Canada’s Spoken Word Summit 2005

An on-scene report from the Canadian Rockies in the summer of 2005 by Bob Holman: “Like any Spoken Word Summit worth its spice, Calgary’s began with a four-day festival...” Grand Warrior Organizer Sheri-D Wilson brought Anne Waldman & Quincy Troupe & a pack of poets from across Canada & beyond together with a 3-piece backup band... Then the poets trekked to Banff for a Spoken Word Summit that was part retreat, part revival meeting, part history-telling, part “where do we go from here?” Lillian Allen, Sheri-D Wilson, D. Kimm, Dwayne Morgan, Ian Ferrier, Mark Hopkins, Kevin Matthews, RC Weslowski, Jem Rolls, T.L. Cowan, Kateri, Sean McGarragle, Andrea Thompson, Hilary Peach, Ken Mitchell, Jill Battson, Rha Goddess, and our own Bob Holman all speak on how they came to spoken word, the life of poetry in orality, orature, performance....