Free Verse

A first-of-its kind national gathering of Canadian Poets Laureate, including Jill Battson (Cobourg, ON), Brad Cran (Vancouver, BC), Pierre DesRuisseaux (Parliamentary Poet Laureate), Shauntay Grant (Halifax, NS), Hugh MacDonald (Prince Edward Island), Ann Margetson (Cobalt, ON), Roland Pemberton aka Cadence Weapon (Edmonton, AB), Linda Rogers (Victoria, BC), and Agnes Walsh (St. John's, NF). The poets will create new poems inspired by AGNS artwork, followed by a performance from 7-7:30pm and a conversation with the poets from 7:30-8:30pm.