIVE #Guelph #spokenword @BLewisPublicity @GuelphBugle @spokenwordfest @guelphpoetry

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#cfsw2019 Finals
https://t.co/sZU7dlV0kj

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@AdreamerQwh Yes! Here's the link
https://t.co/sZU7dmcBbR

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Going live in just under 2 hours #cfsw2019
https://t.co/7GIqc084vu

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Finals will be LIVE STREAMED TONIGHT @ 7pm #cfsw2019
@upfromtheroots @BIP_Collective @guelphpoetry @LDNPoetrySlam @GuelphBugle @BLewisPublicity @riverruncentre @spokenwordfest #guelphontario @guelpharts @PrideGuelph

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@AnotherNisha It will be drawn at the beginning of the night.

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Good morning everyone,
The @SpokenWordCan AGM is being held at 10C this morning I’m Guelph.

There will also be an unofficial lunch held afterward to discuss poetry from #cfsw2019 semifinals that were harmful to members of the community.

All are welcome to attend.

[Canadian Festival of Spoken Word @CFSW_FCSW]

Finals will be LIVE STREAMED TONIGHT @ 7pm #cfsw2019
@upfromtheroots @BIP_Collective @guelphpoetry @LDNPoetrySlam @GuelphBugle @BLewisPublicity @riverruncentre @spokenwordfest #guelphontario @guelpharts @PrideGuelph

[Canadian Festival of Spoken Word @CFSW_FCSW]

Results are in for semi finals bout 2! Teams with stars ** are moving on to finals:

4th place: 107.2 @SlamPTBO
3rd place: 110.9 Emotional Baggage
**2nd place: 114.5 @LDNPoetrySlam
**1st place: 116.5 @upfromtheroots

#cfsw2019

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Emotional Baggage does a 4 person team piece! (Did you know this team was only formed on Sunday??) “scatter a future of chances to hold” 9.0 9.0 9.6 9.5 9.8
#cfsw2019

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@LDNPoetrySlam sends up Zayn “surviving feels like a burden sometimes” 9.3 9.4 9.8 9.8 10 #cfsw2019

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“Sometimes I’m just the rest of the world. Sometimes it’s just disaster.”

“How does one say goodbye to a wave if they never leave the shore?”

@upfromtheroots sends up Shelly and Desiree for a team piece!

9.5, 9.5, 9.2, 9.9, 10!

#cfsw2019

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@SlamPTBO sends up DJ Ash and DJ Ray for a team piece!

8.3 7.8 9.1 8.0 9.0

#cfsw2019

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@upfromtheroots sends up Dwayne Morgan “my heart breaks on those days that he doesn’t remember who I am”

“apparently, I lit up his world when I was born”

9.3 9.4 9.7 9.9 10 #cfsw2019

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Kristal Jones from @SlamPTBO “we say no nudity, as though I can’t have on all of these clothes, say these lines, and still be totally, completely bare naked” 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.1 9.1 #cfsw2019

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Queen of Harpies from Emotional Baggage “paradise is a pile of napkins, everything is better messy, except this” 9.3 9.0 9.6 9.0 8.4 but a time penalty of 3:29 #cfsw2019