It’s National Poetry Month! An annual event that celebrates the transformative power of language through word, sound and power.
Celebrate NPM with Right Beside You: Poetry Jam, a live collaborative jam session of poetry, spoken and storytelling supported with live instrumental stylings and scoring of hip-hop, r&b, soul and jazz to bring an improvised cinematic literature experience.
The evening will feature the incredible poets Britta B and Patrick Walters. As well as open mic for poets and storytellers. Sign up available at the door.
Bring yourself, a friend or your own poems. Come to share or just come to listen and enjoy the vibes as the essence of poetry breaks free from the page and flows into a sound garden.
Right Beside You Projects is an overlapping community of folks blending together to listen, explore, respond and enjoy the expressions of stories, ideas, emotions and entertainment. Our NPM edition is supported by our community partners Toronto Poetry Project and Hip-Hop Healing.
Bring yourself, a friend or your own poems. Come to share or just come to listen and enjoy the vibes as the essence of poetry breaks free from the page and flows into a sound garden.
Happening at the Drake Underground on Tuesday, April 29th. Doors at 7:00. The show starts at 8pm.
$15 Online / $20 Door
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Theme: Pagebreak
the page was once an abyss
gulping space in the chase of meaning
dreaming of obtaining experiences
of ideas and inklings,
wrinkling of old tales
births of new spells
bargained into margins
and imagine how deep it is
to submerge and sub scribe
and emerge to rise
above the drafts and surface
for air with and ears
to be seen and heard
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Session 9 Faculty:
David Delisca - House poet, bellaphone, vocals
Rudy Ray - Trumpet, Cajon, Percussions
Aubrey McGhee - Saxophone
Joe Callendar - Flute
Janïsa - Vocals
Martin Gomes - Vocals
Jermaine Henry - MC
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Featured Poets:
Britta B
She is an award-winning artist, public speaker, and poet living in Toronto. She is the author of the poetry collection and audiobook, Wires that Sputter.
Britta holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Guelph
Patrick Walters
Patrick Walters is an international recording artist & arts educator, who is dedicated to sharing stories that speak to the issues we all battle daily. His work is a constant reminder to us to never give up on our own hopes & dreams, even in the face of the harsh realities of the world we live in.

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