WordSpell

Toronto's spoken word showcase/#openmic series for women/gender nb poets; featured emerging & established poets. SERIES FINALE: May 6, 2020

[Tanya Neumeyer @tanyapoet]

I can't think @AlyssaGins enough for making this @WordSpellTO finale what it was. My heart is full. My face hurts from smiling. Thank you! What a gift.

[Toronto Poetry Slam @TOPoetrySlam]

"Sometimes a poem is as good as a prayer" - @LillianAllenDub tonight at the last @WordSpellTO

[Tanya Neumeyer @tanyapoet]

"In the pounding dance to be free" - @LillianAllenDub on #reggaemusic @WordSpellTO

[Tanya Neumeyer @tanyapoet]

"A soul is what cannot be stolen" - @LillianAllenDub @WordSpellTO

[Tanya Neumeyer @tanyapoet]

A poem for Billie Holiday, "rainbow splintering into factors of grey" - @LillianAllenDub @WordSpellTO

[Tanya Neumeyer @tanyapoet]

Now we hear poetry from an authority on the power of the arts in education, @LillianAllenDub @WordSpellTO

[Tanya Neumeyer @tanyapoet]

"Patient as the land" - @JaniceJoLee @WordSpellTO

[Tanya Neumeyer @tanyapoet]

"Two hands, myself to hold" - @JaniceJoLee @WordSpellTO

[Tanya Neumeyer @tanyapoet]

"Do you remember turning breath into sound?" - @JaniceJoLee @WordSpellTO

[Tanya Neumeyer @tanyapoet]

"The love of poetry keeps us going" - @JaniceJoLee @WordSpellTO

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[Tanya Neumeyer @tanyapoet]

"Fear is just a growling animal with no teeth" - Titilope Sonuga @WordSpellTO

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[Tanya Neumeyer @tanyapoet]

"Days with more questions than answers" - Titilope Sonuga @WordSpellTO

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[Tanya Neumeyer @tanyapoet]

"I press these little poems in your ear" - Titilope Sonuga @WordSpellTO

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[Tanya Neumeyer @tanyapoet]

“Tenderness feels like an act of survival” - Titilope Sonuga @WordSpellTO

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@LishaiP

[Tanya Neumeyer @tanyapoet]

“The one who wears your face better than you ever will” - Lishai Peel @WordSpellTO

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[Tanya Neumeyer @tanyapoet]

"Every woman is an estuary at one time or another" - Lishai Peel @WordSpellTO

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[Tanya Neumeyer @tanyapoet]

"You always, you always, you always” - Lishai Peel @WordSpellTO

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[Tanya Neumeyer @tanyapoet]

"Don't call me by my passport, call me by my people" - Lishai Peel @WordSpellTO

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[Tanya Neumeyer @tanyapoet]

"There are ways to be here while being invisible" - Lishai Peel @WordSpellTO

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[Tanya Neumeyer @tanyapoet]

"How Canadian are you? Did you wink at a Mounty?" - Lishai Peel @WordSpellTO